envisionGood.com We were fortunate to have the opportunity to accompany Jennifer Sly, founder of YouthAssets, in Swaziland last week as she traveld enroute to a number of local homesteads. Along the way, Jennifer shared the story of how she used Google’s G1 phone & Google Maps to find a remote homestead of a 12 year old boy she had met over 12 months prior in rural Swaziland, Africa. In this interview, Jennifer points out the importance of GPS maps in Africa, noting that in most locations people do not have street addresses. YouthAssets is an international nonprofit organization that uses mobile technology to empower and connect orphans and vulnerable youth in southern Africa. To learn more about how you can support their important work, please visit YouthAssets.org. (This video is an update to a similar video published in July 2009.)

How F9 Group, Inc. uses Google Earth to create direct mail campaigns

An overview of Google Maps on the world’s first Android-powered phone, the T-mobile G1. www.android.com

The Motorola Droid is live, and it’s bringing the hurt to the Android space. Verizon’s first Android phone sports a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, GPS, WiFi, 3G data, microSD card and Android OS 2.0. Take a tour with us as we check out the new Google Maps Navigation app featuring turn-by-turn voice prompts. The Droid is the first Android smartphone with Google Maps Navigation.

Enjoy a preview of Earth API, Maps mashups created by developers including case study clips from Trulia, Kayak, and KPBS