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Website of the Day: HousingMaps
If you're house hunting, Craigslist can be a great resource for finding a sweet rental property. But once you're inside Craigslist, you usually have to click around Google Maps to find the whereabouts of online listings. Not anymore!
Scope Out Your Facebook Friends' Locations on Google Maps
It's not every day a Facebook app catches my eye, but because I have friends from all over the world, I knew Map Motive would be something I might find useful. I saw this app on Digital Inspiration, and what's great about it is that if you're planning on doing some traveling and you're wondering if you're going to know anyone at your destination, Map Motive will instantly show you on a Google Map who is currently located in that city or town. But keep in mind, if any of your Facebook friends have their info set to private, you won't be able to see where they are on the map.
Geek Tip: Coordinate Time Zones With Tinyti.me
If you coordinate meetings for different time zones (say if you're in Chicago, and you're setting up a phone conference for others in Paris), you could try to convert the time zones on your own, but why do that when you can use Tinyti.me, and have it all done for you?
Just enter the time you want your video conference or phone call to start, add a quick description, and you'll be rewarded with a small URL and a Google map complete with various time zones for your attendees to reference. It's simple, quick, and prevents you from, you know, doing all that math.
Track the Swine Flu Outbreak on Google Maps
Unless you've been living a tech-free existence for the past week, then you've probably been hearing a lot about the swine influenza A virus. The outbreak has already taken 149 lives in Mexico and more confirmed cases have been reported in other parts of the US. On Twitter, the topic is already receiving over 10,000 Tweets Per Hour as people micro-blog their concerns and questions about the disease.
Geek Tip: Check Out YouTube Videos on a Timeline
The Internet can provide a wealth of knowledge these days, but sometimes I find that the news can get a little jumbled. Like searching YouTube for videos relating to the presidential election — although you can sort by when videos were uploaded (today, this week, or this month) things are still out of order and shown by how many views, not by latest video uploaded. I want up-to-the-minute results!
Planning A Vacation? Take Virtual Video Trip First
I'm a big fan of mashup sites especially when they help you with all important tasks like finding the nearest fast food joint or picking a house or apartment.
The Virtual Video Map won't solve your munchies or need for shelter problems, but it might inspire you to plan a vacation.
You just click on the markers on the map and are treated to YouTube videos about the location.
Signal Map Compares Cell Providers In Your Area
If "can you hear me now?" is part of your everyday vocab, you might want to check out Signal Map, a user-generated cell phone signal map that notes the strength of major service providers on a map. You can use the free service to find a cell signal in your area, or add your signal to help others.
New Seven Wonders Of The World Google/YouTube Mashup
The new Seven Wonders Of The World were just announced in an official ceremony last week, but the Google mashups have begun!
Mibazaar has created a Google Maps View (along with video from YouTube) of the new wonders, which include India's Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru's Machu Picchu, Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid and The Colosseum in Rome. You can explore all the wonders without hopping on a plane (although I suggest you do that too!) by watching the videos accompanying each site.
Website Of The Day: Fast Food Maps
Today's website of the day Fast Food Maps certainly isn't the most useful, or healthy site I've found, but it offers that oh-so-greasy quick fix we all crave every once in a while in the form of an innovative mashup site. (Shhh, don't tell Fit!)
The site combines google maps with the location of fast food restaurants in more than 50 cities across the United States. Last time I checked there were 49,747 McDonald's, In-N-Out, Burger King, Pizza Hut etc.
What Mashup Site Would You Love?
There's no doubt about it mashup sites provide a unique and pleasurable website experience by combining services of two sites into one. For example, Flickrvision is a mashup site that displays the pictures people across the world are posting on Flickr on a map, while MapsKrieg.com combines Google Maps and the housing listings on Craigslist.org.
This week, Wired Magazine's Alt Text blog put out a ploy for more innovative mashup sites that would help trim our bookmark menus by combining popular domains.
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