Google Building Maker for Ex-Legomania, Web 2.0 Junkies

Google launched their Google Building Maker today. Essentially it's a mash-up between Google Maps and 3D building blocks. They let you play with it for free, and you create 3D building models for free, Google...

Cuban escapes: Cubans joint unofficially to the Google maps.

Still on 2009, all about Cuba remains mysterious and difficult to reach. No matter if  we are talking about news or looking for an address of a place to visit in the island.  This is still "the lost city". In order to stop this situation and put finally Cuba in the...

Forget Your Privacy, Let Google Street View Publicly Identify You

Anyone who's ever used the internet, let alone social media sites and networks, knows that privacy is a digital illusion. We are ever-more indexable, searchable, findable, contactable and now easily identifiable,...

Google Maps "Street View" van hits deer and posts evidence

A Google Maps image collecting van recently posted an image of a young fawn traveling along side the van.  The next photo, however, shows that same fawn motionless on the ground.  As part of the "Street...

1. Mumbai Attacks: 2008 in Review

" 2008's Top 10 Moments in User-Generated News 1.    Mumbai attacks2.    Natural disasters: Emergency info 3.    SF Olympic torch relay protests 4.   ...

Google Maps Lost Me, Rand McNally Online Directions Are Spot On!

On Sunday evening, I put on my concierge hat. I had to pick up something for a client. Since I did not know the place where I was going I looked for directions and went to Google Maps as I trust them more than MapQuest.I followed the instructions to the letter and did not get...

Google US Voter Info Site: Mapping Your Way to The Polls.

As election day looms, many are still not sure quite where to vote. Google has created a site which uses its own Google Maps to help voters find the polling place closest to them: the aptly-named US Voter Info...

Beretta amongst San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant Robberies (2008)

Should some eateries choose their name more carefully?Amongst the 2 dozen restaurants victim of a robbery in 2008 in the San Francisco Bay Area I found Beretta, a late night spot in San Francisco.Also listed is Pho 84, a Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland.Looking at the San...

St. Paul suburb tells Google Maps to keep out

North Oaks, a St. Paul suburb may become the first US city to reject Google map services."The city of 4,500 residents has demanded that Google Maps remove images of North Oaks homes from the website's Street...

HTC Touch Diamond - First Take

I haven't seen it in person yet but when HTC does something well they do it very well.  Hopefully this product stands the test of time."HTC released their latest device today called the Touch Diamond and it's...

Where's Waldo in Vancouver?

Local artist and designer Melanie Coles has recently finished a new viral game. She has created a large scale painting of Waldo (of Where's Waldo fame) and placed it on a rooftop somewhere in Vancouver, BC. Now...

Visualize Recent Edits to Google Maps

Forget Orkut, Google’s best homegrown social product might just be Google Maps. Today the Maps team has released a “Recent Edits” feature that shows you the most recent updates people have made to...

Webcams.Travel now available i n Chinese language

"Just visit webcams.travel where users from around the world have access to more than 2,500 travel webcams showing the most beautiful holiday destinations on earth. http://www.Webcams.travel is now available in simplified Chinese and 7 other languages.webcams.travel is a...

Old news on Lifehacker...Using Google Maps to Find an Apartment

MapsKrieg sounds like a late to the party copycat of MyApartmentMap which was already on our map last August.

Mobile you, me .. mobile everyone...

Trying to make sense of a recent addition to the Google Maps API at eleven fifteen at night isn't the best policy. I was tired, a little annoyed and not really in the mood for trying to figure out how to create a KML file. Bed seemed like a good idea, so off I went... Fast...

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