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Ryan said:
A map of New York City, Legend of Zelda style. I'll go on the record as wildly preferring this method to the "web visualized as subway map" approach that's been so persistent in recent years. I will also approve of Super Mario Bros. 3 mappages.
Added: March 8, 2010 at 10:33AM EST
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Ryan said:
Heartbeat-like view of mobile and Web traffic to NYTimes.com on the day Michael Jackson died. Fascinating to watch the habits of millions of us, with sudden bursts of activity at certain moments of the day as we walk from office to car, or sit down at our desks, or check the news over lunch.
Added: December 17, 2009 at 2:54PM EST
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Ryan said:
Fantastic tutorial using Python, Beautiful Soup, and a few other free ingredients to cook up a visually attractive map.
Quote: There are about a million ways to make a choropleth map. You know, the maps that color regions by some metric. The problem is that a lot of solutions require expensive software or have a high learning curve...or both. What if you just want a simple map without all the GIS stuff? Added: November 13, 2009 at 12:14PM EST
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Ryan said:
Looks useful: An API for location services, tie-ins to the iPhone SDK, Twitter, Flickr, and other data.
Added: November 13, 2009 at 9:28AM EST
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Ryan said:
Looks like a new feature for WordPress.com users: Add a location to each blog post. I used a plugin to do this on a crime blog a couple years ago to build a poor man's crime map.
Added: November 13, 2009 at 9:22AM EST
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Ryan said:
Get inspired to innovate by Mark Luckie and these maps that go beyond one-dimensional data points.
Quote: Throwing a few markers on an interactive map? That's so last year. Added: October 21, 2009 at 11:23AM EDT
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Ryan said:
This is great news: Walk Score is going to open source its algorithm and expand its data in some interesting ways.
Quote: The algorithm that determines walkability will also be made public. The grant specifically covers incorporating public transit, transportation cost, and greenhouse gas emission data into the score. Added: October 20, 2009 at 4:56PM EDT
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Ryan said:
Looks like a useful way for a news organization to build their own location-related applications for something like an iPhone.
Quote: "...rather than just writing content on its own, or asking users to do it, it has pulled in and structured a lot of the data that’s already online, such as US Census Data. (Users can enter their own information too.)" Added: October 16, 2009 at 1:25PM EDT
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Ryan said:
Mark Luckie is a one-man database of useful Web apps for journalism. In this post, advanced easy mapping tools to do more than locate a story.
Added: September 29, 2009 at 2:31PM EDT
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Ryan said:
Pretty awesome: EveryBlock now allows you to draw your own neighborhood boundaries, rather than subscribing by zip code or municipality.
Added: August 28, 2009 at 11:15AM EDT
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