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The GISuser Mashup zone provides leads to news, articles, tools, tips & tricks for developers of mashups and those interested in using available APIs and SDKs to create their own map mashups. Topics include Google Maps, Google Earth, Yahoo! Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Lat49,Maps24, and others.
Tutorial: Create a Google MyMap, add your flickr photos from a Mapplet, then embed in your website - As of this week, adding a Google map, or even better, your Google "MyMaps", to your webpage is a snap. You know how simple it is to embed a youTube video into your blog? Well, it's that simple. Here's a short tutorial to show you how simple it can be. We'll create a custom google MyMap, add a Mapplet, embed some photos from our flickr account, save the map, and embed it within a website... no problemmo! To finish I'll offer up a couple of photo geotagging tools for those of you with GPS-enabled cell phones and a tool for mannual geotagging for those with no access to GPS. If you enjoy Google maps, flickr, and geotagging photos then this tutorial is for you!
Google Earth 101 - Using the Image Overlay Tool in Google Earth - In this article you will learn how to use the image overlay functionality provided in Google Earth to import existing images into the 3D display and drape them over the existing terrain. Many image file formats can be displayed in Google Earth including jpg, bmp, gif, tiff, tga, png, and a number of others.
Google MyMaps + TakItWithMe + Garmin Communicator API = WOW! Every once in a while an application comes along that makes you sit back and say... WOW! TakItWithMe is a new service for uploading Google My Maps and Google Earth KML content to Garmin and other handheld devices. TakItWithMe is a free service and supports most Garmin hand-held devices by leveraging the newly announced Garmin Communicator API.
Integrating ArcGIS and Google Earth: Analyzing Patterns in Geographic Data through Time The trilogy of how-to articles has become one of the most popular tutorials to date at GISuser.com. Moving forward, we're pleased to pick up where we left off and offer another fine article from author Eric Pimpler, this one focuses on the integration of ArcGIS and Google Earth and looks at enhancements found in Google Earth 4 like the introduction of the new Time control... enjoy!
City Tours, photos, maps, reviews, and Schmapplets from your desktop Schmap 2.0 (Beta) With the busy summer travel season upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere there's a strong demand for travel maps... enter Schmap! This amazing resource offers up free travel guides/maps that enable you to easily explore virtually any major destination on the planet.
A Look at the Geocoding Functionality Build Into Google Maps API V2 When the Google Maps API was released in early 2005, one of the most notable omissions was the ability to geocode addresses. This posed more of an inconvenience that anything else as there are many geocoding APIs available from various sources, some of which are free to use.
Lat49 A Mashup Advertising Engine to help monetize map mashups- Google has laid the foundation for map mashup development -- more tools, more exposure... etc... Now there's a solution from LAT49 (Beta) to help put more cash in the pockets of developers and map publishers.
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Tutorial - Take your Geolocated photos into Google Maps or Google earth via Geo-RSS with ease! Posted on December 01, 2007
This may be old-school for some of you, others will appreciate this simple tip. All you need here is a Nokia N95 or other GPS-enabled device, some geotagged photos, a flickr account, a geo-RSS feed, and a Google account (optional) - read on for this simple GeoRSS photo feed, google map tutorial
Share places using findbyClick mobile - location-aware Google Maps mashup Posted on November 27, 2007
Map mashups are everywhere, many of them are also mobile enabled, providing users with the ability to update and share their places from their mobile... findbyclick is just such an application - location-based intelligence and social networking all in one.
Google MyMaps + TakItWithMe + Garmin Communicator API = WOW! Posted on July 17, 2007
Every once in a while an application comes along that makes you sit back and say... WOW! TakItWithMe is a new service for uploading Google My Maps and Google Earth KML content to Garmin and other handheld devices. TakItWithMe is a free service and supports most Garmin hand-held devices by leveraging the newly announced Garmin Communicator API. According to the developers... "Combined with the recent Maplets functionality at maps.google.com, this helps bridge the geoweb to real world GPS use. "
Mashup Zone - Google Maps Training & Tutorials Posted on July 11, 2007
GISuser is pleased to share with our readers a number of tutorials designed to help you get up and running using the Google Maps API - kudos to our Mashup sponsor, Geo Spatial Training LLC. Interested in providing us with a tutorial? Contact us!
LookLocal Puts Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Live Search Maps at your fingertips Posted on June 05, 2007 Been to the Idelix Labs lately? This is the developer resource where beta apps and other cool things the Vancouver-based company is working on are hosted. One such application launched last year is LookLocal... think of it as the ultimate map mashup where users can flip-flop their mapping between all the big boys in the mashup world - Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, and Live Search Maps. Oh... and perhaps coolest of all, integrate Idelix PDT into your mapping experience for a close up look and friendly navigation. Recall, PDT that nifty little "lens" for "magnifying" what appears on your computer display screen.
10 Cool Things You Need to Know About Google Developer Day Posted on May 09, 2007
Focusing on the theme “Building Blocks for Better Web Applications,” Google Developer Day will explore innovative uses of Google developer products to create and enhance applications, integrate with Google services and reach millions of users on Google and beyond. The following are my list of 10 Cool Things about Google's planned Developer Day!
StormPulse Mashup offers One Stop Access To Tropical Storm and Hurricane Data Posted on April 26, 2007 GISuser Reader Matthew contacted us about a very clever resource that he's developed - StormPulse. Users of the NHC Tropical Prediction Center will love and appreciate this amazing mashup! Users can map a storm track, access information about a storm from NOAA, read about the storm's lifecycle, grab info from Wikipedia, view photos posted to flickr that reference the hurricane, access satellite imagery and much more - as an example see details of Hurricane Alberto, 2006 - this is a fantastic mashup and I can't wait to see more from it!
A clever new mashup from the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation combines the sights and sounds of Philladelphia with historical tales, images, audio, and best of all, Google maps!
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Been to the Idelix Labs lately? This is the developer resource where beta apps and other cool things the Vancouver-based company is working on are hosted. One such application launched last year is LookLocal... think of it as the ultimate map mashup where users can flip-flop their mapping between all the big boys in the mashup world - Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, and Live Search Maps. Oh... and perhaps coolest of all, integrate Idelix PDT into your mapping experience for a close up look and friendly navigation. Recall, PDT that nifty little "lens" for "magnifying" what appears on your computer display screen.
GISuser Reader Matthew contacted us about a very clever resource that he's developed - StormPulse. Users of the NHC 
An interesting tip comes our way from the Google developer weblog. Using data stored and maintained in a simple spreadsheet, users can use tools like the Google Spreadsheets API to quickly map your data using Google Maps.
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