http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/google_geomaps_the_book_world_gee_whiz_factor_v_utility.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.openculture.com/2007/08/google_geomaps_the_book_world_gee_whiz_factor_v_utility.html#comment-2604 Scott E Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:18:07 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/08/google_geomaps_the_book_world_gee_whiz_factor_v_utility.html#comment-2604 I agree that in it's current form this is not very useful. However, if you get the basics of this right it would be easy to expand into something more interesting. What if this was filtered down to just the books that you had read? Don't forget that Amazon orders go through your gmail account. Or what if these were just non-fiction books that were relevant to travel? It might be nice to replace canned travel guides with actual narrative from locals past and present. I agree that in it’s current form this is not very useful. However, if you get the basics of this right it would be easy to expand into something more interesting. What if this was filtered down to just the books that you had read? Don’t forget that Amazon orders go through your gmail account. Or what if these were just non-fiction books that were relevant to travel? It might be nice to replace canned travel guides with actual narrative from locals past and present.

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