Google Hackers Find Multiple Uses for Google Maps
Posted on June 10, 2005
Google hackers is a name for people that use search results from Google's various services to create interesting new web features. There are even books out on the subject like Google Hacks. CNN has an article about some people who have been manipulating data from Google Maps. The article calls them "Google tinkerers."
These tinkerers include Adrian Holovaty who used it to create a map of crimes in Chicago. Other sites combine Google Maps with data about local sex offenders. Cheap Gas grabs data from gasbuddy.com and Google Maps to show cheap gas prices nationwide. And Housingmaps.com combines Google Map data with listings from Craigslist to offer information about home prices and locations.
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