Google Maps Hacking Links
Here are some interesting/useful links I have found while looking into methods for integrating GPS data with existing mapping tools.
Here is a screencast of a walking tour of Keene NH, put together by Jon Udell at Infoworld, using Google Maps to display GPS waypoints. It also provides links to still and video imagery of various locations, along with Google queries about the location. This is a bit like the Virgil demo that Andy Fitzhugh showed me a while back, but with additional media types.
Here’s the background explanation of the interactive tour
Here’s more fun stuff.
Google Maps Live is an extension for Firefox 1.0 that allows you to feed latitude/longitude data to Google Maps and have it tracked in realtime. The extension works by listening for the data on a socket.
myGmaps enables you to create, save and host custom data files and display them with Google Maps.
This site is “alpha” quality–while we will endeavour not to delete your account and data there are no guarantees. There are a limited number of accounts available for testing purposes. At present each user can create approximately 10 maps with 10 locations each.
myGmaps is not an official or authorised Google service.
Google Maps Standalone Mode (only works in Firefox at the moment)
Did you ever wish you could display a Google Maps map view—with custom data—on your own web page? No? Well, maybe you should go take up geocaching or something. On the other hand, if it sounds like something you’d like to do, read on…
Google Maps Hacking and Bookmarklets (at sourceforge.net)
Assorted Google Maps Hacks now moved to wiki
Google Maps Hacking Wiki
Google Maps Hacking discussion forum (at sourceforge.net)
Moving Map using GPS and Google Maps
Pretty-printed and cleaned up source code for Google Maps
