Google tool lets you track John McCain and Barack Obama

So, you want to know where John McCain and Barack Obama have been on the campaign trail? Where they've been in their lives? Google has a new toy tool that lets political junkies get cartographic.

Our colleagues over on the Technology blog have the details and a deeper explanation of Google's intent to have people adapt the tool for their own uses.

But there already are a lot of different ways to play with it. This, for instance, shows you the McCain and Obama campaign trails. This is a "bio map" of McCain, and this is of Obama. The Twitterati have got one going. So far, nada for tracking delivery of late-night pizza to various campaign headquarters, or kitchens where couples are arguing Obama versus McCain. But you just know that's coming sometime.

A personal favorite: Huffington Post's fundraising map. See if you can spot yourselves in there.

-- Scott Martelle

Comments

[Aiken Blue]

it's cool that Google has developed such a tool but doesn't that put the candidates in danger? I'm all for Obama. Please support Obama, visit our website at WhyObama08.org! Obama for president!!!

[BeSmart]

Even though I am thrilled with our society's rapid increase of new technology, I think it's hard enough running for president without a psycho maniac tracing your every move...((well, thats why they are running for president and not me.)))....and because McCain does not know how to use a personal computer (seemingly his incompetent ever changing staff doesn't either), we can be sure that Mcain wont ever play with this new "toy"!

[B.H.Overheul]

it's ok