Maps & directions are perceived as a key desire on mobile devices, and so there’s been plenty of action on this front lately. Google Maps started the ball rolling when they made the world’s terrain available to browse and zoom in on. Yahoo & Microsoft have followed, but neither have enjoyed similar success. Google Earth followed with 3D exploration of the globe, and now Google mobile allows net connected and java enabled phones to explore satellite photos or maps of your location and provide step by step directions to a destination ( visit www.google.com/gmm with a mobile browser and download a map application). Yahoo maps can now be downloaded onto your ipod but, Google Maps is by far the more utilised and popularily remixed of the map interfaces:
– www.asciimaps.com – ASCII rendered maps. Because.
– www.platial.com – Allows creation of maps embedded with notes about personal experiences.
– www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/categories/hacks_mashups.phtml : The Map Room: endless Hacks & Mashups of google maps.
– www.googlesightseeing.com – Daily showcase of weird things uncovered by scanning the globe’s satellite photos.