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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."

5 of 134 comments (clear)

  1. Another 'point of light' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is their incandescent server...

  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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?

  5. 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!
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