Web Mapping
NOAA Releases Online Mapping Application for Deepwater Horizon BP Oil Spill
NOAA issued a press release today introducing their new online mapping application to provide realtime information about the Deepwater Horizon BP Oil spill. The site integrates the latest data on the oil spill’s trajectory, fishery closed areas, wildlife data and place-based Gulf Coast resources, such as pinpointed locations of oiled shoreline and daily position of [...]
Geospatial Redux: CairnBUILDER, ArcGIS 10, OpenAddresses.org Beta, GIS Wiki
CairnBUILDER: Mapping Recreational Routes CairnBUILDER is a trail mapping tool that helps people plan and map hiking/backpacking/mountain biking routes and trips and then share these maps through an online community. CairnBuilder relies on the ESRI ArcGIS Online JavaScript API to mashup user generated features such as trail routes and cairns (or markers) over a topographic map [...]
NYC Adds Aerials from 1924
NYCityMap, the online map viewer for the City of New York has added aerials from 1924 to their application. Now, in addition to viewing how New York City looked in 2006 and 2008, you can adjust the timeline to see the lanscape from 1924. Click on the camera icon and a sliding timeframe appears. You [...]
Google Adds Geospatial and Attribute Search to Maps Data API
Google announced on the Google Geo Developers Blog that the Maps Data API now allows for geospatial and attribute search: First, we’re adding geospatial and attribute search to your maps. To see these features in action, play around with this College Finder demo (you can download and modify the source code here). I created a Google My Map [...]
MapQuest Tries to Keep Up
MapQuest, lagging behing both Google and Bing, released 360. That’s right, you can now view MapQuest Maps in a whole new way. We have developed a simple, easy-to-use interface that fits seamlessly into the MapQuest mapping experience you have come to know and understand. 360 View provides fantastic panoramic views (360° horizontally and 160° vertically) [...]