7526 0 3 econsultancy_xml Independent developers have created mashups using <a href="http://www.google.com/apis/maps">Google Maps' API</a> ever since the site was unveiled in 2005. But those creations have largely been hosted on their own websites.<br /><br />Letting users customise the service using bolt-on Mapplets will further allow them to carry out their mapping tasks on Google's own site.<br /><br />When Facebook allowed its users to add independent coders' Apps from its new Platform system in May, it added a stickiness that has contributed to the social networking site's phenomenal growth.<br /><br />According to Google: "<em>Mapplets are mini-webpages that are served inside an iFrame </em><em><em>within the Google Maps site. You can put anything inside this mini-webpage that you can put into a normal webpage, including HTML, Javascript, and Flash."</em><br /><br />Google Maps product manager Thai Train gave a <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtfxv1JdXI">video introduction</a> to the addition at YouTube.<br /><br />Google earlier added the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/viaggioadagioit/453953208/">MyMaps</a> feature, allowing users to store locations, directions and areas on their own google.com account.</em> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/">Independent developers have created mashups using <Link URL="http://www.google.com/apis/maps" Window="New">Google Maps' API</Link> ever since the site was unveiled in 2005. But those creations have largely been hosted on their own websites.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />Letting users customise the service using bolt-on Mapplets will further allow them to carry out their mapping tasks on Google's own site.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />When Facebook allowed its users to add independent coders' Apps from its new Platform system in May, it added a stickiness that has contributed to the social networking site's phenomenal growth.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />According to Google: "<Quote>Mapplets are mini-webpages that are served inside an iFrame </Quote><Quote></Quote><Quote>within the Google Maps site. You can put anything inside this mini-webpage that you can put into a normal webpage, including HTML, Javascript, and Flash."</Quote><LineBreak /><LineBreak />Google Maps product manager Thai Train gave a <Link URL="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtfxv1JdXI" Window="New">video introduction</Link> to the addition at YouTube.<LineBreak /><LineBreak />Google earlier added the <Link URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/viaggioadagioit/453953208/" Window="New">MyMaps</Link> feature, allowing users to store locations, directions and areas on their own google.com account.</FormattedContent> 2007-07-11T08:37:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <strong>Google Maps has launched an on-site applets platform that could do for the mapping tool what Apps have done for Facebook.</strong> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/mapplets/">Mapplets</a> are mini web applications that can be bolted on to extend a user's Google Maps experience with a range of new functions, from petrol prices to Manchester's Metro system.<br /><br /> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Emphasis>Google Maps has launched an on-site applets platform that could do for the mapping tool what Apps have done for Facebook.</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/mapplets/" Window="New">Mapplets</Link> are mini web applications that can be bolted on to extend a user's Google Maps experience with a range of new functions, from petrol prices to Manchester's Metro system.<LineBreak /><LineBreak /></FormattedContent> false 1480 <p>Refer also to Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide">User Experience Buyer's Guide</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/effective-web-design-best-practice-guide">Effective Web Design Guide</a></strong> for more information about best practice in these areas.</p> <p>Refer also to Econsultancy's <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/user-experience-buyers-guide">User Experience Buyer's Guide</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/effective-web-design-best-practice-guide">Effective Web Design Guide</a></strong> for more information about best practice in these areas.</p> 363767 Google adds developers' Mapplets to maps false 2007-07-11T14:30:00+01:00 google-adds-developers-mapplets-to-maps 2009-04-29T21:34:58+01:00 2009-10-13T09:11:26+01:00 614