Premium and Professional Resource: Online Maps Tools and Resources

Online Maps: 50+ Tools and Resources

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Mapping is a huge and growing sector, from social maps for sharing with friends, to mashing up Google Maps in every possible way. Trawling through all the mapping sites out there, we’ve compiled a list of the most interesting online mapping tools that some are referring to as “Maps 2.0″.

CUSTOMIZABLE AND COLLABORATIVE MAPS

Click2Map.com – Create custom Google Maps, manage your markers, publish and share your creations.
ClustrMaps.com – Get a visual representation of all the visitors to your website.
Geotag it – Add geo tags to Flickr () and Del.icio.us posts and see where other links and photos come from.
MapBuilder.net – Uses Google Maps to help you build a custom tagged map you can add to your own website.
Mapicurious.com – Mark vacation spots, restaurants, bars, just about any place you would recommend.
Mappr.com – Another site allowing you to geo tag your Flickr photos to allow people to see them on a map.
Maptales.com – Tales of trips and more sorted on to a Google Map.
Maptrot.com – Create maps of interesting locales such as Route 66 or major sports stadiums, share them with the world.
Mkmap.com – Collaborative map that allows users to add things such as transit services and restaurants.
OpenStreetMap.org – A user editable map of the world to be worked on in collaboration.
Pixagogo.com – Add your own photos to a Google Map, give people a real feel for your neighborhood or vacation.
Planiglobe.com – Customize a map and download PostScript and Illustrator versions.
Quikmaps.com – Doodle on a Google Map, pass it around, embed in your site, or download it to your GPS.
Tagmaps – A way to visualize text on geographic maps, then can be used on your site.
Traffic.com – Check out traffic for your area on a map.
Trippermap.com – Tag your Flickr photos with a location; they get added to a flash based map for your website.
Useamap.com – Helps you publish a map for your event, provides a short url for easy use.
Wayfaring.com – Create and share maps, explore ones made by others.
Wayki.com – Tag locations and share with others, explore tags others have left.
YourGMap.com – Customizable and embeddable Google Maps with content you choose.

TRANSIT MAPPING

goDCgo.com – Look up Washington DC-specific information such as traffic, special events and car pooling.
IamCaltrain.com – Interactive map of the San Francisco metro area trains.
onNYturf.com – Interactive subway map of New York City.
Seattle Bus Monster – Plan your bus routes in the Seattle, WA area.

SUBJECT SPECIFIC MAPPING

DaylightMap.com – See where the sun is shining currently on this map.
Feedmap.net – Add a geo-code to your blog so people can look blogs up by location. You can also browse for areas that would interest you.
FlightAware.com – See how many planes are currently in the air and where they are.
Gruvr.com – Place to look up local music and add tour info.
HealthMap.org – A global disease outbreak map. For general interest or to suggest places you may wish to avoid.
Hotpotr.com – Map of Wi-Fi cafes and hotspots.
Incident1.com – Interactive map of 911 calls from around the United States.
Mailboxmap.com – Enter an address, get the locations of USPS mailboxes nearby.
Map-Runner.com – You can create a run route and assign a difficulty rating and a safety rating; it will be available to all runners using map runner, and they can rate it.
MAPLight.org – Shows geographical connections between congressional voting and money donations.
MapMyRun.com – Plot out your running course, indicate where water and bathrooms are, calculate your workout. They also have MapMyHike.com, MapMyRide.com, MapMyTri.com, and MapMyWalk.com.
MappyHour.com – Click anywhere on the map to display nearby bars and their happy hour specials.
MapWii.com – Enter your Wii number and see other players online to setup games all from a geographic map.
Moremap.com – Uses Google Maps as a basis to show earthquake activity, traffic reports, radio stations, and numerous other functions.
Platial.com – Add content from video, photos, stories, feeds and add it to your website.
PublicRoutes.com – A global map of mass-transit systems.
SignalMap.com – Find or add your own reports on cell strength to various locations and by carrier.
Tornado Paths – Visual history of tornado paths on a map.
VirtualVideoMap.com – Shows a Google Map with YouTube () videos sorted by locations.

POPULAR MAPPING SERVICES

Ask.com Maps – Ask.com’s driving directions solution.
Google Mars – Google’s () interactive map of the fourth planet of our solar system, Mars.
Google Maps () – Get directions, look up your house with satellite photos. The basis of many websites.
Mapquest.com – Look up local businesses, get driving directions.
Poly9 FreeEarth – A free, online interactive 3D globe with various layers you can apply.
Windows Live Local – Microsoft’s entrant in to the mapping game.
Worldmapper – Maps of the world resized based on various subjects such as land mass and population.
Yahoo! Local Maps – Get driving directions, find businesses and much more.