Even before Google gave its blessing, Paul Rademacher was hacking away at the code behind its mapping application so he could mix it with outside real estate data and see exactly where homes listed for sale were located in the San Francisco area.
With such "mashups"hybrid software that combines content from more than one sourcedigital maps are quickly becoming a centralized tool for countless uses ranging from local shopping and traffic reports to online dating and community organizing, all in real time and right down to specific addresses.
Elinor Mills, "Mapping a revolution with 'mashups'," CNET News, November 17, 2005
UTAH SAINTS (London) (1993) Featuring the Slayer-sampling "I Want You" and the classic Kate Bush-sampling "Something Good". Breakbeat pop mashup heroes.
Rob Fitzpatrick, "Stop the schlock!," Melody Maker, September 4, 1999
Musical
mashups are also called
cut-ups,
blends, and
bastard pop. For an example of an information
mashup, see this
map for the
Donorcycles movement.