Projects outlined on the site include a map of places that need sand-bagging, ways for people to sign up and help, and after-storm parties, set up to raise money.
The state GOP has launched its own Web site, a map that tracks Democratic fundraisers in the state, captioned: Democrat presidential candidates say they won't campaign in Florida, they'll only raise money here.
The site contains a colourful world map that changes according the criteria chosen, and users can even compare one country to another based on what is most important to them.
"If you go to a site of a hotel and see a map and 'how to get directions, ' that's likely provided by a completely different company, " Parenty said.
For drivers in unfamiliar areas, any site chosen can be plotted on a map using GPS, and maps can be changed to satellite, hybrid or terrain views.
Facebook may have its European headquarters in Dublin but the social networking site has wiped a small Irish village off the map because its name is deemed obscene.
The site's interactivity is powered by software that creates a virtual map of the handsets.
Mr Davenport said the origins of the name "the Nunnery" were hazy, as only one historic map had stated that the site used to be a convent.
The Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the UK (Hero) site is the official portal to higher education, with a clickable map and profiles of all universities and higher education colleges.
So just go to the site, type in your address and we'll take you to a map of your neighborhood with a zestimate of your house and all your neighbors' houses.
Google in June launched Map Maker, a service that lets people upload location data to its Web site.
Facebook will be able to pinpoint on a map where your home is, whether you share your personal address with the site or not.
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"Now here's a site, the Sphinx and the Pyramids, probably the most famous ancient site in the worldno map, " Ludwig says.
"Now here's a site, the sphinx and the pyramids, probably the most famous ancient site in the world no map, " Ludwig says.
One Web site, www.scipionus.com, is combating the confusion by encouraging users to annotate a Google Map of New Orleans with information about specific locations.
Programmable Web, a site that tracks mashups, figures that about half of the mashups it sees are based on Google's map business and about half of all mashups fund themselves using the Google ad machine.
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