I did the craigslist post, though it isn’t really showing up yet. Below is a link to it where you can see it, though it will prolly get flagged. I also took a screen shot of it.
-Elise
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Daily Archives: October 16th, 2008
Different model than pipes but can be used to similar ends
Open technologies
KML Keyhole Markup Language
XML based
points, shapes, overlays, timebased data
http://code.google.com/apis/kml/
GeoRSS
XMLbased (extension of RSS)
points with associated RSS data
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/georss/
Google Offerings
My maps
drag and drop WYSIWYG style editor
Google Maps Modules
Javascript, HTML and XML based
plug into maps.google.com to add additional functionality
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/mapplets/
Google Maps API
Javascript and HTML based
allows google maps data to be embedded on your own site.
requires web hosting of some kind
requires registering your site with google to get and access key
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
Google Maps Flash API
like Google Maps API but in flash.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/index.html
Google Earth
propriety application
can only interact via KML and GeoRSS
Mapquest Offerings
Javascript API
Flash API (AS3)
FUJAX (Write JavaScript, output Flash)
http://developer.mapquest.com/
Yahoo Maps Offerings
Javascript API
Flash API (AS2 deprecated and AS3)
Local search API
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/
