Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Help Haiti Tweets in #facebook, #Google Wave and is now embeddable

Last week I had created a Haiti Earthquake "Tweet Map" which showed tweet locations related to the devastating Earthquake which struck Haiti. Now I have modified the map to show tweet locations of folks who are pleading for help and mobilizing help for Haiti. Now the map shows tweet locations from Haiti/Caribbean Islands, South East, North East, Mid West, Central, North West, South West and Southern United States.

Haiti Tweet Map in facebook
Link: http://apps.facebook.com/tweethaiti

Haiti Tweet Map in Google Wave
Add the following gadget URL: http://www.mibazaar.com/haitiwave.xml


Embed it in your website or blog:
(adjust the height/width for your environment)

Here's the code which you can embed in your webpage to see tweets related to ongoing "Help Haiti" efforts from Haiti/Caribbean islands and from across United States.


<iframe width="425" height="475" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.mibazaar.com/haiti.html"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://www.mibazaar.com/haiti.html" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>



View Larger Map

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Sunday, November 08, 2009

The Tragedy of Edmund Fitzgerald - #googlemaps #googlewave

Edmund Fitzgerald sank 34 years ago on November 10th, 1975 in Lake Superior. All 29 crew members lost their lives that day. I have created a Google Maps Mashup which shows the exact location of the tragedy in Lake Superior along with hometowns of the mariners on Edmund Fitzgerald who died. I have also created a Google Wave gadget of this mashup.

When the map first loads up it shows the location where the ship sank along with a video of the song from Gordon Lightfoot which is dedicated to Edmund Fitzgerald. There is a link above the video ("Click here for mariners hometown") which when clicked shows the hometowns of mariners hometown. The information window above the mariner markers has a forward and back arrows which when clicked takes you to the next mariner location.

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