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"John Musser over at ProgrammableWeb (a great source for info on APIs, I might add!) has posted about the NY Times article* on Google Maps mashups.  John has picked out some fairly cool mashups that are worth mentioning:\n\nHomePriceRecords: Combines home sales data with Google maps.\nfboweb.com: Lets you search for flights and see the current location plotted on a Google Map.\nCellReception.com: Leverages a database of 117,000 cell phone tower locations and Google Maps to help you see where coverage is and isn\u2019t.\nToronto Homicides: Another crime-locator map.\nKosher Food Locator: Keep to your kosher diet with this handy Google Maps mashup.\nDublin Web Cams: Plotted on a Google Map.\nSan Francisco Bart Schedule:  Lets you click on a station and get the next few departures. \nWineryBound: Find wineries by location and varietal. As they say \u201CSo many wineries..so little time\u201D.\nLos Taco Trucks Unitos: For when you need to find a taco truck in Seattle.\nonNYTurf Subway Map: Shows the NYC subway system on a Google Map.\nRoad Sign Math: Combines Google Maps, cameras and GPS into the \u201Cnewest road game to sweep the country\u201D.\nUSA Hot Springs: Shows you where 1661 hot springs are in the US through NOAA data + Google Maps.\n\nThe most remarkable thing here is that Google seems to be pursuing revenue-sharing deals with sites that make money from Google Maps.  So there is a business model after all!  From the article:\nGoogle's openness to the use of its maps does have limits, though. Once a mash-up turns into a large-scale commercial enterprise, Google looks to share in the revenue. That is happening at Trulia [real estate search] ; Google lawyers are trying to negotiate a royalty agreement. \"At the moment it is free,\" Mr. Flint said, \"and we are taking advantage of it.\"\nAnd in case you don't already know, Google Maps is now officially part of Google Local, hence the logo.  More mashups and news at Google Maps Mania.\n*BugMeNot required, natch."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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