New York Geo Hackathon Friday Nov 20th
I've been using Google's geo products and APIs for a large portion of our Sailing Trip, so when I read about the NYC Geo hackathon and that it was on the same continent, I had to go!! It was a long day starting with a 4am wake up to drive to the 5:45 train from Providence to NYC (luckily I had Google maps to help).
Although I didn't really learn anything new about the APIs, I had a great time talking with the other developers. You have to realize that I've been living in a virtual "geek vacuum" for the past six years. All of my interactions have been through online forums, my sailing friends typically glaze over at "click the Start Menu". I selectively demoed my sailing blog with integrated geoblogs, blurbbits and automatic interactive maps. I was actually a little bit surprised about how much I knew about the various Google products and APIs. I found myself helping others with their issues/projects..
- "Use a Google spreadsheet as the map data source" ..
- "I would use the chart APIs to map your data"..
- "Static maps are better for that"..
- "use the data APIs" ..
- "map your geotagged calendar entries"..
- "use the Map Bridge to control 3D flash maps with javascript".
