29 August 2007

GEO 2.0: 124 ways to map, track & navigatepeople, places, experiences, content, media & news - globally - locally & extraterrestrially


Map mash-ups are among the most visible, attractive and popular phenomena in Web 2.0. The list below is limited to the purest examples and to enabling softwares & applications. You'll find many more applications in the other categories of this index, and some more indices in ABOUT 2.0.

There are not that many web sites striving to go beyond the mere fun of geo location. I expect more business cases to evolve around geo location once the telcos and cell phone manufacturers start offering standardized location based data roaming and services.

29 additions in this update, in italic.

Alkemis - Map mash-up
Askmaps - Get driving directions
Bittercyclist - Bicycle accident map & community; map mash-up
Bliin~ - Share your experience in photos, videos, text etc
Blipstar - Create your own store locator
Bluepuddle - Create & enrich maps
Buddymapping - Assemble your friends on a map & publish it
Buildhardlink - Link to physical objects & access data over your cell phone
Bulletin* - Share data & mash them up with geo information
Chicagocrime - Crime dbase map mash-up
Click2map - Create, manage, publish & share maps
Clustrmaps - Map your blog visitors
Dash* - Internet-connected navigation system
DIYmap - Create maps in Flash
Eurotopmodel~ - Rate photo models (map mash-up)
Excio - Geotag your blog & share it
Feedmap - Map your blogs
Fileindex~ - Real time traffic jam map mash-up
Flagr - Bookmark the real world
Flashearth - Global maps mash-up in flash
Flickrmap - Map Flickr photos
Flickrvision - Flickr updates from various users on Google Map
Flightaware - Maps planes that are currently in the air
Flyr - Search Flickr for geotagged photos
Funda~ - Real estate locations mash-up (nice maps, nice zoom!)
Gchart - Check local time globally
Geotagit - Upload & share geotagged collections
Geotool - Map yourself
Geotracingcom~ - Share the geo-located photos you've made during a trip & your (animated!) route (and more…!)
Geovector*** - LBS services with a usable interface.
Globeassistant~ - Get your content mashed up with Google Earth
Googleearth* - Global maps
Googlemaps - Check local things globally
Googlemars - Own a red planet
Gruvr - Collaborate on local music maps
Gutenkarte - Maps spatial components of classic literature
Gvisit - Map your site visitors
Healthmap - Global disease outbreak map
Hotelworldmap~ - Find a hotel (map mash-up)
Housingmaps - Find housing (map mash-up)
Incident1 - Maps 911 calls (USA)
Jauntlet - Track & trace yourself
Locallive - Windows maps
Localpoint~ - Google mash-up with several (Dutch) dbases
Loopt* - Find & share your friends & media on your mobile (cool demo!)
Lowlandsguide~** - Explore the lay of the Lowland Festival with this mobile app
Mailinator - Disposable email + spam mash-up
Map24 - Route finder; 3D
Mapbuilder - Mash-up your own maps
Mapicurious - Create maps
Mapkit - Create & share your own map
Maplib - Turn every photo or illustration into an interactive map
Mapmyrun - Plot & share your run route
Mappr - Map Flickr photos per tag
Mappyhour - Maps bars & their happy hour specials
Mapquest - Look up local businesses, get driving directions
Map-runner - Create & share run-maps
Mapsack - Map, discover & share places - Geo
Mapshark - Search maps in many websites
Maptales - Map trips
Maptrot - Create & share maps
Mapwii - Map your WII number & challenge other players
Mashplanet - Find & submit mash-ups per category
Mkmap - Collaborate on local maps
Moremap - Map mash-up showing earthquakes, traffic, radio stations etc
Mscape - Connect media & experiences to real locations
N2yo* - Realtime satellite tracking
Naughty-au-naturelle* - Penthouse letters map mash-up
Nav4all~ - Mobile navigation app, claim & share places with friends
Neighboroo - Explore USA trends on map
NIM - Wireless navigation apps for mobile phones
Nomos~ - Live reporting on sound levels around Amsterdam Airport
Ongopongo - Search, create or submit & share maps
Ononemap - Find housing (map mash-up) (UK)
Openstreetmap - View, edit & use geographical data
Packagemapper - Track your package on a map
Panoramio - Store your geo-tagged photos on Google maps
Partyvibes~ - Publish & share parties in Holland
Pervwatch - Perv mash-up
Pheromonetrail - Share places & sites & persons
Placeopedia - Wiki + Google maps mash-up
Placestodo - Post & share places & things
Planiglobe - Create your own map
Platial - Co-create atlas & share places
Plazesbadge* - Show where you are (e.g. on your blog)
Poly9freeearth - 3D globe with various map layers
Portbooker - Search & book mooring, globally
Powermap - Next level Google maps
Propsmart - Find housing (map mash-up)
Publicloos - Share public toilets
Quikmaps - Doodle on & share maps
Redfin - Find housing (map mash-up)
Routecraft~ - Route planner; add your text to locations & share it; also for mobile
Schmapplets - Mash-up & publish maps
Searchquest - Real estate map mash-up for cells
Semapedia** - Connect the real world to the web with sema codes
Signalmap - Find or add reports on cell strength
Ski3dmaps - Explore the lay of the piste
Skibonk - Ski resorts (map mash-up)
Streetadvisor - Portray, review & rank streets & neighbourhoods
Sundaydash - Find housing (map mash-up)
Tagmaps - Flickr tags & map mash-up
Tagzania - Share & map places
Toeat - Map & share restaurants
Traffic - Local traffic maps
Treadr - Track & follow people online
Treinvizier~ - Actual whereabouts of Dutch trains
Tripmojo - Map & share hotels
Trippermap - Record your trips through Flickr photos
Useamap - Create your own maps with short URLs
Virtualcity - Navigate map with help of photos (Toronto)
Virtualvideomap - Google Maps & Youtube mash-up
Vivirama - Put your home on this free international map
Vlogmap - Map your vlog
Wayfaring - Create & share your maps
Wayki - Collaborate on local maps
Weatherbonk - Mashes up 10 API's
Web20map - Web 2.0 companies on map mash-up
Wegeo - Buy or sell data maps
Wereldkenner~ - Wikipedia & Google Earth mash-up
Wikisky - Navigate the stars
X-moment*~ - Publish an event at a location
Yahoomaps* - Global & local maps & search mash-ups
Yourgmap - Map & publish your places
Zeemaps - Create & share maps of/with friends & family

Italic = new. Update 061224, 070119, 070303, 070517 (corrected 070527), 070829.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.funda-vakantiehuizen.nl/search/search.aspx?page=kaart

Anonymous said...

Looks like geoXtract is missing...
http://www.geoxtract.com

Anonymous said...

mappyhour.net should be mappyhour.com

vzett said...

might I suggest:
http://takitwithme.com - easily convert Google My Maps and KML to GPX and send directly to Garmin's via the new Communicator API (embeddable map tool also)

http://earthnc.com - Marine charts, weather, and other mashups for Google Earth

MapWii said...

Thanks for including MapWii.com on this list. We now have over 20000 Members.

 
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