Maps Mashups Made Easier
Friday, April 6, 2007
Posted by Scott McMullan, Enterprise Partner Team
Yesterday the Google Maps team announced a new feature that makes it easier to create custom maps: My Maps. To quote their blog post, "So easy a caveman could do it."
Well, even with my degree in Computer Science, I admit to being a bit of a caveman when it comes to map mashups. I just never got around to it. Sure it was relatively easy, but the point and click, drag and drop features in My Maps makes it so easy that even a... You get the idea.
As an example, last year we announced the Google Mini Map, which required a little programming to create, and a little more to update for each new customer.
Contrast that with the Google Apps partner map I made yesterday in about 10 minutes.
Yesterday the Google Maps team announced a new feature that makes it easier to create custom maps: My Maps. To quote their blog post, "So easy a caveman could do it."
Well, even with my degree in Computer Science, I admit to being a bit of a caveman when it comes to map mashups. I just never got around to it. Sure it was relatively easy, but the point and click, drag and drop features in My Maps makes it so easy that even a... You get the idea.
As an example, last year we announced the Google Mini Map, which required a little programming to create, and a little more to update for each new customer.
Contrast that with the Google Apps partner map I made yesterday in about 10 minutes.