More Google Maps 45º Imagery

Google Maps have released more Bird's Eye imagery in a number of US cities.


Tower of the Americas, San Antonio

The new cities given Google Maps' oblique satellite views are:

Contra Costa County, CA
Escondido, CA
Long Beach, CA
Norfolk, VA
New Orleans, LA
San Antonio, TX
St Petersburg, FL
Tucson, AZ
Van Nuys, CA

I've updated my pick of Google Maps Aerial Views - Aerial View Map - to include aerial imagery from the latest cities added.



Via: Google LatLong

Google Maps Under 10k

10k Apart
10k Apart was a competition to build a web app in less than 10 kilobytes. A number of the entries used the Google Maps API.

Street View Funny took time out of their busy schedule of travelling and archiving the world of Street View to sift through the 10K Apart competition for the Google Maps entries.

HeatmapJS

HeatmapJS is an HTML5 application that allows you to quickly create heat maps with your data. To create a map you just need to enter your data and HeatmapJS will magically create a heat map with Google Maps.

Once you generate a heat map, you can save it and share the link with your friends / readers.

SunCalc Lite

SunCalc Lite is an app that shows sun movement and sunlight phases during a given day at a given location with a nice visualization on Google Maps.

You can see the full (not under 10k) version of this application at SunCalc

Rick-Fare Map

This entry enables you to know how much you should pay for an auto-rickshaw trip.

To work out the potential cost of your fare you need to click on the map to select your starting location and then click on the map again to show your destination. You can also drag the markers around to update routes.

Big Picture Small World

This app uses the Yahoo! Query Language to display images from The Big Picture on a Google Map. The app uses YQL to analyse the image captions for geographical names and then places them on a map.

A list of links below the map allows you to load images from different Big Picture collections.

Australian Flooding Twitter Maps

Historic Flooding in Australia - Tweets Mapped

Here is another Google Map that displays Tweets about the current flooding in Australia.

The map animates through the latest Twitter messages that use the hashtag #qldfloods. Many of the messages displayed on the map are informative, outlining help available and giving updates on the latest news about road closures etc.

Tweak the Tweet Queensland Flooding is also mapping the #qldfloods Twitter messages.

Also See

• Queensland Floods - Google Map from the Google Crisis Response team.
  
• ABC Qld Flood Crisis Map - Map using the Ushahidi crisis reporting platform.
• Panedia - Brisbane Flooding Panoramas - 360 degree panoramas of the flooding in Brisbane
• Australian Early Warning Network - Bureau of Meteorology information and emergency alerts

You can donate to the Flood Relief Appeal here.

Snapr - the iPhone Photo Mapping App

Snapr - Map View

Snapr is an iPhone application for sharing geo-tagged photographs. With Snapr's free application for iPhone you can take pictures and upload them to the Snapr Google Map and to your Twitter account.

If you zoom into any location on the Snapr map you are shown the latest 20 photographs taken in that area. When you view an individual image the map is set to the time when that image was taken.

Registered users of Snapr can pick favorites, add comments, and manage their individual photostream ('My Snaps'). If you don't have an iPhone you can visit the Snapr mobile optimised site m.sna.pr and upload photos by visitingm.sna.pr/upload/.

Via: Mashable

Google Crisis Response - Queensland

Queensland Floods

The Google Crisis Response team has produced what looks to be a very useful Google Map for anyone affected by the current flooding in Australia.

The map initially shows the levels of flooding but also includes a number of other layers. A layer showing Queensland road closures should be very useful for anyone in that area. There is also a layer to view the locations of evacuation centres.

The map includes two layers displaying third party data. One from ABC displays the towns and cities affected by the floods and another from SBS shows the worst affected areas.

Also See

• ABC Qld Flood Crisis Map - Map using the Ushahidi crisis reporting platform.
• Tweak the Tweet Queensland Flooding - map showing the latest #qldfloods Tweets
• Australian Early Warning Network - Bureau of Meteorology information and emergency alerts

You can donate to the Flood Relief Appeal here.

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360 Panoramas of the Brisbane Floods

Panedia - Brisbane Flooding Panoramas

I've been watching the news reports about the current flooding in Australia but nothing I have seen has quite had the emotional impact of this Google Map of 360 degree panoramas shot in Brisbane today.

The map includes 40 interactive panoramas of the flooding in Brisbane that can be viewed directly from the map. The flood has affected more than 25,000 properties in the Brisbane area. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says it is "the worst natural disaster in our history and possibly in the history of our nation."

These interactive panoramas give a first person view of the floods and are therefore able to convey incredibly effectively the impact that the flooding has had on the city.

Have a look at the panoramas and then donate to the Flood Relief Appeal.

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Australia Flooding Tweets on Google Maps

Tweak the Tweet Queensland Flooding

Tweak the Tweet is a platform that uses Twitter as a two-way communication channel for information during emergencies, crises, and disasters. The platform is using Google Maps to show the latest Tweets about the current flooding crisis in Australia.

There are two Google Maps, Map by Type and Map by Time. Both maps show the latest Tweets that include the hashtag #qldfloods.

Map by Type colour-codes the Tweets by category, including 'photos', 'missing' and 'shelter'. Map by Time categorises the Tweets by how recently they have been posted.

You can donate to the Flood Relief Appeal here.

Hotpot Now on Google Maps

Hotpot

Google's local recommendation engine Hotpot is now more closely tied with Google Maps. If you are a Hotpot user when you visit Google Maps you will see a stream listing the most recent rating and review activity of your Hotpot friends.

With Hotpot, Google are making local search results for places on Google more personal and relevant. When you visit Hotpot you can view nearby places, search for local businesses and restaurants and read reviews.

With Hotpot you can share your favourite places and your ratings with your friends and see the places they’ve recommended. So, for example, if you want to go to a restaurant you can see at a glance which restaurants have been recommended by your friends.

When you now use Google Maps you will be able tell at a glance what places your friends have been visiting and what places that they recommend.

Via: Google LatLong

People Search on Google Maps

Spokeo

Spokeo is a people centred search engine that lets you search for information about people by name and location.

If you enter someone's name into the Spokeo search engine the results are returned on a Google Map. The results are clustered on the map and organised in the map sidebar by state.

If you drill down to view an individual results it is possible to view the individual's address, phone number and estimated house value. Paid subscribers to Spokeo can also view an individual's social network profiles, where available.

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The NYT Examines the Destruction in Haiti

Destruction in Haiti, Then and Now

The New York Times has created an eye-opening interactive feature using aerial photos from GeoEye and Google Maps to show Port-au-Prince before and after the earthquake in Haiti last January.

Using the application is it is possible to view aerial imagery from both before and after the earthquake. The imagery includes shots of the tent cities that were created after the quake as well as highlighting some of the damaged structures in the city.

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