Google Maps now becomes COLLABORATIVE...
[article at Google Maps Blog...]"The My Maps feature of Google Maps lets people create maps to share their hobbies and expertise with the world. For example, a surfing enthusiast could map out their favorite surf spots or a surfing club could plot all the best beaches in Southern California. Now imagine if all the surfers around the globe worked together, leveraging their combined knowledge to create a single map of the best surf spots worldwide, applying the power of wiki-style collaboration to cartography.
Starting today, Google Maps supports collaborative map-making, so multiple people can edit the same My Map. Just click the..."
[continued at Google Maps Blog]
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IndyChristian Ed.Note: For a practical application of this new capability for cityreaching... visit the Indianapolis cityreaching map. Now imagine cityreachers here working together to build-out this convenient (and strategic) map of key ministries, churches, wireless coffee-shops and neighborhoods. Notice, you can even embed ministry videos into the map. [eg.. UBcafe video clip inside the map -- (truly) near the heart of Indy's inner-city.
[How YOU can get 'on the map'.]
[Or come join some innovative types THIS FRIDAY (11/30) discussing this and related sorts of Web2.0 capabilities for use TOGETHER here in our city.]
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