Google Maps Mania links for 2007-08-25

• Burning Man BeatMaps:
  
  The Burning Man Festival runs from Aug. 27-Sept.3/o7 in the middle of the Nevada desert. Use the Burning Man BeatMaps to locate events and services for the event this year. Switch to satellite view on the Google Map in this mashup to see an actual satellite photo taken from Burning Man 2006!

• Chokti is a great Google Maps travel mashup - This is pretty powerful global travel mashup that delivers "Self-guided Tours for Global Nomads". Great video and podcasts of places all over the world. Google Maps is used to precisely locate the hotspot you're viewing. [Via ProgrammableWeb]
• Google's Geospatial Organizing Principle (PDF) - (By Google's Michael T. Jones) Michael introduces his article: "..This article reviews the motivations, approaches, and accomplishments in applying genus loci—the sense of place—to advance Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful." A *very* interesting article for those interested in Google Maps, Earth and related initiatives.
  
• BlinkGeo - Digg for geospatial news/blog posts - Lots of Google Maps mashup related news and posts are on this site. If you like a post on Google Maps Mania, post it to BlinkGeo! :)
• Touropia - Quick overviews of popular worldwide tourist destinations. Mashes up with Wikitravel.org. [Via ProgrammableWeb]
• African Climate Information Map [Via ProgrammableWeb]
• BookTour - Search this mashup to find a book tour in your area (appears to be only US). Search for a place, book name or author and the location and details are plotted to a Google Map or download the KML file for Google Earth. See more BookMaps here.. [Via ProgrammableWeb]
• Explore Iwo Jima, Japan on Google Maps - Wikimapia users help annotate the island in the Pacific Ocean where the Battle of Iwo Jima took place.
• TinyURL-style Google Maps Facebook tool
• DIY Drones: UAV mission over the Googleplex