Links List 3.28.08
March 28th, 2008by Sean Gorman
The AnyGeo blog shows a cool new visualization technique from the London Profiler. Using the Google Map Creator, the application visualizes neighborhood profiles using different area classifications through the Google Map interface.
If you want to create your own markers for Google Map mashup fun, check out the MapIconFactory 1.0.
James Fee reports on the Army’s most recent hire, its first geospatial information officer.
Moving beyond the aerial view, Google Maps now offers a street view with customizable visualization.
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April 1st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Ha ha - I promised to give up mapping infrastructure for lent. I think we should go for creating Open Power Map. Map your own substation and provide a link to your meter reading. If everyone called up Miss Utility for their house and submitted the map we’d probably have the best map of the distribution network going. Most of the stuff that gets sold is transmission lines only. If you just had enough volunteers on meter readings you could probably provide a better simulation than what some folks get paid a lot of money to produce. Now that would get the guys in black suits showing up again
April 6th, 2008 at 6:26 am
I’m surprised, given Mr. Gorman’s research background, that this link didn’t make the cut.
- U.S. spy agency seeks data on power grid -
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Briefing/2008/03/28/us_spy_agency_seeks_data_on_power_grid/7981/