More Google Maps Creation Tools and Resources

Google Maps Creation Tools:

• JoeMap
• Ning
• Google Map Maker
• CSV2Map - Converts csv into Google Maps API html page and Google Earth kml
• Web 2.0: Introduction to Mash-ups
• Google Maps Course (Japanese) (Use BabelFish page translator)
• GeospatialTraning.com Google Maps Training CD
  
• More Creation Tools are here

Odds and Ends:

• HowStuffWorks.com - How Google Earth Works
• Talk Maps - Lets you to inform other Google Talk users where you are
  
• Send your Google Earth location by email - Simple web app to send a message to someone with a Google Earth (KML) file attached

Extensions, Scripts & Plugins:

• Geotagging Flickr with Google Maps and Greasemonkey Part 2
• GMaps Big Red Dot - This script helps you point out little details dumping a Big Red Dot in the viewport's center
• TorontoMLS Google Maps - Highlight addresses in TorontoMLS for Google Maps
• Firefox PhotoMap Plugin
• TReND MLS Script - Wraps TReND MLS addresses with a link to Google Maps.
• GeoRSS Extension - Integrates basic GeoRSS support directly into Google Maps
• MapIT Firefox extension - Mapit puts an option in your context menu that comes up when you right click on a web page
• Google Maps Module - for Xoops.com
• Google Maps Module - for CommunityServer.org

Related to the Google Maps API:

Google Maps API Blog Posts:

• Revision 2.38 of API v2
• Another update on the upcoming API v2
• Update on the upcoming API v2

• Google Maps API Google Group: Coming soon to Google Maps: SVG support - "Goodbye polyline tiles, hello SVG graphics for Firefox and other standards based browsers"
• Blog Post: Google Maps v2 to Support SVG
• Blog Post: Google Maps Gotchas
• Blog Post: Upcoming cool things with google maps v2
• Demo of SVG in action on google maps - While the render speed on IE between SVG and VML is pretty much the same you can see the benefit in using SVG on Firefox 1.5. Crank Number of segments up to 2000 and you'll see the difference

Other previous Creation Tools posts: [Post1], [Post2], [Post3]
Other related sections here on Google Maps Mania: Google Maps Creation Tools/How-Tos

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