Category Archives: Google Maps

Mapping North Korea

Posted on May 18, 2011 by bspauld

A week or so ago I read a story from Amnesty International that discussed the use of satellite imagery to measure the growth of  political prison camps in North Korea.  I thought it was great that these citizen geographers were using a resource such … Continue reading →

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Google Map V3 WMS Transparency Slider!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by bspauld

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, if … Continue reading →

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Everything Should be Mapped – Somerville Tax Liens

Posted on April 27, 2011 by bspauld

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 hometown, … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Census and Google Fusion

Posted on April 6, 2011 by bspauld

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 data. … Continue reading →

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Sweet 2010 Census Mash-Up

Posted on March 10, 2011 by bspauld

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 census … Continue reading →

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MapServer Experimentation

Posted on March 8, 2011 by bspauld

A few people have requested that I put together an example of data from MapServer embedded in a Google Map Mash-Up.  Well, here it is: MapServer, originally developed at the University of Minnesota,  “is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and … Continue reading →

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Transparency Slider Page Updated

Posted on March 2, 2011 by bspauld

One of the biggest traffic drivers to my site, according to Google Analytics, are people interested in using a transparency slider for use in Google Map Mash-Ups.  With this in mind I gave a quick update to my current transparency … Continue reading →

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