Libate Me with Google Maps

The New Belgium Brewing Company's Libation Location Map uses Google Maps to help you find the nearest locations that stock their many beers.

Using the map you can enter a location and select from the many beers on offer from New Belgium Brewing. You can even select the distance that you are prepared to travel to get your favourite tipple. The Libation Location Map then shows you all the stores near by where you can purchase your beer.

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Brazil's Cachaças on Google Maps

Brazil's most popular alcoholic drink is cachaça. In fact it is so popular that there are over 4000 cachaça distilleries in Brazil.



Guia Mapa da Cachaça is a crowd-sourced map plotting the location, photos and histories of Brazil's cachaças and cachaças distilleries. The Google Map of the distilleries allows you to find where each cachaças is made and can help you find your nearest, locally distilled cachaças.





In other news, Google LatLong revealed today that Street View of the Amazon rainforest is currently being captured. So very soon, you’ll be able to float down the Amazon and Rio Negro Rivers of northwest Brazil and experience some of the most remote and biodiverse areas in the world with Google Maps Street View.



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Danish Good Beer Guide on Google Maps

Danish Beer Map

The Danish beer organisation 'Danske Ølentusiaster', who have over 10,000 members, have given 57 bars in Denmark a Diploma in 2010. The Diploma awards bars where bartenders show a good knowledge about the beers they sell, the bars have a good atmosphere and the beers are served in the correct glasses etc.

Microformats.dk has created a Google Map of the bars awarded diplomas to ensure that you can always find a good beer in Denmark. Each bar map marker includes the name and address of the bar. It is also possible to view the Street View of the bar, where available.

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Quality Beer on Google Maps

PubQuest

PubQuest is a Google Maps mashup that will help you find quality craft breweries, brew houses or brew pubs wherever you are in the USA or Canada.

It is possible to search the map by state, province or city. Alternatively, it is possible to pan and zoom the map and the markers will automatically be updated.

Brew pubs are shown on the map by markers shaped like a mug, blue beer kegs indicate craft breweries and yellow beer kegs show beer houses. Clicking on any of the map markers opens an information window with the address of the establishment and a button to get driving directions.

Some Other Beer & Wine Related Maps Mash-Ups

• Livermore Valley Winegrowers
• European Beer Guide
• Real Ale Hunter
• Beer Mapping Project
• All-Things Beer Map (US)
  
• All-Things Beer Map: London (UK)
  
• Ontario Beer Hunter (Canada)
  
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps (US)
• Tokyo Beer Bars, Brewpubs and Retail
• America's Drunkest Cities
• NYC Wine Shops
• Chicago Wine Map
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps
• DrVino NYC
• Winegeeks Map
• More Beer and Wine Mashups

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Lots of Lovely Beer Goggles Maps

Real Ale Hunter

The Real Ale Hunter is a directory and Google Map mashup of real ale serving pubs in the UK. The directory holds reviews of over 5000 pubs that sell real ale in the UK and all of them can be found via a Google Map.

It is possible to zoom in on any area of the UK and real ale serving pubs in the current map view will be tagged on the map. Alternatively it is possible to select the option to 'view by town'. This option will zoom the map in on an individual town and that town's pubs.

The pub's in the current view are listed under the map. Each listing has the pub's name and address and a rating for the pub. Some pubs also have more information, such as the number of pumps and information about whether it is listed in the Good Beer Guide.

European Beer Guide

If you ever find yourself in Europe and you fancy a beer you could do worse than consult the European Beer Guide. The site uses Google Maps to help users navigate to beer guides for individual countries.

Each country is tagged with a link to the section about that country. Clicking on a country's link takes you to the pub guides for that country and to brewery and beer guides. As beer and brewing traditions vary greatly throughout Europe this website is an essential guide for any beer drinkers planning to undertake a European wide pub crawl.

Livermore Valley Winegrowers
The Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association has created a cool Google Map mashup to help visitors to the area plan their visit.

To use the map users enter a starting address and the date they wish to visit the Livermore Valley. They can then explore the mapped wineries and vineyards by clicking on the map markers. If any of the wineries grab the user's interest they can then press an 'add' button to add the winery to their itinerary.

When the user has selected all the wineries they wish to visit they can drag them around and place them in any order. Once finished it is is possible to get driving directions for the visit. Just get somebody else to drive!

Some Other Beer & Wine Related Maps Mash-Ups

• Beer Mapping Project
• All-Things Beer Map (US)
  
• All-Things Beer Map: London (UK)
  
• Ontario Beer Hunter (Canada)
  
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps (US)
• Tokyo Beer Bars, Brewpubs and Retail
• America's Drunkest Cities
• NYC Wine Shops
• Chicago Wine Map
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps
• DrVino NYC
• Winegeeks Map
• More Beer and Wine Mashups

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Bud Map

Budweiser American Ale

This year Budweiser have decided to brew a new beer, Budweiser American Ale. The beer is brewed with caramel malted barley and has a 'noticeably citrus aroma'. If that has whetted your appetite you can use the Bud Map to find the nearest bar that serves the ale.

To use the map just enter your zip code and the nearest bars will be shown on the map. The map should help you find the way to your nearest bar - although there are no promises that you will able to find your way home again.

To the Bud Marketing Dept: e-mail me for the forwarding address for my complimentary keg ;)

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Beer and Wine on Google Maps

Stag Night Wizard

Stag Night Wizard is a Google Maps mash-up designed to help the best man plan a great stag night or weekend. Currently the site offers a route planner for stag nights in Manchester or London in the UK but has plans to add Barcelona, Nottingham, Blackpool and Dublin soon.

Registered users of Stag Night Wizard are presented with a map of their chosen city with layers for bars, hotels, night clubs, strip clubs, casinos and comedy clubs. Each of the map layers is selectable so it is possible, for example, to view just bars and clubs. Each bar and club comes with an address and a user rating.

If you like the look of a particular bar or club you add it to your stag night itinerary by clicking on its plus sign. As you add venues to your itinerary Stag Night Wizard works out your route. When you have finished planning your night Stag Night Wizard presents you with a map of all your venues and lists the establishments in a sidebar.

It is possible to invite friends to your stag night by adding the e-mail addresses of your guests to your account. Your invited guests will then be able to log onto Stag Night Wizard and view the planned route of the stag night.

Sonoma Uncorked

Sonoma Uncorked is a website dedicated to the wineries of Sonoma County in the US. To help visitors to the county get the best from their visit Sonoma Uncorked have produced a great Google Map.

As you would expect the map shows the location of all the wineries in Sonoma County but it also contains so much more. In fact you can use the map to find: food events, wine events, art events, music events, restaurants, farms, farmers markets, wineries, wine tours, galleries, golf courses, parks, beaches, gardens and a whole lot more.

In fact, even if you have no interest in wine, if you are thinking of visiting Sonoma County you should visit Sonoma Uncorked first.

Malt Maps

Malt Maps is a simple but attractive looking Google Maps mash-up that shows the location of 197 distilleries that produce malt whiskey. The site includes extensive search capabilities, that lets users search the distilleries by country, owner, status or whether it is has a visitor centre.

Each of the distilleries is shown on the map with a marker and is also listed in the map sidebar. Clicking on a marker opens an information window containing the address of the distillery, the distillery's owners and also the page number of its listing in the Malt Whiskey Yearbook.


Some Other Beer & Wine Related Maps Mash-Ups

• Beer Mapping Project
• All-Things Beer Map (US)
  
• All-Things Beer Map: London (UK)
  
• Ontario Beer Hunter (Canada)
  
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps (US)
• Tokyo Beer Bars, Brewpubs and Retail
• America's Drunkest Cities
• NYC Wine Shops
• Chicago Wine Map
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps
• DrVino NYC
• Winegeeks Map
• More Beer and Wine Mashups

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US Google Maps Mashups (14): Crime, History, Travel, Tim Russert

Celebrating NBC's Tim Russert's life on a map - Virender Ajmani creates this map-based tribute to the late Tim Russert.

Travel: New mashups for the summer holiday season..

BeerMenus New York City:

...This simple NYC Google Maps mashup plots the loctions of over 292 Beer Menus, 1532 Beers and 34 Events to one map. Click any of the pins to reveal each pub or restaurant's full, categorized beer menu, sortable by price!

• TravelWisconsin.com uses Google Maps - The directory tab in each of the site's categories section lets you map all search listings and businesses. A great way to open up a large directory of location-based information!
• A great My Map of Philadelphia things to see and do
• Google Map of US Biodiesel fill-up stations - Helps you find biodiesel fill up points by specific zip code, city or enter two points to find stations along a route! Perfect for the summer roadtrip! Don't forget the recent "Finding Cheap Gas on Google Maps" post to help you find non-biodiesel cheap gas options! :)
  
• 2itch - 24 hour locations in: LA, NYC and Seattle! - The user-interface, name and application for this mashup is all pretty simple. Double-click anywhere on the map or enter an address to map 24-hour businesses! Quick to use when you need it the most! :)
• Gluten-Free Restaurant Map - Fine Gluten-free eating options in NYC and Boston
• Your Virtual Turnpike - A mashup that uses Google Maps Street View to let you explore an area. Quick links to metro areas and airports.
• RoadTripper - This newly formed mashup is intended to let you map your roadtrips for others to discover.

Click the USA label below to read about many more US mashups that can be used to help plan your travels this summer..

Crime Maps update:

SpotCrime.com now includes over 100 US Cities:

This Google Maps crime mashup was previously only available for Baltimore. That has definitely changed! SpotCrime has added over 100 cities and several cities have their own Mapplet that you can add directly to your own Google Maps view. Combine real estate mapplets with the SpotCrime city you're in to perform power housing maps search. Engadget's Switched and TechCrunch also recently reviewed SpotCrime.

• Journalistopia's online crime maps directory - Danny Sanchez of Journalistopia brings us an awesome roundup of (mostly US) news sites that are including crime maps mashups.

New History Maps:

• 1880 Street Railway Map of the City of Washington - Designed to show the historic street railway lines used in Washington, DC. Blog post with full story and details here..
• Historic Map Works uses Google Maps - A large collection of US historic maps, some of which have GIS data, allowing them to be searched by address or lat/long and mapped using the Google Maps API. The old meets the new.. :)
• Mapping the Cholera Epidemic of 1832 - Detailed blog post from NewYorkology.com about the NY Historical Society mapping this epidemic
• US Women Casualties of Iraq War

Click any of the below labels to read about many more mashups within these topics or browse their categories along the right sidebar..
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BeerMapping adds Canuck, Kiwi & Proximity Maps

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Jonathan Surratt's wildy popular Beer Mapping Google Maps Mashup Project has added Canadian and New Zealand Breweries/Brewpubs to the already present United States Map:

For those of you in the US, BeerMapping.com also has a list of US Cities that you can explore as well. To ensure quality all submissions are personally verified by Jonathon to prevent duplicates as well as every dive bar and restaurant in the US being added to his database. "I don't want to sound like a snob or anything, but if I were to add every location with bud light on tap, we couldn't actually see the map through all the pins" explains Jonathon.

New Epicenter Beer Map Feature:

A cool addition Jonathon feels proud of is the "Proximity Map" (or epicenter map as he likes to call it). The feature will allow a user to find a location (or enter a geocodable address) and create a custom map based on numerical mileage radius outward from that location/address. Example: Clark Street Ale House - Chicago For an example check out More info on this new feature can be found in this BeerMapping.com blog post and if you want to check out the code for it, look here.

Here are the Jonathon's posts for both the Canuck Beer Map and the Kiwi Beer Map additions.. Be sure to also make use of BeerMapping Mobile!

Other Google Beer Maps Mashups:

• All-Things Beer Map (US)
  
• All-Things Beer Map: London (UK)
  
• Ontario Beer Hunter (Canada)
  
• Oregon & Washington Brew Maps (US)
• Tokyo Beer Bars, Brewpubs and Retail
• More Beer and Wine Mashups
• America's Drunkest Cities