Links tagged with “mapping”
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Cartographer.js – thematic mapping for Google Maps
Javascript library for mapping data nicely onto Google Maps. Area-scaled circles, choropleth, etc. (via Simon Willison)
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Re: [OpenLayers-Users] Displaying a popup on mouse over AND a different popup on click.
Code example for having OpenLayers markers that can be hovered over and clicked.
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http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/georss-flickr.html
Another example of clickable images in a vector layer in an OpenLayers map.
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Flickr: Contacts Photo Browser
Example of OpenLayers using clickable images in a vector layer.
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Viewing Large Images – OpenLayers, GSIV, ModestMaps, DeepZoom, and Python « Itinerant Source
Someone looking at different ways to display very large, pannable, zoomable images on the web.
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Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 1.0
I keep seeing cool code stuff whizz by and I’m not making anything with it. May need to ringfence time from other commitments just to *do* something.
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Here & There — a horizonless projection in Manhattan
I’ve seen these in the flesh and they are very lovely. And a satisfying size. Well done Jack.
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Support OpenStreetMap Donate Now
OpenStreetMap are trying to raise £10,000 to buy a new API database server for their fantastic work. (via Simon Willison)
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ColorBrewer Intro - Selecting Good Color Schemes for Maps
Handy tool for making color ranges for use on maps, via that Oakland Crimespotting heat maps post.
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Oakland crime maps XI: how close, and how bad? (tecznotes)
Thought process on making heat maps out of the Oakland Crimespotting data. (via Simon Willison)
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Boundaries
Completely awesome thing from Tom Taylor. Shows the shapes of areas based on how people have tagged their geo-located Flickr photos.
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Locating Postboxes - Dracos.co.uk
Matthew Somerville’s new thing — help locate post boxes for OpenStreetMap etc.
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Webkuehn.de - Geocoordinates from Wikipedia for Google Earth
That’s a lot of locations. Not sure what I’d do it with it but just in case… (via Plasticbag)
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Google Maps - Treo
Official Google Maps app for the Treo. Works a treat. All it needs now is walking directions…
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Walk It - A step in the right direction
Fantastic. Gives you walking directions from A to B in central London. Google et al only do driving directions, which are very different. (via Haddock)
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Google Cartography
Does a Space Syntax kind of thing using Google Maps. I haven’t tried it, but looks interesting. (via Blackbeltjones)
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Ogle Earth: Center of Gravity II
Finding the “centre of gravity” of a number of points in Google Earth. (via Kottke)
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Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square!
IS this new or have I just not seen it before? “Aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles.” Lovely. Nice Google Earth integration too. (via Tim/twisty)
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Digitally Distributed Environments
Weblog with, currently, lots of models of London buildings for Google Earth.