YouCheckins is a free user-friendly web service that helps users view their history of Foursquare check ins. The process with which the site works is quite simple. You authorize the app access to your Foursquare account and your history of check ins is pulled by the app. You can then view your checked in history per venue and per month.

You can also opt to view the heatmap of your check ins. The heat map offers an excellent visual way to indicate which places you checked into most.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you view history of Foursquare check ins.
• Lets you view history by place and month.
• Provides a heatmap view of your visited places.

Check out YouCheckins @ http://youcheckins.appspot.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

With Hubi, users can zoom in to any location on Google Maps and find locals newspapers agencies in the region. The service shows different markers on the map which represent local newspapers. Users can view newspapers they want and read the news, they are interested in.

An interesting feature on Hubii is the “Mapazine” which allows users to create their very own personalized newspaper; with only news according to their requirements and interests. Once made, the users can check the newspaper daily to catch the latest ‘buzz’.

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Some key features of the website are:

• Free service
• Saves time as unwanted news articles can be left out and more interesting ones read
• Mapazine allows users to create their own newspaper, with news relating to their own interests and hobbies
• Similar tools: NewspaperMap, TodaysFrontPages and NewsPapers24.

Check out Hubii @ www.hubii.com (via Google Maps Mania)

The service is something like Foursquare combined with Facebook or some other social networking website. The website allows you to mark a point on the map where you met someone special, or where you used to live. It allows you to share the places where you met someone and engage in a discussion with anyone who might have been nearby.

All you have to do is sign up for a free account on Uencounter.me and start placing pins on encounter points. You can either drop a pin on any point on the map or enter the location details (City, State, etc.) to find the address.  Once the pin has been placed, you will be required to fill in information for the event that occurred, and it helps people discover you – and for you to discover other people.

Uencounter also offer premium plans with many exciting features for $25 per year.

Features

• Free and easy to use.
• Socialize with people who were near you.
• Make new friends, yet at the very same time leave a mark which holds great importance in your life.
• Offers premium membership for at $25/year.

Check out Uencouncter @ http://www.uencounter.me (via Google Maps Mania)

Flood Map is a free to use web app that helps determine which areas will be underwater once a flood strikes. The app works in a very simple manner. It lets you specify the elevation of the flood water levels and then it matches it with the elevation of terrains in various areas. A map of your location, judged by your IP address, is loaded up automatically but you can change the map to another location if you want.

Then simply enter a water height level in meters and watch the map change its colors; regions covered in blue will have a land elevation level less than the water level you specified. A direct link for your map will also be generated which simplifies sharing the results.

Features:

• A user-friendly web app.
• Helps find out which areas will be affected by floods.
• Factors in elevation of flood waters.
• Factors in elevation of land.
• Similar tools: GlobalFloodMap and AlertMap.

Check out Flood Map @ www.floodmap.net (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Deel.io includes a beautiful maps view and an information-dense list view.  You can quickly see the different kinds of deals represented by the icons on the map. You can also filter out the icons by categories, where you can choose from food, spa, shopping, kids, dental services, fitness, and more. You can also filter by Yelp rating and view deals that were only posted the same day.

With all of this information in place, it is pretty amazing how they are able to keep a nice design interface that it could easily be one of the best designed maps mashups today. This tool is extra useful for deal hunters who need a dashboard for all the deal feeds in a visually gratifying approach.

Features:

• Google Maps maps for group buying and daily deals.
• Filter map by different deal categories
• View deals in map or list view
• Be updated with all deals through your e-mail
• Similar Tools: Check out the 5 Sites to Find Cool Deals From Home

Check out Deel.io @ http://deel.io

MapQuest Vibe is a free to use web service that lets you view the user ratings of local  businesses and similar places in various regions. These ratings are based on the opinions of locals that the site has been gathering. The ratings of each neighborhood are categorized into various categories and an overall rating score is also assigned. You can get a quick idea of the type of neighborhood from this rating. You can also view the best of places the neighborhood has to offer. These places are sorted into restaurants, shopping areas, activity places, and more categories. You can quickly jump to the relevant category for the type of place you are looking for and decide where to go.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets you view locals’ opinions of various places.
• Ratings are assigned to neighborhoods.
• Local places are ranked and sorted into categories.
• Similar tools: TheDealMap, SaleLocator, FavouritePlaces, Mashspots and ShowMyStreet.

Check out MapQuest Vibe @ www.mqvibe.mapquest.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Uwemi is a free to use web service that lets you create a map with your friends’ locations marked on it. After creating an account and entering details for your profile, you can connect with your other online networking accounts. Currently you can connect with your Facebook account easily and support for other networks – LinkedIn, Flickr, etc. – will be added later. The site also lets you add friends’ locations manually.

With the locations inputted the global map is then generated with your friends’ locations marked. You can zoom into the map or view it by city or region. You can also print the map or share it with friends via email.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Creates a map marking your friends’ locations.
• Connects with your Facebook account.
• Lets you print the map and share it online with friends.
• Similar tools: MapMyFollowers and Twalaba,

Check Uwemi @ www.uwemi.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

You can import text and routes as a TCX or a GPX file or even import Facebook photos, status updates, tweets, Picasa photos and Flickr photos. Once done, your animated map can be saved, shared through a unique URL and even embedded any where on the web. You can also browse through some great animated maps created by other users.

Features:

• Create animated maps from Google maps.
• Insert text, images and videos to appear on an exact time.
• Save your map, share via link or embed on your website.

Visit Animaps @ www.animaps.com [Via FreeTech4Teachers]

You can zoom in to see crime numbers in specific neightbourhoods and view street intersections with the most crimes. Click on a crime circle to see more detailed information – types of crimes committed (theft, assault, robbery etc), recent crime history and exact crime locations.

The black circles show the recent crimes (last 10 days), whereas the heatmap shows the long term crime trends of the area indicating incidents per block per year.

Features:

• View crime rates by state, country, city, neighbourhood and postal code on an interactive map.
• Filter crimes by type (shooting, robbery, assault, arson etc) and zoom in to see the intersections with the most crimes.
• View crime trends by hour and by day.
• Provided by Trulia, a real estate search engine.
• Free, no registration to use the app.
• Similar tools: CrimeReports and SpotCrime.

Check out Trulia Crime Maps @ www.trulia.com/crime

“Where The Streets Have Your Name” is a free to use web tool that helps find which places in the world share your name. All you have to do is enter in your name and choose to display the places on Google Maps or in Google Earth. The places are then displayed according to your selected options.

The pins on the maps can be clicked to zoom in on the places.

The pin icon on top can be used to zoom in to the next place.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you find out the places that share the same name as yours.
• Looks for places throughout the world.
• Displays places on Google Maps and Google Earth.
• Lets you zoom into the places.

Check out “Where The Streets Have Your Name” @ www.datapointed.net/2011/02/maps-of-streets-places-first-names (by MOin from ThumbPress)