Google has struck again!
Google has struck again. Normally that would segway into an article on some egregious act, but not in the case of Google. My relationship with Google is like that of a new romantic aquaintance. No matter how great she is, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I keep waiting to hear the words, “I would love to, but I have to meet my husband for dinner”, or “I would love to, but that would violate my parole”. Fortunately with Google, there may be no other shoe. They have just announced the opening of their Application Programming Inerface (API) for Google Maps [link]. Basically it means that anyone can use Google maps on their own web site or in any application, and it will be fully customizable. Think of a map of all of your pictures on your personal website, a map of restaurants with snippets of reviews or a map of geocaches; all with the beauty and simplicity of Google Maps!
Perhaps Google will create a plethora of great web services and once every one is fully committed to using them, they will drop the $$$ bombshell. I certainly hope not. Their corporate mantra is “You can make money without doing evil” see #6, and they seem to be sticking to it.
