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Google Maps with New Street View
blog.outer-court.com — Google Maps is currently rolling out a feature showing interactive photos of street views. For all those who can't see this yet, I'm adding screenshots and information. To check if you see it, go to http://maps.google.com , search for e.g. 94111, and look for a "Street View" button in the top right.
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- kingamoon, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1I still think Live's map is better. Too bad it won't work with Opera though :(
- Philipp_Lenssen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Also just announced: Mapplets (Google Maps Applets). I'm updating the article as new info comes in...
- chesterjosiah, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1From Philipp's post:
Mapplets enables third party developers to create mini applications that can be displayed on Google Maps, much like Google Gadgets are displayed on iGoogle. These Mapplets contain a variety of information, from housing listings to crime data, and tools like distance measurement. Users can select from a wide range of Google and third party Mapplets to display on the Map, essentially creating their own “mashup of mashups” directly on the Google Maps site, while still enjoying the built-in functionality of Google Maps, such as local search and driving directions. A number of our partners, including WeatherBug, Booking.com and Platial have already created Mapplets.
Link to Google Maps Mapplets:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?mapprev=1 - Philipp_Lenssen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Interesting... Mapplets are a special flavor of Google Gadgets (the kind you can add to the Google personalized homepage), according to the developer documentation...
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/mapplets/index.html - Philipp_Lenssen, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Update: If you can't see this from outside the US, add &gl=us to the end of the URL!
- chesterjosiah, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1From Philipp's post:
- TOMHTML, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It will be great to display ads relative to shops shown, or for real-estate...
- Gadren, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3This is cool -- it would also be cool if Google would let users make panoramas of their own and upload them.
- cvindustries, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'd rather have quality consistency. I'll wait for the Google picture van to make its way to my city, thanks.
- Ratatosk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Wow, this is pretty exciting... I love how you can drop your man anywhere and it will calculate the new view... Pretty impressive...
hopefully this will get rolled out in many cities soon
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