Combining data with mapping technology.
Map apps located on the Toledo Talk server:
Elsewhere:
- Toledo Mapping Project - TT user rickreed created a mapping project, described in this August 2006 Toledo Talk posting.
Need many more. Look to WaPo's Local Explorer for possible ideas. Also check out http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com for a ton of Google maps mashups.
Other examples:
- Showing county lines
- Chicago Crime
- Public schools
- Jul 23, 2007 MSNBC story titled Advocacy mashups harness power of mapping Google Earth Outreach is a new service aimed at non-profits and activists.
- BBC Berkshire: July 2007 Flood Map
- Jul 25, 2007 Guardian story
- BBC Berkshire is among the organisations turning to the web to collect information on England's severe flooding.
- Jul 25, 2007 Guardian story
- Scoredcard.org - Pollution Information - mainly text-based and not map-based
- Neighborhood Knowledge California (NKCA) - serves as statewide, interactive website that assembles and maps a variety of databases that can be used in neighborhood research. Its aim is to promote greater equity in housing and banking policy by providing a set of web-based tools for documenting and analyzing trends. In addition, it functions as a geographic repository for users to map their own communities by uploading their own datasets.