Google maps has a collaborate feature now that will let you make a map layer that you can share with a group or even the world. It works like a wiki, so anyone in the share list can edit, edd or remove any data point.

I'm monkeying around with it and trying to kick off a worldwide map of hackers. If you code--or just pretend to--click on this link and add yourself and your hacker friends to the map:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?i... ;amp;hl=en&msa=0&msid=108480887738389422212.000440310dcdec9d1c93a

Submitted by jason - 2007-11-30 20:37:35
Channels - hackszine futuretech
Tags - hack google mashup maps

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"Google will award $20 million to the first private team to put a robot on the moon, the company and the X Prize Foundation announced at Wired NextFest in Los Angeles Thursday. Members of the public will also get the chance to send digital mementos to the moon."

See also, "How to Win $20 Million":
http://www.wired.com/special_mul...

Submitted by jason - 2007-09-13 12:03:05
Channels - blogcadre futuretech mechamojo
Tags - google robots space robotics nasa moon lunar x-prize

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Ever since Google's Street View feature was added to Google Maps, people have been searching for funny or embarrassing photos that were captured by the Googlevan.

Here's a huge list of Street View sightings, including such classics as: googlevan reflected in building window, man caught exiting a strip club, dude breaking into a house, whoops - your thong is showing, and googlevan racing through a speed trap.

Have fun, geovoyeurs.

Submitted by jason - 2007-06-04 12:38:20
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Tags - google photography maps gis streetview voyeur

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Google's started a "geo" blog devoted to web mapping, online GIS APIs, and location enabled online happenings.

Submitted by jason - 2007-05-10 20:04:45
Channels - general blogcadre hackszine
Tags - google geography gis geoweb cartography mapping

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Here's a literal take on the viral web. Biomedical scientists used Google Earth to map the spread of the avian flu virus. The simulation contains additional data points including various strains of virus evolution and the hosts organisms that it is able to infect.

Submitted by jason - 2007-05-01 14:10:06
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Tags - science google virus earth flu simulation

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A proof of concept - javascript and back end php that calls back to Google's translate service for text translation.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-24 23:17:57
Channels - hackszine meshlydev
Tags - google translation api translate

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It's like Google maps' driving directions, but for public transportation. It's not available everywhere, but it's a neat effort by Google to help people use the transit system.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-20 20:43:51
Channels - futuretech
Tags - google transit public transportation

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A simple utility that will consume data from a published Google Spreadsheet, and generate graphs using the javascript PlotKit library.

It also generates all the javascript code for you, so you can cut and paste the output as a widget into your own site.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-18 20:54:18
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Tags - google javascript chart ajax spreadsheet plotkit graph

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By default, Google Analytics only tracks the filename portion of the URL, excluding any included query string entirely.

With a quick adjustment of your site's tracking code, you can force the full referrer URL to be reported.

Submitted by jason - 2007-04-10 22:26:05
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Tags - google analytics urchin statistics referrer

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