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Google Releases Maps API for External Use

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

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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  1. Integration with Google Earth by mogrify · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.)

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  2. satellite view by gooogle · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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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  3. Re:my favorite google map hacks :) by udderly · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Chicago crime map is especially cool. Thanks for passing the info along.

    It's interesting to see how some crimes are localized (like narcotics) and others are randomly dispersed (motor vehicle theft). I'm sure that enforcement methods for narcotics is partially to blame, but it's interesting nonetheless.

  4. More Shameless plugs... by Mz6 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I integrated Google Maps with Storm Data.

    http://www.stormreportmap.com.

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  5. People posting dupe comments. by I+don't+want+to+spen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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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  6. yahoo also releases APIs by xWastedMindx · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In an ironic twist? Yahoo also released their Maps API today as well.