Category Archives: Google Maps
Google Maps API v2 Deprecation and GISDoctor.com Mash-Ups
Tweet The old news on the street is that the Google Maps API v2 will be deprecated in just a few weeks in May 19th 2013. I have a few old Google mash-ups that I never upgraded to v3 of … Continue reading
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Awkward Geo-Coding
Tweet Back in the “old” days (2004-2007) I used to do a lot of geo-data cleaning for municipalities and county governments across the northeast for the consulting firm I was working for. I was mostly cleaning address ranges on centerline datasets, checking … Continue reading
Geo Terms I Want to See Disappear in 2013
Tweet Geo/spatial/location/GIS is everywhere now-a-days. That is awesome. No longer is what we do a specific niche that is only found in a small set of industries. Openstreetmap, location aware devices, dropping pins, Google maps – everywhere you look geo/spatial/location/GIS … Continue reading
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Hurricane Sandy! Data and Maps
Tweet I noticed earlier that my post about last year’s major New England storm was getting a ton of action today. It’s probably time to get some info up about Hurricane Sandy. I’ll keep updating this page when I come … Continue reading
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Does anyone write code for custom map mash-ups anymore?
Tweet Hey geo-folks, I will be updating my mash-up pages this weekend to make sure they all work, but I don’t plan on adding any new ones or updating features unless I am really inspired. One of the problems of … Continue reading
Mapping North Korea
Tweet UPDATE – As of 1/30/2013 Google has added North Korea features to its maps. Feel free to continue reading this post, because as of 5/18/2011, when this post was written, it was spot on. Just imagine that the embedded … Continue reading
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Tagged Bing Maps, Google Maps, Map Quest, North Korea Maps, Open Street Map, Web Cartography
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Google Map V3 WMS Transparency Slider!
Tweet Gavin, from topomap.co.nz sent me a note the other day about some work he did in regards to developing a transparency slider for Google Maps V3: “I’ve created a transparency slider control that works with Google Maps API V3, … Continue reading
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Tagged Google Mash-Up, New Zealand Topos, Transparency Slider
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Everything Should be Mapped – Somerville Tax Liens
Tweet I came across an interesting dataset the other day while reading the Boston Globe (online of course, does anyone buy actual newspapers anymore?). The story, originally from Ward 5 Online, was discussing the number of properties in my current … Continue reading
Massachusetts Census and Google Fusion
Tweet 2010 Massachusetts Census Results by Town - Google Fusion Population | -5,000 | 5,001 -30,000| 30,001-75,000 | 75,001-125,000|+125,001 About a week ago I read a post from James Fee about a really impressive mash-up displaying the 2010 US Census redistricting … Continue reading
Sweet 2010 Census Mash-Up
Tweet My hard-working friends at the Connecticut State Data Center and the Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC) at the University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library have started to post data from the Wednesday March, 9th release of the 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Census., Google Maps V3, MAGIC, Mash-Ups
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