Publicly Editable Google Maps - Making Connections

One of the neat things I recently discovered with Google Maps is the ability to make a publicly editable map where many different people can contribute. For example, an initiative for more face-to-face meetings after the wonderful Classroom 2.0 Live in Houston took a foothold among several participants. We really want to continue the conversations, sharing and learning with our local brethren, both in a virtual sense and a physical sense. To help facilitate that, I created a public Google Map so that interested people can geographically place themselves in order to get a better idea where everyone is (the Houston area is VERY large and meeting places will need to reflect the least amount of travel for the most people). I also created a screencast entitled Adding Placemarks to Google Maps to help folks who may not be familiar with inputting placemarks. Fun stuff!







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