Google Mapping World's Creepiest Places #spooky

Since Halloween is around the corner, wanted to mention a Google Maps Mashup I created couple of years ago which shows the World's most creepiest places. Topping the list at the time was Bhangarh, India. The data source of this mashup is concierge.com (unfortunately the page from concierge no longer exists).

Bloosee - Google Maps Mashup for sea-lovers

Just been informed about BlooSee a great new Google Maps Mashup for sea-lovers. BlooSee (BTW a great domain name) is a web application for sailors and sea-lovers, a place to share your knowledge about the oceans of the world on a global map. Users may find critical information such as facilities, aids to navigation, and dangers, but also commercial services, surf/kayak/windsurf spots, art and marine history, ocean conservation data, etc. Those layers of information are color-coded for easy interpretation, and can be switched on and off, to concentrate on your particular likes/needs.

BlooSee is also a social network for all those sea-lovers to share their passion and engage in discussions, share photos and experiences, etc.

iPhone Halloween Costume #iphone

(via Mashable)

President Obama declares H1N1 emergency #swineflu

CNN is reporting that President Obama has declared H1N1 emergency which made me go back to my swine flu Google Map and see how folks are reacting to this on twitter. Here's a screen shot. You can click on different regions mentioned on the left hand side of the map and see the reaction from those regions.

Google Maps and India's Arunachal Pradesh #googlemaps

I always thought and still do that Arunachal Pradesh is part of India. So is it or is it not? Take a look at Google Maps (Indian Version, Chinese Version and Global Version). (via)

Google Maps: Indian Version: (shows Arunachal Pradesh as part of India)



Google Maps: Chinese Version (To heck with you India!!)



Google Maps: Global Version (I don't know whose side I am on)

CNNMoney.com Map of Best Places to launch a Business

CNNMoney.com has created a Google Maps Mashup of Best Places to Launch a Business in America. Oklahoma City leads the list followed by Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Houston, Hartford.

You can also filter the results by State. The red push pin markers when clicked on the map shows a information window which displays information related to population, # of small businesses and number of employees.

Happy Diwali Tweets on Google Maps

Happy Diwali to everyone. Here's a look at "Happy Diwali" Tweets mapped out on Google Maps.

Global Hunger Index Map

Today is World Food Day.. So how has our world progressed in reducing hunger? Check out this 2009 Global Hunger Index map. Drag and drop the marker to see the Global Hunger Index value for your country of interest...

Party Princess - Zoe Griffin mapping her tweets

London's self-styled party princess Zoe Griffin relaunched her website which now has a Google Map which shows her latest tweets.

The map animates through Zoe's latest messages on Twitter. The information windows for each Tweet include forward and back buttons, so it is also possible to manually navigate through the messages.

BTW if you want a similar looking map on your website then try out this 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/mytweets.php?uid=mibazaar"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/mytweets.php?uid=mibazaar" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>


Tweet your Senator on Health care Reform

Tweet your Senator is a Google Maps Mashup which plots your Tweet on Google Maps. This mashup a feature of BarackObama.com was launched in late July. (via Mashable)

To use it, you enter your zip code and the mashup will create a pre-populated tweet which is targeted for a Senator from your State. Even though the pre-poulated tweet is pro Health Care Reform you can edit it and express your opinion either way, just leave the hash-tags alone though.

Google Mapping the Flight Status Tweets

Commercial jets (ok not the jets but the airlines) are now Tweeting. Lufthansa has set up a new service called MySkyStatus which automatically posts the current position of your flight to Twitter (via). The service supposedly updates your twitter status with your flight location. I put together this quick Google Maps Mashup which shows these Flight Tweets (with the flight location) on Google Maps.

NFL Players Tweeting

Mashable has a post titled "Football Tweets: 20 Must-Follow NFL Players on Twitter". I have taken this list and mashed up the last 10 tweets of each of these players with Google Maps. Just a couple of them have their location geotagged while Reggie Bush of New Orleans Saints has his location as "The Best Coast" which Google thinks is in New Zealand.

Gender Pay Gap in United States

Cenus.gov has published a report which lists the gender pay gap in America. In Wyoming women earn 64.3% of what men do and at the other end of the scale is Puerto Rico where women earn 101.1% of what men earn. Here's a look at the rest of United States on Google Maps and how it fares.