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t-rex Associate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 53	Where's the Cheap Gas? 06/09/2005 2:30 PM
	So where's the cheap gas in your city? It appears that Google Maps has many fun (and functional) uses; however, these websites are operating without Google's permission. Google hasn't tried to shut them down, but why should they. It's all great publicity for the company.
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#1 Google Hacks 06/09/2005 2:54 PM
	If Google sold an open API and licensing for Google Maps so many companies would buy the rights it would make your head spin. This site is cool, as is Housingmaps.com. Google has always been very good about letting people play with their technology, as long as no one makes money off of it. __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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Steve Melito Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2969 Good Answers: 33	#2 Stealing 06/09/2005 3:42 PM
	Yep, you know you've made when the little guys start to steal from you.
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BRodda The Feature Creep Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 990	#3 In reply to #2 Re:Stealing 06/09/2005 4:00 PM
	It's not stealing. It if Google didn't want this kind of add-ons being done then they wouldn't have made the interface so adapter friendly or allow applications to interface so nicely. I think it was done on purpose just to see what people would do with it before they reeled it back into it's proprietary corral. __________________ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." -William Gibson
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Chris Leonard Friend of CR4 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1776 Good Answers: 35	#4 Forbidden! 06/10/2005 11:12 AM
	I just went to the site and received the following missive: FORBIDDEN: Site Owner, Please contact your support center for assistance. Apparently someone upset the "gas" gods... __________________ Off to take on other challenges. Good luck everybody! See you around the Interwebs.
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t-rex Associate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 53	#5 In reply to #4 Gas Buddy 06/10/2005 12:09 PM
	If you still want the information you can get it at Gas Buddy, you just don't get the fancy map feature from Google Maps. Housing Maps gave you an idea of what the 'gas maps' looked like when it was in working order.
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