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Google Releases Maps API for External Use
bahree writes "Google now has officially released their API's for Google Maps; till now there were a few hacks in place such as my where I work, but now its all supported. You would need to get a key, which is associated with a specific url, you can get that here and also read up on all the fun details here." CT: Sorry for the dupe. Teach me to forget to relaunch my mail client.
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Google/Yahoo Traffic Maps
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Chicago Crime Map
Earthquake Viewer
Google Maps Plugin for Mac OS X
can't wait to see what's next
As if we don't already get enough google news...
Guess they're going with all the integration of their maps that's already been done. Good to hear it's being opened up though. With the stuff that's been done so far without the API I can only see better combinations in the future.
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Yet another Dupe!
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You could say that again...
I mean, didn't we already go through this? Seems pretty familiar to me...
If my grammar and spelling are off, I am [distracted/tired/careless] (take your pick)
Google released a dupe checker for slashdot stories?
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
Dupe of an article in the developers section. Did the matrix just have a glitch or is it just deja vu all over again.
-Matt
Wow, these guys at Google are good, I mean real good. For them to release not just one, but two APIs for Google maps within 24hrs of each other, that place must be swelling with brain-power. They probably don't even have to walk from point A to B, just levitate themselves using their psychokinetic abilities. Flying around the room back and forth as they communicate faster than thought with each other non-verbally that to us mortals, sounds just like a high pitched squeel.
Now only if Slashdot editors had a just fraction of those kind of mental resources, they could maybe... possibly... bang a keyboard with their clubs made human bones while in a circle of gigantic monoliths and type "Google Maps API" in a search before posting a story. But until then, I for one welcome our new Google Maps API-Producing Psychokinetic -Squeeling Duplicate Post-Inducing overloards
Google retains the right to put advertising on the map in the future.
That is intersting. Perhaps they will add advertising for cerain locations. They might add a starbucks logo over each of their coffee shops on the map. It would be a good way to pay for it and thus keep it free for developers.
There was this thing where this one group was doing something very specific that made their use of google maps not okay to the point where google sent a takedown notice or something. It was never made clear to me what the problem with what they did was.
What exactly do I have to do to make sure my use of google maps is OK?
For anyone who's interested, I've started a way of using the XML import features of the API to use the KML file that Google Earth exports. You have to unzip the KMZ file and use the 'doc.kml' file within it.
This lets you display the placemarkers saved in Google Earth on a flat Google Map. Descriptions & icons aren't in there yet... but you can see the results so far at http://twig.homelinux.org/gmap.html.
(It's broken in IE for some reason. FF works.)
perl -e 'foreach(values %SIG){$_="IGNORE";}while(){}'
this is cool since now the forum I am a part of can finally have a 'forum map' (for vbulletin just added 2 profile for lat/long). it should be up and running in a bit as it's kind of a no brainer.. only complaint would be that there could be an easier way to get lat/long by user input (maybe I skipped it on the API page?). meh.
How long before we get ex girlfriend maps?
There are a few I would like to see, including- best chili dog map and cheap beer map.
How long before someone finds out the next time google is going to be taking pictures, and writes something really raunchy on their property in huge letters.
This would also be a great way to advertise... Hey look, those cars are parked in such a way to spell out slashdot as seen from the sattelites!!!!
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I noticed the maps API does not allow you to switch to a satellite view like their web counter-part. If they added that, the cool factor on this thing would double.
Overlaying polygons and lines is a neat feature though. No need for using flickr to mark out areas on static maps when you can do so on dynamic maps right through the google API.
That's what google does so well; build the foundation, open up the API and let the developers build on top of that foundation. Some really cool things will come out in the upcoming weeks.
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Already
"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
There are a number of fantastic google maps hacks site popping up.
You might want to check out placeshare.org to see a simple site that does flikr style tagging with user managed locations.
There are a couple other sites that are moving in the same direction... there were some excellent demo's at the where2.0 conference yesterday.
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Slashdot has *long* since stopped caring about quality. It's all about pageviews and clickthroughs. They know that even if they post 5 of the same stories in a row, that they'll get the same amount of traffic (maybe more?). If you see a crappy article or a dupe, the BEST way that you can send a message to the editors that you want quality is to spend time NOT viewing Slashdot for that day/week/whatever. Don't browser, don't post. THEN, maybe they'll realize that they can't just rest on momentum forever.
I don't respond to AC's.
Mirror here: You could say that again...
Damn! Going. Down. Fast.
Quick, Mirrordot, NYUG, give us a mir@#%$...
all hail the slashdot dupe editor king!
I suppose the question is, do they consider each tile you load from their map server a page view? If they do, it wouldn't take many users scrolling around on the maps to get their.
"A "page view" is the number of times users download the JavaScript, not the number of map tiles, so it is a fairly high limit for most sites. Also, we are not restricting use of the API to small sites -- we are just asking that sites who have more page views than 50K contact us first to ask permission so we can make sure we can handle the load.
Bret Taylor
Product Manager, Google Maps"
thanks. I will try this today after work.
This is going to change the web in a small way and I for-see corporations world-wide using Google Maps API's in the few days to a week. I also can predict that even more crazy scripts and mods to Google Maps will appear soon. I better get back to the Google wagon and continue tinkering with refined web-ideas! Thanks Google!
He slashdotted himself by posting his hack.
making a viewer that works in all browsers?
I am trolling
Google has put all its eggs, as it were, in a single basket
Where have been for the last several months?
Google has been buying everything in site. Spreading out quite a bit.
"If they have both, tell them we use Linux. And if they have that, tell them the computers are down." -Dave Chapelle
Kids! You too can now plot to take over the world using the resources of your home computer! Just call up your Google Map of the country(ies) you wish to subjugate, order your evil minions from EBay or the third-world country of your choice, release the latest Windows Service Pack, and watch as you become Supreme Kahuna!!* *Minion Loyalty Not Included
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I see in their disclaimers that "Google retains the right to put advertising on the map in the future.". I can't help but wonder if this is a sign of things to come. They'll let everyone and anyone use their maps, spread them around the web, maybe until Google maps are the only maps to use, and then WHAM! Adverts appear on Google maps everywhere.
OK, it's a tin-foil hat theory but I can see it happening...
... "hacks in place such as my where I work".
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Does that mean you're unemployed now?
Apparently you missed the debacle that was Tuesday.
(See the stories about France's fusion plant.)
Where would we be without such a source of interesting recipes? Have any good ones for Toast? Be sure and specify how much butter to use per slice so I can measure carefully.
Are you saying that there are as many websites as continents? That's like, 6, or however many continents we're at this week...
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Cheap Gas no longer functions for me.
Anyone know of a mirror or something similar?
Its neat how the API works.
You get the browser to read in some javaScript from a Google Site then you write javaScript in the page to use loaded classes. Nice.
I just think its hilarious that this poster decided it would be great to pimp off where he works...
and took the company site down via slashdotting. GJ!
browsers that adhere to standards so that developers could make a cross-browser viewer?
Just a thought.
I think the real news to this story is the edited addition to the story:
CT: Sorry for the dupe. Teach me to forget to relaunch my mail client.
Oh my God! The slashdot editors almost realized they have a job! And he almost did it! Kudos to CmdrTaco for apologizing once for a error that occurs damn near daily!
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http://www.stormreportmap.com.
Hmmm.
Yes, I'm off topic, but why do people think that multiple posts saying that its a dupe is any less annoying than a dupe in the first place? People who saw it before know its a dupe, people who didn't won't care. Neither of them benefit by being told its a dupe a hundred times.
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"Google retains the right to put advertising on the map in the future"
so they might launch some type of localize adverts on the maps. If you're getting directions, a few bubbles might popup "On your way, stop at Denny's for food!"
does anyone know where google earth keeps it cache? for it is not in the directory it is installed... thanks for helping in advance.
Oh, because the internet and your life are at some point going to stand still? Right.
Here is another site that shows For Sale By Owner properties.
(1) Put link to own server on Slashdot.
(2) Server instantly is slashdotted and goes up in flames.
(3) ????
(4) Profit!
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http://dev.sharpercoding.com/maps/ ;))
So I went camping on the Oregon Coast a few weeks ago, and had a hell of a time finding the right campground.
While out there I had an idea to make my own 'google map hack' for showing campgrounds around the state (there were absolutly no drugs -- mushrooms -- involved in coming up with this idea, I swear
So when I got home, I emailed oregonstateparks and got the info I needed to map out the campgrounds and stateparks all over the state. I want to eventually do this nationwide but haven't had time to work on it.
I used to have a "maps application" look to it, but since the official API came out, I just updated it so it actually worked again. Currently, I'm only showing a random 20 parks out of the 400 or so in the database.
I'd like to separate them out by region (north coast, portland metro, etc...) and also maybe map hiking trails via the polyline object.
AFTER they sue and shutdown numerous sites using Google Maps.
Come on Google, make up your god damn mind
I guess you are still correct with the "incorrect" word choice: "everything in site [sic]" (since you probably meant "sight"). Since we're talking about Internet companies, I suppose it doesn't matter. ;)
oops. you're rite :)
"If they have both, tell them we use Linux. And if they have that, tell them the computers are down." -Dave Chapelle
Hope they next release map to those missing Iraqi WMDs.
ever heard of skull and bones?
conspiracy theory...sure...cheney, bush, kerry, ford, clinton, and last but not least(drum roll)GATES!
why is this so hard for people to figure out, it doesn't take brain surgeon or rocket science(or maybe it does)but where is Gates today and where was he yesterday? pretty straightforward I think.
A slight problem with your theory. While the continents change shape on a geological timescale. The web chages a wee bit faster than that. I can't imagine ever knowing where everything is. And even if you did have a comprehensive index of everything, the index would still need to be searched. Or were you going to print it out in alphabetical order and then flip pages to find the website you want to visit?
there would be a dupe story on the dupe checker itself, which would cause the dupe checker to dupe into a recursive infinite dupe-loop. It would then gain conscience and would be able to calculate the answer to the Universe and Everthing. Obviously the answer is 42, but the question will take a little longer to find out. The question is obviously this: Why are there dupes on /.? - the question would trigger the self destruct mechanism of the dupe-checker, which would promptly execute and suck the entire universe into an infinite dupe/recursion space-time continuum.
/. dupes all the time.
To think about it, this has already happened, and that is why we are seeing all these
You can't handle the truth.
Some of us would love to implement Google Maps on an intranet, without reliance on a "web address" for our key.
It's interesting to note the the "Google Maps API" contains some goodies that make it into a nice cross platform AJAX toolkit as well as a maps API.
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Take a look at the GXmlHttp, GXml and GXslt classes:
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/#GX
So if Microsoft limit their recently announced AJAX toolkit to IE only, then it seems Google are ready to offer an alternative!
Mark it down on your calender boys. Today is a fine moment in Slashdot history.
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The Maps API is a free beta service, available or any web site that is free to consumers. Google retains the right to put advertising on the map in the future. Please see the terms of use for more information.
and all of the verbage in terms. Like this one which blows my idea out the water: remove, distort or alter any element of a Google Brand Feature (this includes squeezing, stretching, inverting, discoloring, etc.)
come on fhqwhgads
Yeah, I've always thought that it must be pretty difficult to combine multiple submissions about the same story into one, which does happen from time to time. It seems that the editors are quite good at peeking at the submission queue, but not at knowing what the previously approved submissions were (which would be easier in my opinion).
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
The FAQ covers this... because the same story can be reported on by more than one outlet, checking for identical links won't necessarily catch duplicate stories. It might catch some, but not all.
Forgive the karma whoring, but I host a Google Maps wiki at the following URL:
http://gmaps.yellowbkpk.com/
So far people have posted their sample Google Map mashups there along with some code samples. Most of this was done before the Google Maps API was released, so some of the sites may not work due to the new javascript file version.
Also, make sure to check out the Google-Maps-API and Google-Maps Google Groups. The Google-Maps-API group is particularly active and there ahve been over 100 posts just today.
Such a filter is very useful to weed out dup's like this one, which include the same URL in the summary. And which are both in the same category. Which accounts for the majority of dup's. Since there are only a few dup's per week, most weeks would go by without a dup. Since most dup's only waste a minute or so to realize, the actual damage of the problem will become one of minutes a month. That kind of productivity is worth getting, no matter what the FAQ says. The lack of a fix is the reason that Question is still Frequently Asked.
I note that even dup's making it through the filter should, once known by the editor, have their discussions combined. The real problem with dup's is splitting the discussions. And revealing that the editors don't actually read Slashdot.
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I have been a user for about 10 years. This ends Feb 2014. The site's been ruined. I'm off. Dice, FU
Remember folks, Google API is for external use only. If consumption occurs, contact a poison control center immediately. If irritation or rash occurs, please consult a doctor. Avoid eye contact. If eye contact occurs, contact a physician immediately. Be warned! Improper use of Google API can lead to blindness, paralysis, and/or death.
In an ironic twist? Yahoo also released their Maps API today as well.
The underlying map data is from Earth Satellite Corporation's Naturalvu 2000 off the shelf 15 meter resolution package. You can read about it at http://www.earthsat.com/ I just like giving a shout out to the people who did the hard stuff. God knows you won't hear it from google. I bet they didn't even include a mention of that in their press release. [-)
What would Richard Feynman do, if he were here right now? He'd do some math and he'd follow through!
Apparently Multimap thinks that size isn't important.
hi guys.. just released a evdo vs wifi coverage map based on GOOGLE MAPS.. YEAH!!! http://wifi-hotspot.wirelessinternetcoverage.com need your input. does anyone have a csv file of more free wifi hotspots??? i'll put them up online.. WAIT.. infact.. a csv file of ANY of your favorite places.. like GOLF Courses... Restraunts... places to get NE Saltwater Taffy.. etc.. i just need some beta testers and tons O DATA :o)
thx! bob
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I've updated www.radioreference.com to use GoogleMaps to plot FCC callsign locations.
& cs=WPLZ933&action=fcc
Example:
http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR
Now you can see tower locations, frequencies in use, and even a sat picture of the tower all from one interface.
Lindsay Blanton
RadioReference.com
How long before DVD John fixes it so I don't need an API key?
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Two days ago I found this article through the search engine of Slashdot. I was looking for another article on Google Maps and with the proper search terms this article showed up, stating it was published on June 29, that very day. The article did not appear on the site that day however.
So no more excuses to post 'first post' posts. From now on you can prepare a relevant contribution and still be the first to post.
Someone should upload all the images from the the degree confluence project to get them started.
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(work in progress)
Here.
I'm old. That group broke up in '81 I think.
Why is mine the ONLY post modded -1, Redundant????
The ******ONLY***** FREAKING POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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