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Re:Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights by dredmorbius on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @05:58PM (#4446092)
The good news: CL now show a map on the listing itself (previously you had a link to a Google Maps page), which makes it somewhat easier to tell where a listing is located.

What's still missing is the geographic overview that PadMapper offered. If you want that experience, and access to CL listings, your best bet appears to be the "CLMapper" Chrome extension, which pops up a two-panel brwoser window with listings on the left, map on the right, and coordination between the two (hovering over a listing URL highlights the map pin, hovering over a map pin scrolls to and highlights the listing entry).

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omonmigaleaafgpkgo...

The observation that GoogleMaps commercial terms-of-use is increasingly driving third-party sites to free and open alternatives is noted. With irony.

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Re:Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights by J-H on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @06:53PM (#4446295)
And the best part of CLMapper is how Craigslist can't block it
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Re:Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights by hnriot on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @09:49PM (#4446717)
Why would they, unlike PadMapper, it's not doing anything that's prohibited by CL's terms.
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Re:Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights by sliverstorm on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @11:45PM (#4447003)
Because CL hates freedom, didn't you hear?
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Re:Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights by graue on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @01:19AM (#4447211)
Even the map on the listing is only confined to certain cities, it seems. They're showing up on SF Bay and Portland listings, but not in Minneapolis, Chicago, NYC, Boston, Vancouver, Houston, Philadelphia or anywhere else I looked.

The really good news is that (somehow) PadMapper is still up and working.

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Re:Craigslist is on board: OpenStreetMap soars to new heights by welder on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @03:01AM (#4447404)
Last weekend I was adding a map on the listing page for CLMapper and noticed Craigslist beat me to it! I spent that saved time making the star icons save favorites ;)
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