Google points way to Maps' code

Move OK's sites' use of feature to create their own services

By Peter J. Howe

Globe Staff / June 30, 2005

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Hacking Google Maps just went legitimate. When the online information search giant launched a feature in February letting Web surfers pull up maps and satellite images of virtually any neighborhood in America, hackers quickly found the Google service made it possible to present data in cartographic format. Unlike existing services from Time Warner Inc.'s MapQuest.com and Yahoo Inc. that are ... (Full article: 767 words)