{"id":9949,"date":"2008-10-25T23:49:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ewm.com\/internalblog\/?p=9949"},"modified":"2008-10-25T23:49:03","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:49:03","slug":"90-day-challenge-day-15-tools-you-can-use-meet-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=9949","title":{"rendered":"90 Day Challenge &#8211; Day 16 &#8211; Tools You Can Use &#8211; Meet Google Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?hl=en&amp;tab=wl\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/intl\/en_us\/images\/maps_logo_small_blue.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that we understand how <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/11\/90-day-challenge-day-4-embracing-your-inner-geek-understanding-google-and-other-search-engine-stuff\/\">Google works<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/13\/90-day-challenge-day-6-tools-you-can-use-google-alerts\/\">Google Alerts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/23\/90-day-challenge-day-14-tools-you-can-use-rss-subscriptions\/\">Google Feed reader<\/a> we can turn our attention to some more Google applications that can map your real estate life a bit easier.\u00a0 For Today&#8217;s Challenge we will delve in to Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with a basic overview&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-lightbox image\"><span><img class=\"lightbox\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/\/0.jpg\"><\/span><div class=\"image-overlay\"><div class=\"image-overlay-inner\"><div class=\"hover-icons\"><a class=\"hover-zoom prettyPhoto\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\"\"><i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Most of us a pretty familiar with the basic mapping tools &#8211; directions, points of interest and switching between street and satellite view.\u00a0 The directions in and of themselves can be a real\u00a0 life saver in our business.\u00a0 But Google maps are so much more than just directions!<\/p>\n<p>Google maplets ( small google embedded maps) are showing up on real estate sites everywhere.\u00a0 They are on every listing on ewm.com and on all of our open house blogs each week.\u00a0 The maps are extremely useful to buyers who may be persuing your site to find properties.<\/p>\n<p>Google has recently added &#8220;Street Views&#8221; &#8211; which is exactly what you would think &#8211; it is actual street level photography of the area.\u00a0 Most of Miami has now been photographed.\u00a0 Here is what it looks like&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/sv?cbp=1,388.0085942589647,,0,-1.0021559777696185&amp;cbll=25.70319,-80.314749&amp;v=1&amp;panoid=kU-nAzRN0WIKIXVEg4dRfQ&amp;gl=&amp;hl=en\"><\/iframe><br \/><a id=\"cbembedlink\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?cbp=1,388.0085942589647,,0,-1.0021559777696185&amp;cbll=25.70319,-80.314749&amp;ll=25.70319,-80.314749&amp;layer=c\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Move around on the map &#8211; that&#8217;s my house &#8211; you can roam up and down Sunset Drive to check out my neighborhood.\u00a0 Pretty cool, huh?\u00a0 Wondering how I did this?\u00a0 Watch this video&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-lightbox image\"><span><img class=\"lightbox\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/\/0.jpg\"><\/span><div class=\"image-overlay\"><div class=\"image-overlay-inner\"><div class=\"hover-icons\"><a class=\"hover-zoom prettyPhoto\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=\"\"><i><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Later on in the challenge we will put these maps to good use.\u00a0 For now your homework is to get familiar with the Google Maps application. Make some maps and walk around your neighborhood using street view.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/support\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=68259\" target=\"_blank\">Start here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we understand how Google works, Google Alerts and Google Feed reader we can turn our attention to some more Google applications that can map your real estate life a bit easier.\u00a0 For Today&#8217;s Challenge we will delve in to Google Maps. 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