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- Socrata Launches Mondara(TM) Bringing Online Maps to the Other 99%
- MSP News, April 3, 2012. "San Francisco, California, (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Where 2.0 Conference - Socrata today unveiled Mondara(TM), the first cloud service that enables mainstream web content developers - the Other 99% who are not GIS experts - to rapidly create an exciting new class of data-driven, interactive online maps. The new Mondara(TM) service democratizes access to valuable geospatial and location data in government, currently locked up in inaccessible, proprietary formats, by making online map creation as easy as adding a photo to Facebook(TM)..."
Added: 4 April 2012;
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- NBN Rollout Map
- These maps show the estimated likely coverage areas based on our rollout schedule, which may change following more detailed planning and design work.
Added: 9 March 2012;
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- Crime in the Capital - ACT Crime Map
- Canberra Times. "This map shows the number of all crimes committed in the ACT during 2011, where darker colours represent higher numbers of crimes. Clicking individual regions will bring up the actual number for that area and the rate per 1000 residents who live there..."
Added: 9 March 2012;
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- Google Transit: How (and Why) the Search Giant is Remapping Public Transportation
- by Wade Roush, Xconomy, 21 February 2012. "... This revolution, as with almost everything the company does, is proceeding at Internet scale. More than 475 transit agencies in the U.S. and around the world now submit their operating schedules to Google, which publishes the data as part of its Google Maps service. So whether you’re accessing a map from a desktop browser or a smartphone, you can figure out how to get where you’re going by bus or train, not just by car. To see arrival and departure times for thousands of bus and train lines, you can simply click on the little blue icons that connote transit stops (at least, you can if you’re using a desktop browser or an Android phone)..."
Added: 5 March 2012;
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- Agencies Create Millions of Maps Using New Tool
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 24 February 2012. "Beta users are building between 4 million and 6 million maps each day in Esri's new cloud-based ArcGIS Online mapping tool, President Jack Dangermond said Wednesday. Those beta users are largely federal, state and local government agencies that have blanket software license agreements with the geographic information systems company. Esri plans to launch a commercial version of the cloud service in six to eight weeks, Dangermond said during the company's Federal GIS conference..."
Added: 1 March 2012;
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- Crime Statistics in the Australian Capital Territory
- Provided by the Australian Federal Police. Each quarter, ACT Policing issues crime statistics illustrating the offences reported or becoming known in suburbs across Canberra. The idea is to provide the community with a clear understanding of crime in their area. The town centres have also been highlighted to give the community a better idea of policing in the shopping and restaurant districts. You can select a location on the map and select up to 3 suburbs to view and compare statistics.
Added: 27 February 2012;
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- Public Alerts now on Google Maps
- Posted by Steve Hakusa, Public Alerts Engineer. Google Lat Long Blog, Wednesday, January 25, 2012. "Today marks the launch of a new Google Crisis Response project: Google Public Alerts, a platform designed to bring you relevant emergency alerts when and where you're searching for them. If a major weather event is headed for your area, you might go online to search for the information you need: What’s happening? Where and when will it strike? How severe will it be? What resources are available to help? The Google Crisis Response team works on providing critical emergency information during crises. Our goal is to surface emergency information through the online tools you use everyday, when that information is relevant and useful..."
Added: 15 February 2012;
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- Childhood obesity in England: find out how your area compares
- Over a third of children aged 11 are considered to be overweight or obese. What are the figures for your area? Posted by Neha-Tamara Patel and Tom Farmery. Guardian Datablog, Monday 19 December 2011. "... The following interactive map shows the overweight and obese data for England from 2006 to 2011..."
Added: 20 December 2011;
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- Victorian Road closures and Traffic Alerts
- "VicRoads is responsible for providing road and traffic information to the community. On this is website you will find information about unplanned (emergency) road closures and traffic alerts. It is Victoria's official source of information about roads and traffic during incidents and emergencies that may impact road users..."
Added: 7 December 2011;
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- The truth about reoffending - interactive crime map
- Provided by the UK Ministry of Justice, this interactive crime map which shows over a 12 month period, the proven reoffending for all adult offenders who were released from custody, or who received a non-custodial conviction at court, a caution, a reprimand, a warning, or who tested positive for opiates or cocaine.
Added: 22 November 2011;
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- Interior Launches New Crowdsourcing Map Portal
- By Joseph Marks. NextGov, 10 November 2011. "The Interior Department launched a new Web tool Thursday that pulls together a slew of interactive, government-produced maps that users can mash together and lay their own data on top of. The "geospatial platform," which Interior said is a prototype, also includes some maps from state, local and tribal governments..."
Added: 14 November 2011;
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- Public sector plans to woo users with digital maps
- Posted by John Lamb. Public Technology, 8 November 2011. "Public sector organisations plan to make greater use of mapping technology next year as many say geographic data has increased public satisfaction with their services..."
Added: 10 November 2011;
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- New Brunswick Interactive map: Oil and Natural Gas Map
- The map viewer accesses maps that identify areas under lease agreements or oil and natural licences. You can click on areas of interest and information such as company name and type of agreement. If a well site is selected, information such as well name, company name and total depth will be displayed. Users can also use the ONG search tool to search by company name or type of tenure agreement.
Added: 10 November 2011;
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- New Brunswick Oil and natural gas map viewer now online
- Government of New Brunswick, Natural Gas Group, News Release, 8 November 2011. "Fredericton (CNB) – New Brunswickers may now go online to see where oil and gas exploration is taking place. The Oil and Natural Gas map viewer, an extension of the Service New Brunswick GeoNB map viewer, is now live on the provincial government's website..."
Added: 10 November 2011;
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- Google Maps API Family
- Google. "The Google Maps APIs give developers several ways of embedding Google Maps into web pages, and allows for either simple use or extensive customization. There are now several API offerings: - Google Maps Javascript API - Google Maps API for Flash - Google Static Maps API Depending on your needs, you may find yourself using one or a combination of these APIs..."
Added: 3 November 2011;
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