Using Google Earth overlays, users can also view the globe like never before, and using satellite maps and real-time successive photos allows users to see popular city streets exactly as they are, as viewed through a camera lens.
The "My Map" mashups are like the social networking community of online mapping. Here you can create free customized maps, search in between two destinations, check out weather information, find your way around natural disasters or search through a number of useful utilities.
One cool Google Maps mashup is the useful "Search In-Between" widget. Once you add this function to your maps, type in exactly what you are looking for, for example "gas," "food" or "restroom," add the start and end locations, then enjoy your map of all the gas stations, restaurants or rest-stops along your route!
Road trippers just love this feature when navigating new places. Similarly, the "Places of Interest" mashup shows you the bars, ATMs, eateries, churches and more along your route.
As of 2006, Google Maps became accessible on mobile phones, which was obviously a huge breakthrough for the online mapping community. Now they are viable competitors with GPS devices, paper street maps, 4-1-1 service, the Yellowpages and other cell phone application creators.
The "My Location" feature turns your cell phone into a global tracking device so you can automatically use your position as a way-point, even if you do not know the exact address.
So far, the Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Nokia/Symbian, BlackBerry and Java platform phones and Palm Pilots can all access a Google map, although every new phone will likely have the capability in the future.
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