Mashup: 4Wheelz RouteMate
Uses the Google Maps API with StreetView and combines this with knowledge of common test routes to help learner drivers in Birmingham & surrounding areas (UK) to practise their driving test online before the real thing.
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Map of forest around Abashiri City, Japan.
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Lists UK car auctions based upon an entered postcode and plots them on a map.
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All the surf shops in the world mashed up with Google maps.
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