Google Maps Again Some More

From this month's issue of Wired, I give you this roundup of interesting uses for Google's wicked cool mapping application. Salient bits: It's Google's world, we just live in it. In the few months since its release, the search engine's latest info-appliance - satellite photos searchable by address - has spawned dozens of inspired spinoffs. Here's a look at some of the ways the hive mind is bending maps.google.com

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July 8, 2005, 11:09 AM PDT

By Anonymous

From this month's issue of Wired, I give you this roundup of interesting uses for Google's wicked cool mapping application. Salient bits:

It's Google's world, we just live in it. In the few months since its release, the search engine's latest info-appliance - satellite photos searchable by address - has spawned dozens of inspired spinoffs. Here's a look at some of the ways the hive mind is bending maps.google.com to its will.

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