Google Maps as a News Tool

For my Google map project, I spotlighted the Musical Instrument Service Center, which is the building located under the blue awning in the above photo. The map “Newcomer’s Guide to Northeastern (NU) can be viewed here.

Google Maps can be a very useful tool for subjects just like this one. If you’re new to a city like Boston and/or the Northeastern area and need a one-stop source to find all your dining, entertainment, recreation and general service needs, a tool like the map I linked to above would be perfect. This isn’t the only potential use for a custom-made Google map. Areas where majors crimes have been committed could be plotted to give research ideas to journalists, among others.

If you would like to donate money to support groups raising disaster relief funds, how convenient would it be to find a Google map with several locations plotted in one place? The map for the Global Heritage Fund is, well, global, rather than local, but it’s a perfect example of using Google Maps in the way that I’m describing.