TechNayak

[digg=http://digg.com/software/Online_Maps_and_the_masses]The world is being tagged and almost everyone is usign maps to ascertain their locations on planet earth. Why do you have to stay far behind? You own a website or a portal or any thing of that sort? You can add your own custom maps to you site and see where your visitors come from.

I have listed down three services that let you add yoru own maps with lots of features.

1. Platial: is a service that lets you create your own maps with a lot of information. You can link this to your Flickr account and document the places you have traveled for example. You can also search maps that have been tagged close by to your tags. It looks like a wierd mix of yahoo local with the ease of making your own. Almost all maps provide the three views namely map as in 2d plot , satellite( image seen froma sattelite ) and hybrid( a combination of both. All in all a great service.

2.Flagr:

The same tagging service, it lets you upload photos, videos etc and tag them geographically. You can also embed this map in your website or blog and share cool geo tagged info or media. Searching of people, activities etc around you is also included. Great service.

3. Frappr:

The same kind of service, but you dont even have to sign up. It provides a great embedding widget for myspace, blogger, Hi5 , xanga and other sites. It lets people visiting your profile or site, tag themselves and write comments , upload photos etc. I like its ease of use the best.

All the three are great offerings and Im sure such geo based sites will pick up more mass in the coming years. Geo revolution is goin big and you know it ..