API and Mashups - Google Maps, USPS, UPS and FedEx - and a hint of RSS

I am in a pretty good mood today. Everything seems to be working pretty well with PackMapr, and I finished developing the RSS feeds for the USPS, UPS and FedEx APIs. The link in the top right corner becomes active after you search for a package and the system figures out the carrier and the tracking number.

PackMapr Screenshot

In earlier posts I published sample tracking numbers. Use those and take a look.

As I said earlier I am happy to share and discuss my code, just ask and I will give it away. This post about sharing code gave me the final confidence to happily give away my secrets. I bumped into it from Matt Mullenweg’s blog Photo Matt. Most of it I have heard before or thought about, but just reading it again reminded me of its importance and security. So go ahead and ask!

As I have been developing this app I have ran into the others like it out there. Here is a list of what I have been looking at:

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