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This is one of my new favorite google map hacks - Why not take A9 Local images and insert them into Google Maps search results? (A9 Local images are storefront snapshots - taken by Amazon's A9.com - of 15 major US Cities) How does it work? Greasemonkey lets me inject script into any page (viewed in Firefox), and the script I injected is set up to fetch an Address Search from A9.com, looking for a corresponding image. If an image is found, it's displayed in the "Info Balloon" on Google Maps Link.
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This is one of my new favorite google map hacks - Why not take A9 Local images and insert them into Google Maps search results? (A9 Local images are storefront snapshots - taken by Amazon's A9.com - of 15 major US Cities) How does it work? Greasemonkey lets me inject script into any page (viewed in Firefox), and the script I injected is set up to fetch an Address Search from A9.com, looking for a corresponding image. If an image is found, it's displayed in the "Info Balloon" on Google Maps Link.
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Aug 26, 2005 02:58 AM
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Check A9 images in a Google Map WITHOUT GreaseMonkey..
www.NYsee.net
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Does anyone know if there's an A9 block view API? These people display the a9 block view images in google map marker pop-ups:
http://local.alkemis.com/
I'm trying to do the same thing and was wondering if anyone had any code for it.
btw, I think the alkemis site is the former nysee.net site.
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I figured out how they're pulling down the a9 block views. If there's interest I'll write up a quick tutorial. You can check out my site here:
http://nosyneighbormap.com/
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