Awesome new Google Maps feature: Draggable Routes (kwc blog)

Awesome new Google Maps feature: Draggable Routes (kwc blog)

This is nice. I also like the feature they added a few months ago to make custom, annotated maps. Great for giving people directions if your place is hard to find based on the default directions.

Official Google Blog: Stuck in traffic?

Official Google Blog: Stuck in traffic?

Google Maps now shows traffic data for some major cities (DC included).

Google Maps Now Showing Metro Stations

Google Maps Now Showing Metro Stations

Doesn’t show alternate exits at the moment, but this is a nice little change.

Books: Mapped

Books: Mapped

Wild. Google has added maps to some of its books pages, so you can see the locations of places mentioned in a book.

Showdown at Google Gulch

Showdown at Google Gulch

Google Earth’s images of Baghdad captured a battle, and you can see the tanks.

Google Mars

Google Mars

Google Map of Mars geography.

isnoop.net universal package tracking

isnoop.net universal package tracking

See a map of where your package is.

All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas

All Google’s Roads Lead to Kansas

Wired story about the farm that’s at the very center of Google Maps from its default position.

MapWoW.com World of Warcraft Maps

MapWoW.com World of Warcraft Maps

Uses the Google Maps API. Very clever.

Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter

Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists | Applefritter

Homework (after reading this): now that you know what sorts of things the public can find out about you, think about how much Amazon itself knows about you. Or Google, or Microsoft, or Yahoo!

DCist Maps

DCist Maps

Overlay of the DC Metro onto Google Maps. Looks handy

Census Data Over Google Maps

Census Data Over Google Maps

Zoom into any street in the country and see its population.

My Neighborhood on Flickr

My Neighborhood on Flickr

Annotated Map of Ballston, where I live.