hobolog :: Mashups

A simple Google Maps mashup to show you a 100-mile radius around your zip code.  It’s part of the 100-mile diet website, advocating a diet of locally grown foods, which I very much aspire to.

(Via Google Maps Mania)

Google seems to be pushing the API front harder than anyone else (or maybe it’s just because I use them & get the news). Their new calendar has been quickly followed by an API release, and a description of Google’s GData protocol for sharing XML data between applications. I’m sure we’ll start seeing calendar information on map mashups soon.

It’s been said before, but this article clearly spells out the factors involved in going into business with a (map or other) mashup.

(Via The Map Room)

Some nice features added to Google maps – topos & aerial imagery, some coordinate tools, printing and linking.

(Via Google Maps Mania)

Today I discovered Tagzania, a collaboritave site that lets people tag and map locations. Some good ideas here.

An intense map illustration of lives lost in the Iraq war, it’s informative and emotional at the same time it expresses the coldness of war statistics.

(Via The Map Room)

It looks like a lot of attention has been put into this new Google Maps mashup. Nice interface that pulls data from several sources.
(Via ProgrammableWeb)

GoBlog posted a few interesting map mashups I didn’t know about. Of particular interest to me are

• SummitPost, with lots of moutaineering info
• GPS Exchange, for sharing & mapping GPX files
• Map My Run, for creating mapped running (or hiking) routes

Kristopher Tate spends 3 months developing and releases zooomr, a photo management site that apparently kicks Flickr’s butt on several fronts, including map integration. Stories like this keep me inspired to continue my own after-school projects. The real question is, is it good enough to make me switch after committing countless hours and many gigabytes of data to Flickr?

At blogabond.com you can create mapped travel blogs. It seems similar to wayfaring.com, but more blog-oriented.

(Via Programmable Web)

I joined this site today, to check it the map building and sharing functions, and to follow the series of travel posts going on at Google Maps Mania. My very brief impression is that it looks really nice and has a pretty consistent, intuitive interface. The only thing that confused me was that I had to join to see the Mania map – it seems like it should be public.

A pretty nice Google Maps mashup of hiking trails in the Los Angeles area.

(Via Programmable Web)

Looks like JP has released his backcountry maps site! This definitely has the most potential of the trip report sites I’ve seen, though I haven’t asked for a login yet. There’s some overlap with my own project underway – I probably should have kept better tabs on this. It still may make a great partner site if mine works out.

I hit a couple of errors clicking around, but it looks like the basics are up and running.

(Via Google Maps Mania)

Google Maps Mania posted a nice collection of collections of Google Maps API information & mashups.

This mashup lets you plot and save routes on a map, calculating the distance for you.

This new classified ad Google maps mashup is just what I was looking for to list Ann’s old road bike for sale. Usage hasn’t exploded yet, but I hope it does – it would be a very useful thing.

(Via GISUser Blog)

At last, we have a worldwide user-editable trail guide database that has a map interface! Trails are represented with a single marker at the trailhead, with turn-by-turn directions. It’s mostly mountain bike rides so far, but I don’t see anything limiting it to that. This is very close to my “guidelet” idea – exciting to see!

The GooCam is one of the eerier map mashups I’ve seen at Google Maps Mania – it uses google to find unsecured webcams, and puts them on a map so you can find cams in places of interest to you.

I’ve been waiting to see some maps of popular peak hikes. This is a beginning, but I’d like each one to link to more information, or a guidelet for the hike.

Peakbagging Google Maps Mashups

(Via Google Maps Mania)

This article is a nice overview of mashups, with links to some good nature and science mashups. I particularly like iSpecies, a species search engine.