Great Google Maps Mashups

One of the fantastic things about Google Maps, is that it’ s quite easy to build interesting map mashups.

In this post, we’ll look into a small fraction of the strange, interesting or impressive Google Maps Mashups that can be found on the web.

Open Beer Map

Isn’t it a nice thought, that no matter where you go in the world, you can easily find a local high quality brewery with good beer. This seems to be the idea behind The Beer Mapping Project. You can currently find and add Breweries in 13 countries.

HealthMap

If you’re traveling a lot, HealthMap can be a very important site to check. HealthMap collects disease information from sources around the world and combines these data in this very useful mashup. You can see where the disease has been reported and read further information from the source

5000 Webcams

At webcamVue you find a very impressive mashup with more than 5000 webcams from around the world. You can view webcams by country or category. Funny enough the swimming pool category seems to be very popular…

Track This Now

With the Track This Now mashup, you can search in news resources from all over the world, and see what is written about a specific topic around the world.

If I dig a deep hole

Have you ever wondered where you would end, if you digged a infinitely deep hole straight through the center of the Earth? With the If I Dig a very deep hole mashup, you can now finally get the answer to this very important question.

Live Ships Map

This mashup is very impressive. Live Ships Map displays the real time positions of ships around the world. For each ship you can find information about current speed, destination and facts about the ship.

WalkJogRun

If you like outdoor activities, you’ll love this mashup. The idea behind the WalkJogRun mashup is that you can easily draw your local running routes on the maps, and thereby measure the distances as well as see- and get inspiration from other running routes in the area.

Ground Zero

Have you ever thought of the consequences of a asteroid or nuclear weapon making damage to your neighborhood. Now you can peacefully sit at home and simulate  what kind of damage these different threats might have to your home or any other place on earth with the Ground Zero mashup.

Trendsmap

Are you curious about the Twitter trends around the world, then Trendsmap gives you a great overview. The mashup displays the top tags from Twitter in real time on Google Maps

Stweet

Behind this strange name, you’ll find a mashup including Google Street View and Twitter. You simply search for a city, and then you can see the street views from the latest tweets from Twitter users in this city. Stweet is a interesting way to see new locations in known cities.