Category Archives: Web Mapping

Tweets Mapped During Super Bowl

The New York Times has a great interactive map showing Twitter activity during the Super Bowl. I absolutely love what the New York Times has been doing.

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Latest Google Earth has historic aerial photography

Digital Urban has a writeup of one of the newest, perhaps most exciting feature to be added to Google Earth. Historic aerial photography! For many places around the globe, you now have access to previous aerial photography, as far back … Continue reading

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Google hits deer, posts pictures on web

A Google Street View car hit a deer while imaging a road in upstate New York. You can still see the deer in the driveway in this Street View. The Register has the pictures of the incident. The pictures have … Continue reading

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Wired on Open-Source Planning

Atanas sent me a link to this article on Wired about the Open Planning Project. I think the Open Planning Project is a great group and GeoServer is a cool application, however I think Wired missed the point. They quote … Continue reading

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Saving Disappearing Place Names

In the ESRI news feed today, an article out of Geospatial Solutions on preserving place names, including native language versions. While the article deals with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, there are numerous towns in South Jersey that have disappeared back … Continue reading

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Location-Based Services on the BlackBerry Platform

I just recently picked up a BlackBerry Bold. I admit, I’m a CrackBerry addict; I’m an even bigger fan now that I know their browser has a GPS location object that is accessible through JavaScript. I have a sample set … Continue reading

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Highlands Mapping added to NJ State Atlas

The Highlands Land Use Capability Zone Map has been added to the Smart Growth Locator on NJ State Atlas. This update also incorporates the changes to the State Plan map from the end of December 2008. This is a minor … Continue reading

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New Jersey State Atlas Updated: Topo Maps

I just recently updated NJ State Atlas with a USGS Topo Map mashup. It’s a pretty simple, straightforward application. I’m pretty pleased with it, as it’s part of a larger upgrade on the site: now, the State Plan Map, Land … Continue reading

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MapMPG, ESRI’s practical BusinessMap demo

ESRI recently unveiled MapMPG, a demostration site using BusinessMap and ArcGIS Server with a Flex front end. It allows you to choose a point and visualize the range two different car makes could travel on one gallon of gas. It’s … Continue reading

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NJ Transit is a housing complex?

I’ve been mining Google’s “My Maps” data for some base datasets. Some users have plotted some useful data; one created sets of all the rest stops and toll plazas on the State’s limited access highways. In looking for NJ Transit … Continue reading

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