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MapMixer

The world is a big place. There are thousands of maps out there that provide unique details about any given destination. MapMixer is a new site that combines those maps with Yahoo! Maps to give you a better view of the world.

It's easy to mix your own map. Upload an image of your map, use our layering tool to align it with Yahoo! Maps and we'll do the rest! Your map will have all the features of Yahoo! Maps (zooming, panning). You can also syndicate it on your own site or blog.

Who built it

  • Adam Chang
  • Nimit Maru

What people are saying

Launch: Merge Your Map on Yahoo Maps with MapMixer, Lifehacker, Gina Trapani
"Really neat tool for folks who don't want to have to draw a whole new map when they've got one already—just scan and upload to MapMixer and you've got it online."

Yahoo Launches 2 New Hacks - Interview with Bradley Horowitz from Yahoo, Read/WriteWeb, Sean Ammirati
"The user simply finds a couple intersection points on both the map and his/her image and then the system automatically morphs them together. In our interview, Bradley explained the process as being 'like a big sheet of rubber, the map is kind of stretched and rotated, and then applied to the Yahoo Map.'"

Yahoo MapMixer: The easiest way to add an overlay, Ogle Earth, Stefan Geens
"MapMixer lets you do three things that Google's tools don't... I can't help wishing that maps made with Yahoo MapMixer were exportable as a KMZ file today, so I could use this tool to create overlays I can show in a KML-savvy client of my choice."

Popularity: 13% [?]

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