At starting fourth dimension I idea it was a real slowly inquiry to answer. Paul Rademacher's HousingMaps is good known every bit the oldest Google Maps hack together with the terminal fourth dimension I had checked I'm pretty certain that HousingMaps still worked. However checking it in i trial to a greater extent than this calendar week I flora that it has sadly taken a dive into the dead pool. HousingMaps seems to receive got fallen prey to the discontinuation of the Google Maps API v2 dorsum inwards November.
The minute e'er shipping service on Google was close the pop Google Sightseeing website. Google Sightseeing is nonetheless real much survive together with every bit pop every bit ever. But, if my retention serves me correct, inwards its early on days Google Sightseeing was non a hack of Google Maps precisely used screenshots together with links to Google Maps inwards its never ending cry for to convey yous the best satellite images from Google Maps. So sadly it doesn't qualify every bit the oldest Google Maps mashup.
One of the earliest clever Google Maps hacks was yesteryear the
In June 2005 Google officially released the Google Maps API. Soon afterwards its liberate Google Maps Transparencies was created. Google Maps Transparencies used the API to exercise a clever map that allowed yous to overlay a satellite persuasion on superlative of a map layer. And it nonetheless does - because yes Google Maps Transparencies is nonetheless survive together with well.
So I'm happy to pronounce Google Maps Transparencies every bit the oldest surviving Google Maps Mashup. Unless of degree yous know ameliorate ...
