Thing 32 Google Maps & Mashups

Google mashups is a lot of fun. When I go to conferences, I never rent a car and try to rely on public transportation wherever I go. You can make a mashup of public transportation and places or destinations so you can see how far you have to go to a metro or bus stop and then where you get off to get to your destination (HotStop API). Other useful mashups are free wifi hotspots on a map, iMap Weather, and one that I thought I would enjoy a lot describes where you would end up if you dug a hole straight through the earth to the other side. When I was a kid, we dug many holes thinking we would end up in China. This mashup gave me coordinates, but i couldn't figure out what was on the other end. All very interesting.