Category Archives: maps

Let Google Maps do the walking

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Matt Cutts points out a great mashup for apartment hunters: Walk Score. One of the most important criteria I have when looking for a place to live is whether I can walk to (or stumble back from) places. Walk Score … Continue reading →

Posted in city guides, google, local search, maps, mashups | 2 Comments

Google introduces embeddable maps for your Web site

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

In the latest incarnation of widgets that let users slice-and-dice content, Google Maps is now allowing users to embed maps on Web sites. Several of Google’s other properties allow users to embed content, including YouTube’s embeddable videos and Picasa’s slideshows. … Continue reading →

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Google Maps adds traffic time estimates

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Google Maps is now including estimated travel times in heavy traffic in its driving directions. The details on Google’s LatLong blog post are vague. The service is available in “a limited set of metropolitan areas.” It looks like Google is … Continue reading →

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Google Maps on jetBlue

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I recently had the chance to see the Google Maps on jetBlue that I wrote about earlier. The maps are pretty simple; no satellite views or other cool Google features. They rotate among zoom levels. (My photostream has other examples.) … Continue reading →

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Using Google Maps as a virtual notepad

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I get recommendations on restaurants all the time from various sources – friends, the Post food critic’s weekly chat, articles I read, etc. I’ve had scattered approaches to keeping track of them. I used to email them to myself. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in google, local search, maps, web 2, web 2.0 | 1 Comment

Google Maps launches local reviews

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

In a potentially huge blow to local services like Yelp, CitySearch, and AOLCityGuide, Google is now offering users the ability to leave reviews for businesses they search on. To date, Google has aggregated reviews from those sites and others in … Continue reading →

Posted in city guides, google, local search, maps, web 2, web 2.0, yelp | 6 Comments

Building your own roads with TomTom

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

One of my big frustrations with navigation devices and online mapping services is that it can take months to more than a year for to get new roads added, closed roads deleted and errors corrected. Making changes required getting an … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer electronics, gps, maps, satellite navigation | 1 Comment

Google Street View hits The Daily Show

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Lewis Black has a hilarious rant on privacy issues of Street View from the “worldwide leader in freaking people out”. The Freakonomics blog has an interview with Google Product Manager Stephen Chau on Street View. More on: google, maps, Street View

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Getting Google Street View in your pocket

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

WHERE has released a clever hack that lets you pull up Google Street View pictures on your cell phone. Just find a business and if it’s in Street View coverage, you’ll see a link to view the picture. Google’s own … Continue reading →

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Outside.in puts neighborhood news on the map

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

Brady at O’Reilly Radar has a great post on Outside.in. The startup aggregates local blogs, organizes them by neighborhood and plots them on a map. I’ve written before about the importance of being hyperlocal. If I were running a media … Continue reading →