Dow Jones 30 stocks Headquarters

Marissa Sequeira Chinoy's Facebook status said "Dow Jones 30 stocks headquarters on google maps. Created by me". She was very happy that she created this her 1st map in "My Maps" at maps.google.com. I think this is great, more and more folks should get into creating maps. (Video at the bottom shows how to create maps at maps.google.com)

Climate Change Map

Nature Conservancy's Climate Change Map shows the effects of climate change in United States and any other country. You can:

• view historical temperature and rainfall maps for anywhere in the world
• view state-of-the-art future predictions of temperature and rainfall around the world
• view and download climate change maps in a few easy steps

(via Huffington Post)
Related: Impact of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Cities in United States

Mapping the Recipients of Recovery Act Money

So who in your state are the recipients of "Recovery Act" money?. The Answer is in this Google Maps Mashup I created. This map maps the recipients from your state. Select the state from the drop down list and then click on "GO".

Recipients of USA Recovery Act Money
Please select State:
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Here's the url for Michigan: http://www.mibazaar.com/usarecovery.php?state=mi. Replace the 2 letter state code with your state. You can also embed this in your website. Here's the code (replace state=mi with your 2 letter state code)


<iframe width="425" height="425" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.mibazaar.com/usarecovery.php?state=mi"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/usarecovery.php?state=mi" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>


Twitter goes Big Time with Location Data

Twitter announced today that it will release a new API that will allow developers to add latitude and longitude to any tweet (via Google Maps Mania and Programmable Web)

This is interesting because just last week I created a Google Maps Mashup of users last X number of tweets. While looking at the Twitter API related to user tweets I found out that Twitter does store location information with each status update. However the way this worked was I had to update my location (via tweetie) on my iPhone and this updated location would be attached to my next status update. So hopefully with the new API the tweet location update process would be much simpler.

Here's an example of Tweets(status updates) with location information. User is Zoe Griffin a "Celebrity Gossip Columnist" from UK. The map moves on to the next location after every 8 seconds.

http://www.mibazaar.com/mytweets.php?uid=zoegriffin (replace the user id at the end with your twitter id. However do update your location before updating your status)


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Bollywood Celebrities on Twitter #bollywood

Here is a Google Maps Mashup showing the last 10 tweets of each of the bollywood celebrities. Click on the radio button on the left to select the Bollywood Celebrity whose tweets you want to see.

The Map automatically moves on to the next tweet after every 8 seconds. You can however disable it by clicking on forward/back arrows in the information window above the marker. Currently the Bollywood Celebrities show on this map are Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta, Uday Chopra, Dino Morea, Mallika Sherawat and Karan Johar. If you know of more Bollywood Celebrities who are on Twitter please do let me know and I will add it.



You can embed this map in your website. Here's the code:


<iframe width="425" height="425" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.mibazaar.com/bollytweets.php"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/bollytweets.php" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>


Twitter Status Map updated

I have updated my twitter status map. Should have done this early. Now you can click on url's embedded in your twitter status. For example here's how Bollywood's Mallika Sherawat's Twitter Status looks like on a map:


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You can Embed the map in your website. Here's the code!! Replace the mibazaar user id in BOLD with your Twitter user id


<iframe width="425" height="425" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.mibazaar.com/twitstat.php?uid=mibazaar"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/twitstat.php?uid=mibazaar" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>


Swine Flu fear spreads in India #swineflu

The Government in the Western Indian State of Maharashtra has decided to close down all schools, colleges, cinema halls and malls in the Pune area from today in an attempt to stop the spread of swine flu in the state. In addition movie theaters will be shut for three days. This after 3 of the 6 swine flu related deaths in India have occurred in Maharashtra. (via Mid-Day).

So how is the Twitter World reacting to Swine Flu in India. Here is a Google Maps Mashup which shows tweets originating in India as it relates to Swine Flu (Note: This map also has options to view Swine Flu related tweets from United States and Europe).

Best Business Schools in United States (2009) - Forbes

Forbes has published a list of Top 75 Business Schools in United States for 2009. Topping the List this year is Stanford University. I have mapped out this list on Google Maps. The information window above the marker contains the following information: Tuition, GMAT, Salary potential and years it would take you to recover the cost of education.

India's Bollywood joins the Twitter Bandwagon

Following on the heels of Hollywood celebrities, now Bollywood celebrities have joined the twitter bandwagon. Some of the Bollywood Celebrities on Twitter are Priyanka Chopra, Uday Chopra, Karan Johar, Dino. If you know names of more Bollywood Celebrities on Twitter than please share it with us. Thanks to these celebrities Twitter witnessed a huge traffic growth and registered a 74% jump (in terms of unique users) in March 2009 in India. (via Huffington Post).

Check out what the gorgeous looking Priyanka Chopra is upto and also her location (link)


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Here's the code which you can embed in your website: (for your own twitter map replace the user id with your Twitter ID)


<iframe width="425" height="425" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.mibazaar.com/twitstat.php?uid=mibazaar"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/twitstat.php?uid=mibazaar" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>


Heaven in Brooklyn?

Here's a Google Maps Street View of "gateway to heaven" in Brooklyn.

However...

Google spokeswoman Elaine Filadelfo says

"If you spin around in the panorama, you can see the shadow of the car which indicates that the sun was pretty direct on that front lens... These are not uncommon in Street View imagery, but they're usually much less dramatic!"

(via Huffington Post)


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New 7 Wonders of the World

It's been a while since I created the "New 7 wonders of the World Mashup". Thought I would share this mashup again since I just visited (7/31/2009) Chichen Itza, one of the wonders in this mashup. It's an amazing place...

Clicking on the images which are at the top of the page will center the map onto the location of the 7 wonders along with a YouTube video in the pop up window above the marker.