Mapping the ebay online transactions on Black Friday

Check out this amazing interactive map created by eBay which shows all the transactions that took place on eBay on Black Friday. The map provides a visualization of all U.S.-based buyer and seller transactions that occurred on eBay on Black Friday. eBay says the map visualization is based on raw data that includes eBay sales and purchases occurring in approximately 33,000 U.S. ZIP codes. (via techcrunch). Looks like most of the activity is east of Mississippi.

Mumbai Terror Attack - Tribute Tweets 1 year later #mumbaiterror

One year ago today, Mumbai, India was attacked by terrorists which claimed 200+ lives. Today folks from India and overseas are paying tribute via Tweets, Blogs. Here's a Google Maps look at some of the tweets. You can also embed this Mumbai Terror Tweet Tribute Map in Google Wave via this URL - > http://www.mibazaar.com/terrorinmumbai_wave.xml.

Thanksgiving Day Facts/Trivia on Google Maps

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Thought I should share a Thankgiving Day related Google Maps Mashup which I had created couple of years ago, which shows the following:

• Towns/Cities in USA named Turkey
• Towns/Cities in USA which claim to being the Turkey Capital of the World
• Towns/Cities in USA named Plymouth
• Towns/Cities in USA named Cranberry

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Mashups in Google Wave gadgets.. #googlewave #googlemaps

I recently got my Google Wave Invite. I started converting some of my popular mashups into gadgets. Here is one of them. "Barack Obama's Journey of Life". This was not complicated at all. However, to let others edit it and make this interactive... well that might be a different story and I might need a sandbox access which I have already applied for. Still in a learning mode with Google Wave.

Mapping The World's Best Universities #googlemaps

US News and World Report has published a list of "The World's Top Universities". Topping the list is Harvard University with a overall score of 100 followed by University of Cambridge in United Kingdom. I have mapped out this list on Google Maps. When you click on the numbered markers on the map a information window pops up with information on scores received by the universities in various categories. The information window also has a forward/back button to navigate between universities. The map also has a sidebar which lists all the universities. When you click on a university name at the sidebar, the map centers on to that university with the information window shown for that map.

The Tragedy of Edmund Fitzgerald - #googlemaps #googlewave

Edmund Fitzgerald sank 34 years ago on November 10th, 1975 in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members lost their lives that day. I have created a Google Maps Mashup which shows the exact location of the tragedy in Lake Superior along with hometowns of the mariners on Edmund Fitzgerald who died. I have also created a Google Wave gadget of this mashup.

When the map first loads up it shows the location where the ship sank along with a video of the song from Gordon Lightfoot which is dedicated to Edmund Fitzgerald. There is a link above the video ("Click here for mariners hometown") which when clicked shows the hometowns of mariners hometown. The information window above the mariner markers has a forward and back arrows which when clicked takes you to the next mariner location.

Argleton a (non-existent) town created by Google in UK - #googlemaps

Telegraph is reporting that there is brand new town in UK called Argleton. What's so unique/great about this town? Argleton actually does not exist in real life. It is a brand new town which exists only in Google Maps. So why and how did this happen?

• One theory is that Argleton could have been deliberately added, as a trap to catch companies that violate the map's copyright.
• A spokesman for the Dutch company - Tele Atlas which provided the map data, said it would now wipe the non-existent town from the map. He added: "Mistakes like this are not common, and I really can't explain why these anomalies get into our database."

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A year ago today - Journey to White House

A year ago today Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. At the time I had Google Mapped his journey which began from his birth place in Honolulu, Hawaii to White House. Here it is: (If you would like to embed this in your website, I have provided the code below)

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


PHP script problems... :( causing my Google Maps Mashups not to work.

Looks like Yahoo Web Hosting (my webhosting provider) has changed something, because none of my php scripts which have parameters passed to them are working. As a result most of my Google Maps Mashups have stopped working.

Am working with Yahoo Support. Hopefully things will get back to normal.

placeSpotting has a map quiz for your iPhone #googlemaps

placeSpotting.com a popular "Google Map Quiz" mashup now has a version for your iPhone. Now you can test your knowledge of geograpic locations and landmarks "on the go". You can test it on iPhone.

The quiz on the iPhone will provide you with hints and then you try to match the image with the map snapshot. There are 15 thousand quizzes waiting for you.