¶ Proposition 8 Donor Mashup
Thursday, January 15, 2009, 10:42pm
Oh dear. Get ready to freak out. Somebody has gone and created a mash-up of Google Maps and Prop 8 Donors. Which you can see right here.
Proposition 8, if you recall, changed the California state constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage. That is to say, Prop 8 allowed discrimination into the state constitution. Eight Maps allows you to see who the people are who donated in order to pass it.
¶ Google Tries Crowdsourcing To Update Their Maps
Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 9:04pm
Google is soliciting contributions to Google Maps with their Map Maker service.
With Google Map Maker, you can become a citizen cartographer and help improve the quality of maps and local information in your region. You are invited to map the world with us!
They've posted several videos to YouTube that show timelapsed edits to maps; here's Islamabad, Pakistan coming into existence.
