Mashups with Google and Bing Maps

Google or Bing Map-based mashups abound these days. Mashups require services that can be mashed up. Location-based mashups need services that provide boundary information. With Web-based mapping providers, you can easily create a map-based mashup with little or no capital investment and now it covers wide variety of areas starting from Celebrity location to Real Estate to YouTube video popularities.

See some of them in Action here, following site www.taxiwiz.com helps you to calculate the Taxi Fares, mostly though in US cities. Check out !

Since Google and Bing have its’ Maps API, numerous applications, called Mashups, have been developed that integrate customized data on top of Google’s map interface. With the Maps API, it’s straightforward to center a map at a given location, add markers, and display content in info windows—especially if the location is static. However, if the location is driven by user input or retrieved dynamically, the process is somewhat more complex because of the need to geo-code the address.

The following is one cool example that provides a map of all the airports in the world along with routes from those airports and operating airlines. Also provides the ability to read and write reviews for each airport and airline.

Check it out at: http://www.whereables.co.uk/

Finally, see the way to follow the Centuries hit by Sachin Tendulkar, again based on Maps.

Find out more at http://www.mibazaar.com/cricket/sachintestrecord.html

Do let me know how you like these. Also read “Mashups” to know what it means.

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