Google Maps has recently added the My Maps interface to their map software. You can create your own custom maps and save them with markers, routes, tags and other info. Each map created has it’s own unique URL that can be shared with others.
Ongopongo.com is a website where you can share your maps and vote on other maps submitted to the site. The purpose of the site is to create a database of map links that can be organized and searched using a variety of methods.
I think it would be great to easily search for interesting places on a spontaneous road trip. Hopefully this will take off. It could be a powerful tool if enough people submit maps containing their personal knowledge of areas around the world.
Check out the site and share your Google My Maps, so I can find new places on my next trip.
There’s also a new Tool to Embed Google My Maps that easily enables the embedding of your Google map in your blog or website.
Here’s a page with more information.
It will be interesting to see the effect of Google My Maps on the plethora of other online map sites. They’re in for some tough competition.
Looks like it could be useful. We’ll see how it works out.
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