http://www.mixx.com Mixx of items from the googlemaps collection en-us The town of Molfsee near Kiel in the north-western German state of Schleswig-Holstein doesn't want to be filmed by Google for its Street View program. Tue Sep 30 16:20:05 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2288746/germans_give_peeking_google_one_in_the_eye thingy_2288746 s_lockyer http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/30/german_town_says_nein_to_google/ Google tries to educate federal agencies on how its search, e-mail and mapping tools can be applied to government business. Mon Sep 29 08:45:44 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2272787/google_goes_to_washington thingy_2272787 s_lockyer http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802216.html <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/cdf8789c92eb0f8db3c11f7c20e47dbef0f8cbd0_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>Darth Vader Taking Over Los Angeles Sun Sep 28 18:30:01 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/photos/2268228/star_wars_on_the_streets_star_wars_on_google_street_view thingy_2268228 ritubpant http://io9.com/5055874/star-wars-on-google-street-view One rumor making its way around the Web right now is that Google blurred out images of Wasilla after Palin was named McCain’s running mate. If you look up Wasilla in Google Earth you’ll see that Google’s images of the Anchorage suburb are indeed blu Sun Sep 28 16:19:32 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2267340/debunking_the_google_maps_censorship_myth thingy_2267340 s_lockyer http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/09/26/boston-unblurred-debunking-the-google-maps-censorship-myth/ Contrary to popular belief, your laptop will not self destruct when you google the word Google. Fri Sep 26 11:26:58 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2244574/what_happens_if_you_google_google thingy_2244574 Chambo http://www.webupon.com/Search-Engines/What-Happens-If-You-Google-Google.273295 An interesting Google Maps-Youtube mashup called YouTube Vision, shows the most recent geotagged videos being uploaded to YouTube. Fri Sep 26 08:27:05 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2243793/youtube_vision_a_mashup_of_latest_geotagged_youtube_videos thingy_2243793 gardos_attila http://web2web3.blogspot.com/2008/09/youtube-vision-mashup-of-latest.html See a shop… then see it on your phone! Google Maps for Mobile with Streetview. Google Maps has been updated to include the Streetview option, so if you get lost in the middle of Southampton and need to know what the road you’re trying to find ACTUAL Thu Sep 25 19:23:11 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2238061/google_maps_streetview_comes_to_mobiles_uk_mobile_news_freshmobile_us thingy_2238061 vizitus http://www.freshmobile.us/2008/09-google-maps-streetview-comes-to-mobiles.html I found a new way of looking at Google Maps today, it's the YouTube video layer. Imagine your usual Google Map, this time, imagine it showing videos regarding say …. a place in Japan, Europe, The Americas, Canada or any other interesting ... Thu Sep 25 16:57:32 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/stories/2236330/google_maps_youtube_video_layer thingy_2236330 MrCooker http://www.googletutor.com/2008/09/25/google-maps-youtube-video-layer/ <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/7f87c3a810619dd9feaa872141bd93f0f084b9be_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>Citizens of the Russian town Chelyabinsk calculated when the satellite QuickBird - which takes images for Google Earth and Google Maps - would fly above their city. They created a giant smiley face and the image is now on Google Maps. Thu Sep 25 08:00:34 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/photos/2231216/russian_town_puts_giant_smiley_on_google_maps thingy_2231216 s_lockyer http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IeJHb-2CVGM/SNUFiyTlEHI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/shQMNh5h89o/s1600/smiley-1000.jpg <img src="http://images.mixx.com/photo_thumbnails/fc3f4928e23ce33b2724d67f18537df80f6def10_128.jpg", alt = ""/><br/>T-Mobile G1 has a built-in compass that orients Google Maps' Street View according to the position of the viewer Wed Sep 24 04:36:59 UTC 2008 http://www.mixx.com/photos/2217443/htc_dream_t_mobile_g1_compass_mode thingy_2217443 s_lockyer http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/p/2008/tew10_550x393.jpg