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Give Earth a Hand is a nonprofit-oriented social networking community which uses Google Maps to integrate members.
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Real estate listings of land for sale in Texas using Google Maps.
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Get the fare before you ride. This mashup calculates the approximate fare for taxi rides between two addresses. It uses Google Maps to plot and calculate the driving distance between two points and...
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Geolake |
The Geolake API enables developers to perform geocoding operations using data from multiple geocoding datasets. It offers a high degree of accuracy and extensive typo correction support. The API can... | Mapping | 06.18.2018 |
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MapQuest Open Search Nominatim |
The MapQuest Open Search Nominatim API is a MapQuest Search Service that relies on data contributed to OpenStreetMap. It is a tool to search through OpenStreetMap data by name, address and reverse... | Mapping | 06.11.2018 |
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MapQuest Icons |
The MapQuest Icons API provides access to a variety of Icon types that include; markers, circles, vias, and more. The API can be used with both the MapQuest Static Map API or the MapQuest Plugins... | Mapping | 06.11.2018 |
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MapQuest Search Ahead |
The MapQuest Search Ahead API is a spatially-aware predictive search engine that enables typeahead autocomplete functions in an application. It provides a list of suggestions to the user that... | Mapping | 06.11.2018 |
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MapQuest-GL JavaScript |
This is an Indirect access to this service. Please refer to the corresponding SDK below. The MapQuest-GL JavaScript API is a Beta version that is undergoing finalization and testing before the... | Mapping | 06.11.2018 |