You can now see Chatroulette users’ locations, thanks to a new Google Maps mashup that pinpoints where in the world people are signing in to the voyeuristic video-conferencing service.
Showing Google Maps with many markers in PHP Sometimes you need to display Google Maps with a large number of markers. However, adding too many markers makes the map page load too slow. This article explains how you can use marker cluster feature of the forms map location plug-in to cluster large numbers of markers [...]
Google keeps adding new features to Google Maps and Google Earth. The latest: As of today you can type in a restaurant or other place you like in Google Maps and receive recommendations of nearby places you might like just as much or more. Sure, it’s not quite as radical as something like the rumored [...]
Here’s a list of my favorite Google services that were launched or were significantly improved in 2009. 10. Google Public DNS – a DNS resolution system that doesn’t offer too many features, but it’s free and fast. Very fast. 9. Google Fast Flip – a service that lets you quickly browse news. It’s easy to [...]
Google City Tours, the service that generates walking tours for important cities, has a new feature that lets you import custom maps. After logging to a Google Account, you can go to the importing page and select one of your maps. The service would more useful if you could customize a tour by reordering sights [...]
See what Google Chrome can do in (less than!) 15 seconds. Google Chrome is fast and snappy when running web applications like Google Maps. Zoom in 45,000,000 feet from the air and into Street View in just 15 seconds.
Yet another Google (NSDQ: GOOG) property, Google Earth, is getting ads. The move comes as Google has introduced advertising over the last year to a set of its properties that were previously unmonetized, including Google Finance, Google Image Search, and even its “search suggest function”; the company has also lately emphasized geo-targeted advertising on Google [...]
With Google Maps you can find the best places to eat, shop and stay. After you find a place, click on “more info” to get reviews, ratings, business hours, and check out its Street View. If you are on the ground, remember to use Google mobile to find where to go and get there [...]