Tool Time Friday |MiniMe, MiniMap

The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of built-in maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Drag and Drop addresses or address links you find on web pages to view their location in the Map Sidebar, or by manually adding locations. Preview addresses from within any webpage using the Map Panel and get larger scale maps with the Map Tab. Import/Export KML, GPX, minimap xml file, CSV (export only). View traffic Info, drag and drop KML files, local search, Google, Yahoo! and Live Local directions, view in Google Earth, Tagzania, Platial, Geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use. Geodiscovery reveals geoURLís or geotags as you browse, with microformat support available in Firefox 3 (Adr and Geo).

This extension comes with three mapping components, the main and most powerful one being the Minimap sidebar. In this sidebar you can drag and drop addresses or address links you find on web pages and they will be automatically located, and added to your saved address list. The extension also comes with a quick loading Preview Panel to easily look at an address or directions without having to pre-save in your sidebar address list. The third mapping element is a main browser Map Tab for viewing a larger map. All three elements are accessed from the Toolbar button (customize your toolbar and drop it in), or by highlighting an address, and selecting ‘Map: Locate Address…’ in the right click context menu, with the hotkey of CTRL+SHIFT+M opening up the Preview Panel, CTRL+ALT+M opening the sidebar. A few of the extension features available:  Minimap