woensdag, juli 18, 2007
Google maplets
Google is stepping up on its extremely popular Google Maps service. In true web2.0 style developers can now make extensions called Google maplets that can clearly have commercial purposes. Users can make customised maps by integrating these maplets to their own maps which they can share or keep private.
From the Google site: "Google Mapplets are mini-applications that you can embed within the Google Maps site. Examples include real estate search, current weather conditions, and distance measurement. Mapplets are Google Gadgets that can manipulate the map using Javascript calls that are derived from the Google Maps API . Mapplets are currently only available in the preview version of Google maps."
I had to try creating my own custom map, so this is a simple map with the location of my house.
Click here.
It was very fast and easy to do this. Sign on with your Google account, go to Google Maps and click on 'my maps' section. Create a new one and give it a name. New tools such as a location pin, area or line tools appear. That's it. Via the 'add content' link you can make use of Google or third party services. The Dutch newspaper 'The Volkskrant' for example has a mapplet that shows where the news is happening. And webcam mapplets list the cammers in your neighbourhood.
Source: Infoworld
