Google launched My Maps on April 5th/07 and since that time Google Maps users have been busy building and sharing Google Maps mashups with this easy-to-use service (found within the My Maps tab on Google Maps). Google is now making it easy for you to discover these user-created maps which are relevant to where you are exploring on Google Maps. The Browse Popular Maps mapplet is available for you to add to your own My Maps tab in Google Maps. Once added you will be given a list of maps that will appear in the left margin as you move the map around to different places all around the world. Zoom into London to discover maps like the Low-budget guide to London or London 4 Kids. Zoom to San Francisco and an interesting movie map showing real locations of the famous car chase from the movie "Bullitt" are revealed. Maps that you find via this method can also be added to your own collection of My Maps or embedded into your blog or website to share with others! I've also been having fun using this mapplet to view maps for the place I live now and where I grew up. It's amazing just how many folks out there have been making maps! :)[Via Doug Ricket @ The Google LatLong Blog]
More new content to add to your My Maps tab in Google Maps:
- eBay + Craigslist Search
- eBay Motors USA Map Search
- Real-time USGS Earthquake Mapplet [More info]
- New 7 Wonders of the World [More info]
2 comments:
I found this superb map of my home town of Cork in Ireland, listing lots of place to have a pint or two (or more)
Cork stag weekend map
Hey - from the looks of it, it sounds like you've got a bit of a handle on Google Map features and developments. Quick question as it pertains to this article - the User-Created Maps are no longer showing up in search results on the side of any given map search; I've made several maps and used to see them come up with great frequency and they drove good traffic to my site... now, no more traffic... do you know why Google yanked that functionality?
JB
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