Yahoo Maps API Success Stories

What is the Yahoo Maps API? Simply put from the official press release via SearchEngineWatch.com:

"Yahoo! Maps API gives developers of all levels free public access to Yahoo!'s SmartView Technology - enabling them to see their own geographical data on Yahoo! Maps. Developers can now create customized maps by overlaying a variety of content onto an existing Yahoo! Map including weather reports, school district boundaries, open houses, garage sales, vacation photos, and more."

And voila! Here are some examples of this at work.

• Yahoo News overlaid on a map of the United States, with further explanations in the right-hand column.
• A crime map for Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Yikes.
• San Diego bloggers locations - pretty cool, with actual blog links in the right-hand column.
• A community neighborhood in Milwaukie. Starbucks? No?

So, if you are tweaking around with Yahoo Maps API's or Google Map API's, please mail them to me. I'd love to see what you come up with!

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