Sunday, July 11, 2010

What is a "mashup", in web 2.0 lingo?

Taking services from two or more different company's APIs and mixing them together. Google Earth and Google Maps are often used in mashups - like here: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/bbc/dontdieyou...





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I'm sorry flaphen f - you appear to have left out "nert61" in your sources.

What is a "mashup", in web 2.0 lingo?
A mashup is a combination of two Web 2.0 services to improve their functionality, often Google Maps - here are some examples:


http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
Reply:Taking services from two or more different company's APIs and mixing them together. Google Earth and Google Maps are often used in mashups - like here: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/bbc/dontdieyou...


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