Google Maps Mania links for 2007-02-16

New Mashups and Tools:

• TrekMark Place Sharing
• Google Maps + Google Calendar Mileage Calculator
• Saga-Earth: Google Maps + YouTube Game
• World Bar and Restaurant Google Map
• 360 Virtual Tours Map
• Chile Pepper World Map
• AskMen.com's Best of 2007 Map
• Ski/Snowboard Resort World Map
• World Clockr
• Oblivion Role Playing Game Map [via]
• TheyFilmHere Movie Mapping
• Other Sites using Google Maps within their sites:
• Banzora, iTripr

News/Blogs/Updates/Sights:

• Bike Racers Gear Up With Geodata (WIRED)
• TechnoMaps Blog lists top Spanish Google Maps mashups - See also the Google Spain Maps mashup competition (video clip here) which Wikiloc took top honors in.
• Platial 2006 Map Awards - A nice way to browse the "best-of" maps on this great DIY Google Maps site.
• Intrepid armchair explorers - The LA Times explores the Google satellite sightseeing craze.
• GoogleSightseeing: Top 10 Sports views
• Defunct Aral Sea Harbor - (More here and here)