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Google Maps for Boingo -- And Any Page

Posted by timothy on from the where-you-at dept.

evdo writes "Last Monday, Boingo agreed to send http://wifi-hotspot.wirelessinternetcoverage.com their entire wifi hotspot database. They came through. Since then, the wirelessinternetcoverage.com guys have been working 24/7 to get all the "thousand points of light" in their new Google Maps Hack. It's done. The beta bugs pointed out by Peter Rojas at Engadget are gone. Now, you can bird's eye WarDrive instead of ascii search for the nearest hotspot in a town where none of the streets are familiar." And stockmaster writes "At last week's Where 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Tim O'Reilly extended his theme that Google Map hacks like Chicago Crime and Craigslist Jobs (which are called "mash-ups") represent a new future where hackers "remix" web services to create new capabilities. This inspired me to create Greasemap, a GPL Firefox plugin that injects a Google map into any page. Notably, it was a 7 hour project which I started when Google released their new API, and demoed the next day on the stage of the conference."

9 of 134 comments (clear)

  1. Did anybody just see that? by jZnat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anybody watch as Google Earth showed a live demonstration of their servers exploding? It was Independence Day on the 13th!!

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    'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
  2. Another 'point of light' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is their incandescent server...

  3. Wireless WiFi Finding by Gamzarme · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes!! Now I can find the nearest WiFi hotspot using my laptop while sitting at a Starbucks! Totally makes sense!

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    Pat
  4. With all these hacks and plugins by eieken · · Score: 3, Funny

    Soon we won't need all these websites, just one: Yagoogmailsourcedotazon.com

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    Meet new people, and kill them.
  5. RE: I guess they're not ready for wifi for the mas by marcantonio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well here's the problem right here:

    Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework
    Version:1.1.4322.2300; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2300     ;)

  6. Re:When do we see ads? by bedroll · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm just wondering, with all these "hacks" to Google Maps when they're going to unlock the hidden sex game in Southern California?

  7. Re:I guess they're not ready for wifi for the mass by schon · · Score: 3, Funny


    Sure, if you want to do it the easy way!
    </voice>

  8. Re:I guess they're not ready for wifi for the mass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Gonzo, the only muppet with a whole category of porn named after it....

  9. A very rude word in a map URL by Basehart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Talking of maps, I was looking for a place in Washington this afternoon and noticed a VERY rude word in the URL.

    http://www.mapblast.com/(fyfuckuzldzflgqx1qop0cbz) /map.aspx?L=USA&C=47.18924%2c-122.22320&A=7.16667& P=|47.18924%2c-122.22320|1|154th+Ave+Ct+E%2c+Sumne r%2c+WA+98390|L1|

    You'll notice it actually says Fuck You (which is kind of appropriate seeing as MapBlast is owned my Microsoft).

    Imagine the horror if the Pope or someone in the White House was to see this terrible terrible word in their address bar.

    I wonder if anyone has seen others that are, gasp, worse??