It’s no secret that Google Maps (and for that fact Google Earth) have been a huge success for Google. With the Google Maps API, anyone can add information onto a Google Map instance on their own website. In fact, we used the Google Maps API to give our team lists a spruce up last year. You can see an example of a Google Map loaded with all the registered Ultra O-gaine teams here.

If you visited the UOG team list before, you may notice a change in the Google Map linked above. Up until a few weeks ago, you could only have a map, satellite, and hybrid layer on your Google Map. A few weeks ago Google added a terrain layer to the previous layers available. With a few lines of additional code I’ve added the terrain layer to our own Google Map. I’ve been toying with some other ideas on how to use the terrain layer, so you may see this new option in Google Maps show up somewhere else on our website. Stay tuned.

[Via the Map Room]