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Google Maps Adds More: Wikipedia Entries and Geo-Coded Photos
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on May 12, 2008
If you go to Google Maps, you’ll notice there is now a “”More” button right next to “Street View”" and “Traffic.” If you click on it after getting a map, you will be given the options to tick “Photos” or “Wikipedia.” Ticking the first option populates teh map with geo-tagged photos provided by Panoramio. Ticking the second gives you geo-coded Wikipedia articles. For instance, I found entries on a New York City map for the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Station, the New York Yacht Club, and other landmarks.
The more that Google can populate maps with data, the more useful they become. What other data overlays should it add to the “more option? What other buttons would readers like to see as well?
(Hat tip to Google Maps Mania).
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