Mashups

The use of hybrib web applications with images and maps is great.

Combining photo space with GPS locations can be used for the artist, amateur, business people, professionals alike.

Mashups can be used for crimespotting, cabspotting, in the marine industry e.g. microchip fish in the ocean and track their movement or for the artistic with postcard photos combined with a map of an area to give an emotive feel or experience of the world.

Big huge lab can be used to combine digital photographs to create posters etc.

Google maps can be used to to search for areas and also businesses (like the white pages) e.g. finding pizza places in your town

British Library's London Life over the ages with its maps from each timeperiod and links with maps from the Library's Collection linked to the time is wonderful. This has a potential for any local studies collection to link the timeperiod to primary source materials.