Google is continuing its efforts to turn its My Maps personal mapmaking tools into a geographic blogging platform. Back in October, they added profile pages for map creators. I wrote at the time that it would be nice to have user comments on the maps to introduce flickr-like incentives for map creators.
Today’s release allows viewers to rate maps and leave comments. You can also see statistics on maps, including the number of views and the top referring links to the map.
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My name is Rakesh Agrawal (aka Rocky Agrawal). I work on emerging products for Tellme. I have six patents pending.
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Hi Rocky,
thanks for the info. That’s a cool feature to have. I like the idea of My Maps because users can share what’s important or useful to them.
Comment by Mike — December 12, 2007 @ 2:40 am