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"Do you prefer your mashups useful or fun? If latter is the answer, we've got a treat for you: 17 quirky Google Maps mashups that probably won't cure cancer or stop world hunger, but they're definitely interesting, at least from the \"someone did that?\" point of view. You might want to hurry browsing through these, though; from our experience, Google Maps mashups tend to die out almost as fast as they appear. \nBe sure to check our older list of must-see Google Maps mashups. \n\n\n\n\n5tvs.com - Check out TV stations and from around the world that have Internet feeds.  Sounds useful, but on most occasions you'll just find a lot of television stations in foreign languages. \n\n\n\n\nAntennaSearch.com - Ever wondered how many cell towers and antennas are covering your area?  Preparing to move and want to know much radiation you can expect?  This Google mashup will show you exactly where the towers are and what may be coming soon.  Like most services though, you could always just whip our your cell phone and look at how many bars you have.\n\n\n\n\nAWorldOfNirvana.com - Click on a year in the history of the band Nirvana, and see locations that were key to them to the band that year, along with relevant YouTube videos embedded.\n\n\n\n\nASCIIMaps.com - Ever wondered what Google Maps would look like if it was running on a Commodore 64 in the 1980's?  I know I have!  ASCIIMaps generates all of Google Maps in ASCII.\n\n\n\n\nDaylightMap.com - Once, you had to pay $35 or more for a program to do the job this site does, and now it's free. While it's not something you need to reference all that often, it can be useful for checking where it is currently daylight in the world... or you could, you know, look out the window.\n\n\n\n\nDoctorWhoLocations.org.uk - Fans of the long running British sci-fi series will enjoy this site as it marks the numerous locations that have been used to film the series over its long history, Dr. Who.\n\n\n\n\nEasyTZ.com - Easily figure out time zone and differences for when you are setting up a conference call or you're just generally curious.\n\n\n\n\nGeography Of Seinfeld - Take a look around New York City at various places they used through out the the run of the series, Seinfeld.\n\n\n\n\nGhostLogs.com - Share information on reportedly haunted locations all over the world.\n\n\n\n\nGoocam - Look up public webcam streams from all over the world and get a small glimpse into life from round the globe.  Voyeurism has gone world wide!\n\n\n\n\nIf You Dig Straight Down - There is an old story that if you dig straight down in the United States that you'll end up in China.  Well, I used this site to see, and I end up somewhere Southwest of Australia.  People lied to me as a child.\n\n\n\n\nMapBuilder.net - Ever wanted to build your own Google Maps mashup, but thought you would never figure out APIs?  Map Builder helps anyone build a Google Map for anything they may need one for, and who knows, you might make it on this list next time.\n\n\n\n\nN2YO.com - Pull up a satellite by name and take a peak in real-time where it is over the Earth.  In this screenshot, I was tracking the International Space Station... and slowly going to sleep as it moved like a snail across my screen.\n\n\n\n\nNuclear Blast Effects - Ever wondered what the blast radius of 100 kiloton nuke dropped on New York City would be?  Mind you this is a ground level detonation, and takes no fallout into account.  Great fun at parties.\n\n\n\n\nPackageMapping.com - Gives you the ability to see a visual representation of the tracking of your packages shipped via DHL, FedEX, USPS and UPS.  It kinda makes you feel like your package is one of the planes in the Indiana Jones movies with the red thing trailing behind it.\n\n\n\n\nTwittervision.com - Follow all of the latest Tweets on Twitter on a Google map, as it readjusts itself to best show you were the messages are coming from.\n\n\n\n\nWii.FindNearby.net - Having trouble fining a Nintendo Wii?  This mashup suggests nearby retail stores that may have them, and will also show geographically close eBay auctions.  So now you know how close you are to having one that you'll never get!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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