Customized Google Maps

Google Maps just received a welcome addition to its features with a ‘My Maps’ option. The new service allows you to customize maps adding lines, shapes, photos, video and HTML descriptions. What makes this interesting for security operators is the ability to share the custom maps with their team or customers. For example, immediately following an incident, operators could quickly publish a map with all the incoming information about it, from affected area boundaries to images from the field and critical links. The custom maps can also be exported to Google Earth.