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Google Collaborative Maps And You

Google Just Launched Two New Features For Their Online Maps: Terrain Maps and Collaborative Maps.

The terrain maps will certainly be of benefit in showing the lay of the land, but the collaborative maps feature may prove to be an even more useful tool. The ability to create your own custom maps has been available for a while, but collaboration may result in greater benefits. It can create conversation. Invite your readers to share their favorite restaurants, places to hike, etc, and give anyone who stumbles on your map the right to add their favorites. And be sure to get specific with the map, as they do in the example in the Google announcement linked above. Or, you could decide to simply collaborate with others in your office to control the content and show off your local knowledge.

The map below was created to test the collaboration tools. I've shared collaboration rights with two cousins and an uncle, and they can invite others to collaborate as well. The map is embedded here and interactive, so click on the icons and see how it all works.

Grafton, WV: Places To See, Things To Do

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I know y'all are going to have a lot of ideas about how to use these new collaborative features. So let the sharing begin.

Tip: If you want to embed a map like this here on AR, you MUST NOT switch back to the WYSIWYG editor, even if you save. AR will remove the iframe tags and the map will not show up. So, add the map code in last and save from the html tab. Also, if you want your map to scroll, like this one does, you will need to change the code to scrolling="yes"

Posted by Jeff Turner on 11/28/2007 12:24 PM

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21 Comments on Google Collaborative Maps And You

This is great. Thanks for sharing resources we can use!

11/28/2007 12:28 PM

by Joeann Fossland, Master Certified Coach (Advantage Solutions Group)

Way Cool!

I see lots of possibilities here. Thanks

11/28/2007 12:47 PM

by Court Peterson (GMAC Real Estate Northwest)

Joeann... my pleasure.

Court... do come back and share.

11/28/2007 12:49 PM

by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)

Thank you for this. I will get my creative juices going to come with some ideas for this. Enjoyed your video for Thanksgiving too. Have your best day ever!

11/28/2007 12:51 PM

by Pat Baker Real Estate Expert Needham, MA (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage )

Now that we know where you live, when's the party?

11/28/2007 01:01 PM

by Lisa Hill (Daytona Beach Real Estate) (Adams Cameron and Company)

Pat... please do and thank you!

Lisa... the party is always on... month of July. Come on up! Sarah Cooper can help with general directions. :)

11/28/2007 01:15 PM

by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)

More and more come at your finger tips all the time. Thanks for keeping us updated.

11/28/2007 02:09 PM

by Susan Trombley Re/Max Broker Raleigh NC & Surrounding Areas (Re/Max Hometown)

Jeff - I emailed this post to my son, Rob, who loves to do maps for his clients. We'll see what he comes up with.

11/28/2007 02:19 PM

by Sharon Simms St Pete Florida CRS CIPS CLHMS (RE/MAX Metro)

Excellent idea and it will be great for Localism and on our outside blogs as well. Always great to read your posts Jeff. Thank you.

11/28/2007 02:37 PM

by Jay McGillicuddy~Real Estate Broker (Prudential Verani Realty)

very cool... and it is more and more evident every day how Google is planning to take over the world... bit by bit by byte

11/28/2007 02:43 PM

by Boca Raton & Lake Worth Florida Real Estate Broker

I love it! This will be a great addition to the community information I use on my clients sites. For some of my clients I create individual community pages for their market areas and these collaborative maps will provide great visuals for their readers to compliment the information already there.

Thanks Jeff!

11/28/2007 02:53 PM

by Jennifer Wilson - Agent Solutions (Agent Solutions)

Jeff, great sharing. I have been using the embedded maps with Google, but not the collaborative maps. Have you found better conversions and visitor feedback with these maps?

11/28/2007 03:16 PM

by James and Joseph Bridges (Keller Williams Realty - Global Trust Team)

The collaborative map feature looks really cool. I will have to give it a try.

11/28/2007 04:02 PM

by Randy L. Prothero - Hawaii REALTOR® (Century 21 Liberty Homes)

Wow, Jeff! Another tool! You are wonderful for sharing all this with us. Thank you!

11/28/2007 04:47 PM

by Carol Smith, ReMax Preferred, REALTOR®, Toledo, OH (www.calltoledohome.com)

Susan... my pleasure.

Sharon... please do share what he comes up with.

Jay... I agree.

David... without question. World domination is the goal.

Jennifer... yes, as a VA it would be easy for you to get it started and let them contribute as they see fit!

James... this was only released by Google yesterday, so there is no data.

Randy.. come show us what you do.

Carol... again, my pleasure.

11/28/2007 05:20 PM

by Jeff Turner (Real Estate Shows)

Jeff,

Once again thanks for the valuable information about Google Maps. I am sure I will use this post as a reference later.

11/28/2007 05:55 PM

by Tina Maraj Shah Fullerton Realtor (RE/MAX North Orange County)

Jeff, how kewl is this? Never enough information for this brain that's for sure. Thanks so much. Added to my bookmarks.

11/28/2007 06:46 PM

by Mesa, Arizona Real Estate *** Teri Ellis, Broker, ABR,CRS,GRI,ePRO,MRE (Homes Arizona Real Estate LLC)

that is soooo cool, I am going to check it out right now! thanks again!!!!

11/28/2007 07:43 PM

by Bill & Barbara Jo - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD (Charles Rutenberg Realty)

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12/01/2007 09:31 PM

by jumpher

ok.. not sure what the comment above mine is all about!

Anyway, I wanted to see what you are talking about, but the map is not loading. I will try to look it up at Google when I have more time.

12/02/2007 06:56 AM

by Charlotte Home Loans - Your Charlotte Mortgage Lender (The Ed Nailor Mortgage Team)

Ed I was thinking the same thing, so of coarse I 'googled it' and here's the best link I found (in my 2 minutes of searching).

Jeff Google always coming out with the latest and the greatest... Thanks for sharing

12/05/2007 01:03 AM

by Tampa Real Estate | Florida Relocation | Land | LakeFront Home | Katrina Madewell (Charles Rutenberg Rlty- More than 3,500 agents(813) 235-9889)

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