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Being in the GIS industry, I’d be remiss if, once in a while, I didn’t write a post about cool stuff  in the geospatial arena.  Over the past few years, I’ve watched the incredible shift from desktop GIS to web-based mapping engines like Google Maps and numerous others.  It’s so exciting for me to see a larger audience actively engaging in geospatial awareness at a level most GIS professionals only dreamed of just a few years ago.  So, I wanted to create a quick list of my favorite Google Maps Mashups and share them with you.  Here are the top 10 in no particular order:

1. Map My Ride:Combines my two favorite passions, Maps and Cycling.  If you’re into running, check out Map My Run as well.
2. Runstoppable:Combines my two second favorite passions, Maps and Running
3. WikiMapia: The user community can enter info about different places.  I love the whole Wiki concept.  Combining it with geography is awesome
4. FlickrVision: Combines two of my favorite sites, Flickr and Google Maps
5. AP News: Recent AP News headlines on a map showing where the story is from.  Maybe Miss Teen South Carolina could find out where “The Iraq” is now.
6. Wines and Times: Find wineries and wine events anywhere in the U.S.  Great, easy to use interface.  If you prefer beer, check out Beer Coastr.
7. Platial: A great social mapping site
8. Flight Tracker: Real time flight status and location of any commercial flight.  Geeky…not sure how useful it is.  But cool.
9. The Great Whale Trail Map: Follows the migration of humpback whales.  Nothing too gee-whiz about the site, but I love humpback whales and think this site helps raise public awareness about the unfortunate whaling that still occurs in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
10. MapleCroft Maps:  Awareness building via visual data representation. What is really cool about their maps, besides the tremendous breadth of issues they cover, are the additional resources linked to the map.  Includes more than 30 topical maps on various issues such as carbon resources, climate change, corporate governance, greenhouse gas emissions, natural disasters, pandemics, renewable energy use, aid, child labour, digital inclusion, displacement, education, HIV/AIDS, landmine risk, malaria, military expenditure, political risk, poverty, tuberculosis and water.  Simply amazing!  (Saved the best for last).

If you have a favorite Google mashup (or any web mapping site) I’d love to hear about it.

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