Google Maps Mania links for 2007-03-16

• Top 25 Crimes of the Century - Mapped crimes from the TIME Magazine list.
• American Idol Contestants on Google Maps - Mapping the top 11
• 5 TVs - Internet TV News Google Map (26 world city TV stations, 17 Internet TV stations, and some "other stuff")
• Follow up to: "Google Maps/Earth user finds their Land Rover on Namibia - Angola border" - From the Joe Carnegie: "...Hi Mike, I did a bit of research since i emailed you about my latest shot it turns out the satellite image was taken 22.06.04 and my shot was 27.05.04, so it was close , but not exact however I am so pleased to have the Landie in the same spot as when i took my shot as the chances of that are just so small. to put it in perspective more people climb mt. Everest each year than go up to this part of the world, it is so remote. here is the link to that latest shot: http://flickr.com/photos/82822788@N00/415471488/" (Mike): Such a neat story that stitches together such interesting and "in-the-moment" technology: Digital photography, Satellite Photography, Online Photo-sharing, Desktop Mapping Software and Blogs.. all facilitated by the Internet! What an awesome world we're living in when we can discover a story like this.
• Top 10 Most Powerful African Americans in Hollywood - The mapped list from Black Enterprise.
• YouTube National Geographic Flyover Tour - Video clip that takes you to the National Geographic African Mega Flyover Project high-res animal shots found on Google Maps and Google Earth. [Found via this fantastic post on The Thinking Blog]
• FishingNotes.com - Google Maps tools for your next fishing trip
• eMotorPool.com - Google Maps carpool search
• StadiumHunt - Find stadiums around the US by sport.
• OpenRoadJourney.com - For motorcyclists to upload GPS tracks and plot their own routes.
• Voacap.com - For amateur radio enthusiasts and others who need to know their coordinates and Maidenhead locator. Also maps out international transmitter sites of worldwide international radio broadcasters.
• A Great "Mashup:" Mapping Literary Journeys - Playing on the "book maps" theme..
• MovieLocationsGuide.com - Movie Filming Locations
• Universal Pictures + LastMinute.com + Google Maps - Vote for your favorite romantic location!

Take a look at ProgrammableWeb for more Google Maps mashups and be sure to tune into Virender Ajmani's Google Maps Blog!