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Online Maps Give Personal View of World

User-generated custom atlases are becoming guides to everything

By Heather McPherson,  Newser User

Posted Jul 27, 2007 2:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Taking a page from Wikipedia, Internet users are harnessing the collective knowledge of millions and applying it to maps. On the rapidly growing "GeoWeb," surfers create custom atlases using mapping technology by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others. The user-generated maps can highlight anything...   Read full story »

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