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Sunday, February 20th, 2005, 1:51 am

Google Maps

Many on-line mapping systems exist, but Google Maps is by far more impressive than most when judged by its speed and ease of use. One can scroll/drag the map in real-time (the page is Java-reliant), search by location reliably and expect a short response time. There are no advertisements either so the screen is used to its full capacity (see below, click to enlarge)

Google Maps

The down-side: only northern America is included, as in the case with Google Local (also in its Beta phase).

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2 Responses to “Google Maps”

  1. Brent O'Connor Says:
    February 20th, 2005 at 9:47 pm

    Thanks for sharing that’s pretty cool!

  2. ColumnNetwork.org Says:
    April 13th, 2005 at 1:22 am

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    “My colleague Ken Tompkins recently sent along a link to John Udell’s Walking Tour of Keene. The short video demonstrates how Udell used Google Maps in concert with a bookmarklet to create a walking to…

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