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A community portal about Google Maps with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Google Maps is a free web map server application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including Google Maps, Google Ride Finder and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps, a route planner, and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world.

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More new imagery in November

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«We just launched new imagery for Google Earth and Google Maps. Check to see if any of your favorite places has gotten an update! You can download this KML for viewing in Google Earth or you view the updates in Google Maps . Or you ... Read Full Story

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How Can I Get The Driving Directions Between Two Points In My City With Google Maps Api?

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I have a problem, I don’t know how to give driving directions between to random points inside a map of my city. If I use GDirections() object of Google Maps API, it shows only directions of a few known streets and objects in my city, and not for all Can someone help me please to figure it out. Thanks anyway! Read Full Story

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Google Latitude Now Tracks Location History, Alerts You to Nearby Friends

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One of the hottest trends right now is the rise of location-based services (LBS), which helps friends network and find each other based on their location. Foursquare and Loopt are prime examples of these growing networks. Google has its own LBS service as well: Google Latitude . Today, the search giant announced some major additions to Latitude that bring it in line with its fast-rising competitors. Primarily, Google Latitude has added location history and location-based alerts. Location history is fairly straightforward: Google will store all of your past locations and will use that information to create visual histories of your trips and adventures via ... Read Full Story

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Google Latitude Alerts and Location History

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From: www.mt-soft.com.ar

Google Latitude added two new applications that make location tracking more useful: history and alerts. Google Latitude History stores your locations and lets you visualize them on a map. You can remove some of the locations and export the history to a KML file. At the moment, you are the only one who can access your [...] Read Full Story

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Google Maps API

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Hi, I am developing a site which will require a single google maps display. Until the site is ready to launch, it won't be at its domain name address but under a development IP address at my hosting company. The code for the map is: Code: Despite hours of effort, I cannot get past the following error message: The Google Maps API server rejected your request. This could be because the API key used on this site was registered for a different website. The only two reasons I can think off for this are either that the development IP address is an issue as ... Read Full Story

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Interactive Office Floor Plan Mapping

"This mashup is an interesting proof of concept of how the Google Maps API can be used to create an interactive office plan, complete with employee profiles. At the moment the map is just a demonstration of the possibilities, but it is also a working model so you can play with and explore the map's functionality. The map overlays floor plans of an office directly on the building's satellite view in Google Maps. There are four overlays, one...

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The Million-Dollar Google Maps API

The U.S. government's Apps.gov Web site provides new visibility into what federal agencies pay for cloud-based applications and commercial software, with offerings from vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, Jive, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com. One of the priciest products on the site: Google's Maps API, which lists for nearly a million dollars.

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