Travel Mashups

Mapping has entered a rennaissance on the internet, and map mashups are feeding the creative juices of map creators. The programmableweb.com is a hotbed of mashups with almost three new map mashups appearing daily. Today, for example, one can find new maps of Starbucks Coffee locations, Golf Courses, Rinks, and “drunkest cities” in the USA. Over the last six months the number of mashups has doubled to over 1,000.
The site lists about 70 mashups on travel. Including, for example:

Hotel Map
20,000 motels and hotels in the USA
UK B&B
UK’s B&B, cheap hotel, and guest house accomodation directory
Broadway shows
A listing of current shows, times, pricing, tickets, direction and parking
GeoWalk
A worldwide travel guide with embedded Wikipedia, Flikr and Google News
MCity
Guide to best underground locations in Melbourne, Australia
Toronto Virtual Tour
A 360 degree photo tour of Toronto landmarks

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