Visiting the Country Club with Google Maps

The Martis Camp near Lake Tahoe has released a nice Martis Camp Life map of the camp using custom map tiles. The map shows the location of available property and lots for sale at the camp.

The map was created for the camp by web developers seesiterun. The map is fully integrated with WordPress which means that the map markers and the information windows can be easily updated by the client, who can simply use the WordPress posting format to update the map markers and information.

Search for Properties Near Your Friends

A new website allows you to search for real-estate properties in the areas where your friends are most socially active.

UK classified search engine Adzuna's interesting new approach to real-estate search mapping, Friend Map, allows users to connect a real-estate listings Google Map with their Facebook account.

The map shows the location of properties for sale and rent and also allows users to see where their friends live and check-in. The map shows the check-in data for the past year of a user's Facebook friends and also provides links to search for properties in different locations.

Using the map you can determine the areas where you friends live and play and, if you want, search for properties in those areas.

Via: The Next Web

Vacation Rentals on Google Maps

Rentmix helps users find short-term vacation rentals from Airbnb, HomeAway and Flipkey.

Users can search for short-term rentals by location, price, number of bedrooms and by date. The results of a search are then displayed on a Google Map. If you select a property by clicking on its map marker you can then view photographs of the property and click through to view further details and booking information.

Toronto for Rent on Google Maps

Mapitat is a great Google Map's based application for finding properties to rent in Toronto.

Mapitat allows you to search for properties by price range and by number of bedrooms. You can also filter the results to show only properties that meet your requirement of amenities (for example, laundry, A/C, parking etc).

A really nice touch is the 'Add to Favorites' feature. If you add a property to your favorites list then its map marker is changed from green to red. This allows you to bookmark interesting properties as you search the map and helps you easily find them again when you want to go back and check the details on a property.

Apartment Searching with Google Maps

Apartment List is a new real estate search site that uses Google Maps to help you find a new apartment.

As well as letting you search for an apartment by location, price range and number of bedrooms Apartment List claims to be able to find you your perfect apartment by asking you a number of intriguing questions. For example, one of the questions is 'Do You Watch Dancing With Stars?'

As you continue to answer Apartment List's questions the application narrows down the apartments that it thinks are best for you. You can also connect to Apartment List with Facebook, which it claims will help improve your search results.

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Location, Location, Location

UK real estate website Rightmove has released a Google Maps search tool called Draw a Search.

The tool allows house hunters to draw an outline on a map to define an area that they wish to search for properties within. Once users have drawn their search area they can save it, for future searches. They can also receive e-mail alerts when properties that meet their criteria turn up within that defines area.

The tool really allows house hunters to search exactly the locations where they wish to live. For example, it allows users to define an area within a certain distance around their workplace, if commuting times are an important factor in their search.

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Indian Real Estate on Google Maps

PropertyFeast is a real estate search portal for properties for sale and rent across India.



PropertyFeast features Google Maps throughout the user experience. If a user browses for properties by location then they are shown a Google Map of India displaying the towns and cities with properties listed on PropertyFeast.



It is possible to search for a property by location, price and by type of property. The results of all searches feature a Google Map displaying the returned properties. Each individual property listing on PropertyFeast also features a map to show the property's exact location.



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New York Apartments on Google Maps

Renthop is a great rental apartment finder for New York. Using the Google Maps view it is possible to search for properties by the usual location, number of bedrooms and price filters.

Renthop, however, also includes a number of other useful search criteria. Rentop allows you to also search for properties that have no fee, a doorman, an elevator, a fitness center, a laundry in the building, a roof deck, cats allowed and dogs allowed.

If you are in the lucky position that you can actually afford to buy your own apartment in New York you can also use rentop's sister site realtyhop.

Renthop
Realtyhop

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A Google Map of House Price Reductions

Trulia: Price Reductions Map

Trulia has released a Google Map that can help in your search for a new home, helping you work out when house prices are likely to be reduced.

Trulia's Price Reduction Map presents house price change data from live non-foreclosure listings and tracks all price reductions from March 31, 2010 to March 31, 2011. Using Trulia's Google Map it is possible to search by zip-code for the average number of days a house is on the market in that area before sellers make their first reduction.

Using the map it is also possible to view the average price in an area that sellers normally cut by and the probability of a second price reduction within a zip-code area.

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Invest in Property with Help of Google Maps

Property Investment Map

If you are looking to develop your property investment portfolio in Australia then you should use this Google Map.

The map presents information on gross rental yields, capital gains, vendor discounts and top performing areas by suburb, for all of Australia (excluding ACT). It is also possible to view the overall trends for the last year or for the last five years.

Using the map investors can pinpoint suburbs with good rental yields and capital growth prospects. The Australian blog All things spatial says that the "Property Investment Map should be in the toolbox of not only investors but also anyone serious about purchasing a property."

Via: All things spatial

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How to Find Property Near the Best Schools

SchoolAndHousing.com

SchoolAndHousing.com combines real estate search with school API scores. The site allows you to search for the best schools in an area and then find properties for sale within the school's catchment area.

Using the SchoolAndHousing.com Google Map you can search for schools by address, zip code or API scores. Once you find a target school the boundary map of the school attendance area is displayed on the map. You can then search for homes within that area.

The returned properties are then displayed on the map and listed at the bottom of the page.

Via: Street View Funny

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Living in Toronto, Looking for a Condo

TheRedPin

TheRedPin is Toronto and the GTA's first one-stop condo destination, where condo buyers can find all project details, such as floor plans, amenities, model suites and more. On top of the project details, buyers also have access to a wealth of neighbourhood information, such as nearby schools and daycares, investment stats and neighbourhood amenities.

You can search for a condo using TheRedPin Google Map. You can search by location, price and by number of bed and bathrooms. TheRedPin also uses Google Maps to provide local amenity information as well as sales office directions for each condo project

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Turkey Google Maps Mashups Round-Up

Haritadan.com

This Google Maps application allows you to search for real-estate in Turkey. The map displays free adverts for real estate rentals/sales as well as room mate searches.

The properties available are displayed directly on the map. If you click on one of the displayed map markers you can view photographs of the property. At the top of the map a drop-down menu provides quick links to zoom to different Turkish towns.

Drop-down menus at the top of the map also allow you to refine your search for particular types of property and to search for specific addresses.

Currently the map doesn't work in Internet Explorer.

Mekanrazzi

Mekanrazzi is a Google Maps based directory for Turkey. Using the map you can search for local businesses anywhere in the country.

Using the built-in search you can find points of information at any location. For example, you can search for pizza restaurants in Istanbul. The results of your search are then displayed in the map sidebar and the locations are shown on the map.

Sondeprem.net

Sondeprem.net has created an embeddable widget that shows the latest Turkish earthquake news on a Google Map. By cutting and pasting a short piece of code you can add the map to your own website or blog.

The map itself animates through the latest earthquake news in Turkey. Map markers show the location of the news and a short headline is displayed at the bottom of the map.

The latest earthquake results are automatically updated on the map in real-time.

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Find an Apartment with Google Maps

MyApartmentMap

The apartment search engine MyApartmentMap officially launched yesterday.

MyApartmentMap was originally created in 2006 as a simple mashup of real estate and Google Maps to help its creator find an apartment in Boston. MyApartmentMap now provides detailed rental data for over 70,000 locations including states, cities, colleges, neighborhoods, military bases, and zip codes. Its database contains over 400,000 apartments from all 50 states.

Using MyApartmentMap users can search and view apartments with the help of Google Maps. It is possible to refine a search by location, price and number of bedrooms. Nearby grocery stores, restaurants, schools, and other points of interest can also be seen with the click of a button.

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Google Map of London's Expensive Homes

Dwellings by Council Tax Map - Bands F,G,H

CASA's Map Tube has been used to visualise the number of houses in different council tax bands in London. The council tax is the name for local authority taxation in the UK.

The level of tax that citizens pay is based on the value of their homes. Band A homes are the cheapest properties and therefore pay the least in local taxation, Band H homes are the most expensive properties and the owners in Band H are required to pay more in council tax.

The Council Tax Maps overlay the number of properties in different tax bands over a map of London. The resulting choropleth maps show which areas of London have the most expensive and the cheapest houses.

One of the great features of Map Tube is that you can add different data sets to the map. This means that you can compare cost of housing in different areas in London to other data sets such as crime, drug use and health.

Check out the Map Tube search option to browse the available overlays.

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Vacant Property Map of New York

Vacant NYC

New York charity Picture the Homeless is using the Usahidi report mapping system to help identify the city's vacant properties.

Picture the Homeless claim that the city spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year on providing shelter to the homeless whilst perfectly good property languishes in the hands of private landlords and city agencies. The charity want New Yorkers to use Vacant NYC to map the property going to waste in their neighborhoods.

It is possible to report a vacant lot or property by e-mail, text message, by Twitter or by filling in a short form. All reports submitted will be added to the Vacant NYC Google Map. By plotting the vacant properties of New York Picture the Homeless hope to prove that there is enough property going to waste to make a real difference in the NYC housing market.

Via: ReadWriteWeb

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Using Google Base with Google Maps

The Big Property List

Google Maps offers the option to search for real estate in a number of countries now. The data for properties shown on Google Maps actually comes from Google Base. This of course means that anyone can set up their own website to also access these real estate listings using the Google Base API. That is exactly what The Big Property List have done.

One of the major criticisms of Google Maps' real estate option is that users actually want to view property listings in a list format. The Big Property List have tackled this criticism head-on by creating a familiar portal style listings interface for real estate in the UK.

The home page of the site includes a map so that users can quickly click on the region that they want to search. The properties for that region are then shown in a familiar list style. It is possible to refine the search by type of property, price range and number of bedrooms.

When you click on a property you are then taken to a dedicated page containing the full property details and a Google Map showing the location of the property.

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Property Hotspots on Google Maps

Trulia: National Home Prices Heat Map

Real Estate website Trulia provides a weekly heat map of home prices in the United States.

Trulia uses Google Maps to give users a quick view of the average listing price in every U.S. state. The tabs at the top of the map allow the user to switch between heat maps of the average listing price, the median sales price and Trulia popularity.

If you click on any of the states you can view the total number of homes for sale in the state and the average listing price.

Mouseprice

Mouseprice has created a nice heat map of property prices in England and Wales. Using the map it is possible to find the locations with the cheapest and the most expensive real estate.

Users of the map can view heat maps for average values or just the prices of new builds. You can also view heat maps showing the areas with the least and most 1 year, 5 year and 10 year growth. You can even view a heat map of crime in England and Wales.

The map includes a transparency control for the heat map layers. It is therefore possible to adjust the layers to view the locations beneath in detail.

Cenove Mapy

Czech real estate company, Bezrealitky.cz, have produced this Google Maps mashup to show current real estate prices in the Czech Republic. The site uses a heat map to show the relative prices of properties at 1m².

French Property Prices Map

This Google Maps mashup from MeilleursAgents.com shows the relative price of properties in France. A heat map, based on the latest month's property prices from MeilleursAgents.com, shows where in France you can buy the most expensive and cheapest properties.


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Walk Score now with Commute Score

Walk Score

Walk Score the site that helps you find a walkable place to live has today introduced two new features: Commute Reports and Transit Score.

After you’ve looked up an address on Walk Score, you can now get a summary of commuting options. Your Commute Report can include the time it takes to get to work, school or any other location by car, bike and foot and to see nearby public transit stops and routes. Walk Score shows your commute route on a Google Map and a visual representation of the hills between your home and destination.

As well as your Walk Score you can now also get a Transit Score. Your Transit Score provides a 0-100 rating indicating how well your home is served by public transportation. Transit Score is currently available in over 40 US cities where public transit information is available. These cities include Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.

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Toronto Google Maps Mashup Round-up

Toronto Star: Map of the Week - Car Ownership

This week's Toronto Star Google Maps mashup is a map that shows car ownership in the Greater Toronto Area (although the title of the map, 'GTA Car Ownership Map', did make me wonder if it was a map of people who owned stolen cars).

The map is a heat map of car ownership as a percentage of households, using data from the 2006 census. The Map of the Week blog has an interesting analysis of the data. The analysis show a correlation between car ownership and income. The map also show some correlation between good public transportation links and low car ownership.

Rent Compass

Rent Compass can help you find properties to rent in Toronto and other Canadian cities.

You can search for properties by price, property type and by location. The results of your search are handily displayed on a Google Map. The map uses different map markers to show whether the properties are houses for rent or apartments.

If you click on the 'more details' link in a property's map marker a lightbox style window opens with the full details. If you want to be able to search for rental properties whilst on the move Rent Compass is also available for the iPhone.

Bring My Own Wine
This Google Maps mashup shows the location of bring your own wine restaurants in Toronto.

If you click on a map marker you can get the address of the restaurant and the corkage fee. The restaurants are also listed under the map.

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