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June 01, 2006
Tagzania Provides Google Maps with KML
pyramids of giza tagged map - Tagzania
Tagzania has added a feature Google should have added a LONG time ago to Google Maps. A KML button to take your current view in Google Earth (plus the Tagzania push pins) and view it in Google Earth. Luistxo at Tagzania mentioned this to me a couple of days ago to let me try it out, and he just posted a blog entry about it. The neat thing is, with Tagzania you can easily take a map you like and paste it in your own site. So, for example I've included a Tagzania map of the tag "Giza" (so you can see the main Giza pyramids in Egypt). You could also just use this link: http://tagzania.com/tag/pyramid+giza. Click on the KML link and you can see them in Google Earth as well. You can choose whether to show satellite photos, maps, or hybrid; or choose what controls to show; and even adjust the size and width of the map for viewing on your page. Tagzania is an amazing mapping mashup, and now has the best Google Earth integration out there!
Posted by FrankTaylor at June 1, 2006 07:42 AM
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Posted by: Luistxo at June 1, 2006 10:04 AM
Actually I'm sure I've seen somewere (here on this blog?) that there is an undocumented URL parameter to Google maps to do just that - provide a KML link.
Posted by: Amos Shapira at June 1, 2006 07:28 PM
Yes, that's true. It was here:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/04/google_maps_and.html
But, the feature is rather a pain to use, not at all as convenient, or as reliable, as Tagzania's KML button.
Posted by: Frank Taylor at June 1, 2006 10:50 PM
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Thanks for reviewing the feature. This example is very apt: the KML file is a network link, so, next time the pharaohs build another pyramid there, and someone tags it in Tagzania, you automatically will have it at your desktop with Google Earth. ;-)