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Dataset of the Day: Chengdu, China Earthquake

On May 30, 2008 By admin

Over two weeks have passed since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake devastated Chengdu, China. The end of this tragedy is still hiding as aftershocks continue to ripple throughout the country. News feeds continue to stream from China as the recovery process continues. The most recent reports have the death toll climbing to 50,000.

The USGS keeps [...]

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Links List 5.16.08

On May 16, 2008 By Sean Gorman

Mashable reports that Google Maps features a new API that has flash graphics that can be used for each title layer, maker and information windows. This means you can create more dynamic map mashups.

Not only does Google Maps have flash graphics, but they have also added the ability for video sharing, Wikipedia entries, [...]

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Virtual Earth vs. Google MyMaps KML Support

On April 26, 2008 By Sean Gorman

As we’ve been putting GeoCommons through its paces I’ve been testing KML files we generate in different applications. The most interesting comparison by far has been between Virtual Earth and Google MyMaps. I did a high level comparison of the two plus Yahoo! MapMixer a few blog posts back, but after testing several KML [...]

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GeoCommons Metadata Implementation Screenshots

On April 22, 2008 By Sean Gorman

We got such useful feedback from the last metadata post I thought I would add some screen shots of how it is starting to come together. Unfortunately we were not able to get all the suggestions in because of the time crunch hitting our release date, but please keep posting the feedback and [...]

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FortiusOne Makes it as a Red Herring Finalist

On April 17, 2008 By Sean Gorman

We got a bit of good news this week making the cut as a Red Herring Top 100 finalist. Considering there were over 800 companies in the running maybe this is not so bad. The folks in marketing are earning their ducats for sure. All the details can be found here.

In the bigger [...]

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Map Creation Apps – Google vs. Microsoft vs. Yahoo

On April 9, 2008 By Sean Gorman

I promised Andrew a comparison of the big three map creation applications by feature and functionality, so here it goes. The story of how lightweight web based map creation applications came to be is interesting in and of itself. I think looking at how the three applications evolved historically will provide a bit of [...]

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Links List 4.4.08

On April 4, 2008 By Sean Gorman

The All Points Blog points us to a story from India where Yahoo Maps has added mapping capabilities in nine languages as well as many features including "key landmarks along the route (ATMs, hospitals, etc.), the walking direction." However, this may be a moot point since much of the country has limited internet access.

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Links List 3.28.08

On March 28, 2008 By Sean Gorman

The AnyGeo blog shows a cool new visualization technique from the London Profiler. Using the Google Map Creator, the application visualizes neighborhood profiles using different area classifications through the Google Map interface.

If you want to create your own markers for Google Map mashup fun, check out the MapIconFactory 1.0.

James Fee [...]

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Bumping up Against the Limits of Google MyMaps

On February 26, 2008 By Sean Gorman

Yesterday we posted a blog about the international fiber cuts a few weeks ago. While I am interested in the geography of fiber and failures in general, we thought it would be a good opportunity to put Google MyMaps through its paces for creating a substantive data driven map. After 25 or so hours of [...]

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The New Comeback kid vis the New Kid on the block: 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary

On January 10, 2008 By admin

Clinton’s come-from-behind stunning victory in the New Hampshire Primary makes her the New Comeback Kid. Below is a heatmap of spatial distribution of Clinton’s votes by cities/towns and places in the southern New Hampshire.

We at FortiusOne further analyzed voting patterns to find spatial distribution of where Obama, the [...]

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