Tag: PLATIAL

Platial announced on their blog the other day some fairly major upgrades to MapKit. Some of the new features for MapKit include comment moderation, map updating via RSS (or CSV), interface enhancements, and more. Platial, if you aren't familiar, allows you to create your own maps using the Google Maps interface, and allows you to share your maps with others. For example, you can create a map of ...

The September 11th 2001 Digital archive hosts a Google Maps mash-up of different views of Ground Zero at 9am on September 11th. People have submitted their digital images of what they saw unfold. Platial, "The People's Atlas," has a Maps mash-up where users have pinned the locations of where they were when they heard the news. Take a minute to remember. If anyone else has an interesting Google ...