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...Exhibitions are organized by location, popularity, genre and other handy categories, but one of the site's most useful features is the Google Map mashup overlaid with gallery locations, making it easy for visitors to plot an afternoon's art hopping. Users can also bookmark their favorite shows and venues, and request e-mail reminders of exhibitions. These user-friendly enhancements are born of Baron's own experience as a gallery buff. "We are our best users," he says. "We don't pretend to know anything about art. We just enjoy going to shows." Baron extends his beat...
...craze started in June 2005 after Google gave the public access to its programming interface for Google Maps. Mashups take the map grids and overlay them with information. Click on a virtual pushpin and a pop-up appears, giving info on a specific location. Whatever the topic?hotels, eats, music or travel?there is likely an existing mashup to guide you. If not, you can always mash your own. Here are some of the best sites...
...Platial.com is a mashup site that allows users to create individual maps and provides search capabilities so that members can share with and borrow from others' creations...
...Bikely.com offers a mashup of the best bike routes around the world for cycling enthusiasts...
...just electronic versions of printed maps, online maps can now locate everything from the best street-food vendors in New York[an error occurred while processing this directive] City to the Arctic Monkeys' concert route across Britain, complete with addresses, details and occasionally images. These new-style maps, called mashups, are created by blending Internet applications such as Google Maps and Yahoo! Maps with data on just about anything to create personalized guides. The craze started in June 2005 after Google gave the public access to its programming interface for Google Maps. Mashups take the map grids and overlay them...