Google goodness

If Keyhole was awesome, Google's purchase of it and liberation of its capabilities along with GoogleMaps was, well double awesome? Super fantastico? Worlds fail me. Now there is an API for people to overlay their own data with GoogleMaps all kinds of groovy stuff is happening. The latest one I found is a site called WeatherBonk which overlays personal weatherstation data from Weather Underground, web cam locations and also regional radar info.

Since I fly paragliders I need to know about the weather - not just the forecast but actual current and trending conditions. A site like WeatherBonk is great for checking out my local flying sites before jumping in the car and going to fly. Sure I can check them manually by going to Wunderground but WeatherBonk is way more groovy. Plus I just discovered a whole bunch of personal weather stations and web cams I never even knew about.

To me this a perfect example of open APIs allowing synergy, innovation and unleashing Google goodness all round.