Web Two > Platial, map mashup

http://webosphere.wordpress.com [Webosphere : Internet, RSS, web 2.0] Platial enables anyone to find, create and use meaningful maps of Places that matter to them. You can make a search by maps, locations, tags or member’s name.

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O'Reilly Radarhttp://radar.oreilly.com  O'Reilly Radar: Although the Attention Trust brings on the same headache I get when people talk Semantic Web and networked trust relationships at me, I absolutely love their guiding principle: you own the data you create. As we go into this age of participation information networks, we can have the credit report model for our data (Big Brother owns it and we'll be lucky to see anything but an annual summary of the data they have on us) or something (anything!) (via Cosmos)

Mark Anders' Blog: I also attended some interesting sessions on specific Web 2.0 related efforts, such as one on calendaring formats hosted by evdb.com founder Brian Dear, and another by a location focused startup called Platial to preview their site. What was interesting about each of these is that they're focused on a particular type of data that is broadly reusable and brings together both commercial entities and end users to create a data community that is compelling. (via Cosmos)

Googlemapsmania.blogspot.comhttp://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com [Googlemapsmania.blogspot.com] Google Maps Mania: I recently made an appearance on the G4TechTV show "Call For Help" to talk about Google Maps Mania and share a few cool Google Maps mashups with host Leo Laporte and the rest of tvland. The show aired today in Canada and will most likely turn up on the U.S. and Australian airwaves in the weeks to follow.

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