Google Maps Labs: A Fun New Google Tool, by
Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld (Feb 12)
Google now offers experimental features for Google Maps. Click on the new green icon in the top right of Google Maps - looks like a pawn - mouseover it to see Google Map Labs.
"Among the experimental features in Google Maps Labs, you will find "Drag'n'Zoom," which will let you draw a box on the map to immediately zoom into that place and "LatLng Tooltip," a feature that shows the latitude and longitude of where the mouse pointer is positioned."
Also in this posting - Google has a Chart Tool - it's not quite like using Microsoft Office - there is real coding involved - but there is tremendous variety of types of charts. More information at Google Code - Chart Tools.
Postscript Feb 15: Google Maps Gets Its Own Lab, ResearchBuzz - detailed description of the features and how to use them.
Posted by Gwen at February 12, 2010 12:17 PM