Web Applications: MASH-UPS

What is a web mashup?
A web mashup is a hybrid web application. It combines one or more web applications into a single application. Web mashups can be complex like the various mapping programs that combine imaging, weather, mapping, and other demographic data. Or they can be quite simple like organizing a personal play list for online listening or merging calendar data.
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Easy Web Developer Tool
http://www.roxer.com/
This site is one of the best finds of the entire course for me. I have never been able to develop a website on my own. I know it is easy. Every third grader in Sitka has done one. But I have been intimidated by the process. This program is so easy! You register on the website and are given space to develop your webpage. There is a training video to teach you how to do it. The process is done through boxes. Each box contains content, an image, links, whatever you want. The Roxer site hosts the webpage for you. When you are done, you 'lock' the page and no one else can change it. If you want to modify one of your boxes, you 'unlock' the box. I have developed a sample webpage and will continue to work on it. It offers very few design choices. This is great for a beginner. A more sophisticated web programmer would find this site limiting. It would be excellent for younger students.
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Speed Trap
http://njection.com/speedtrap/
This mashup is developed by users all over the U.S. It identifies speed traps in areas that you might by visiting. I tested this site out by locating a known speed trap near Marysville, Washington. It correctly located and identified the trap. You would not need to use this program all the time. But it would be very useful the first time you visited a new area.
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Daylight Map
http://www.daylightmap.com/
This is a very simple program to use. It is a map of what parts of the earth are currently in daylight and darkness. I have admired those geochron maps for years. They are so expensive. Our local supermarket has one and I always enjoy looking at it. I was so happy to find this program. It shows the terminator and updates every two minutes. It has an analog or digital clock. You can choose the usual Google map options of satellite, map, terrain, or hybrid. You can zoom. This program doesn't have a lot of bells and whistles -- but it is entertaining.