IssueMap
"Got Data? Let us map it for you. IssueMap joins your data to boundaries so that you can easily create thematic maps and share them online..."
Further information on IssueMap
Last updated: 17 February 2011
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Announcing IssueMap: Copy, paste, map
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by Michael Byrne - Geographic Information Officer. Reboot - the Official blog of the Federal Communications Commission, February 7, 2011. "Everyone has seen a good spreadsheet go bad. Students, lawyers, public servants, accountants -- if you’ve ever spent time with a complicated dataset, you’ve had a spreadsheet turn against you... I’m extremely proud today to announce the official launch of IssueMap, the result of a partnership between the FCC and FortiusOne. IssueMap is a long time coming. As a board member with the National States Geographic Information Council, some colleagues and I identified the need for a product that would produce maps from complicated data steps in just three steps: copy, paste, map. IssueMap is that product..."
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Open government data starts making sense
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FCC online mapping site helps put spreadsheets into perspective instantly, By Rutrell Yasin. Federal Computer Week, February 11, 2011. "The problem with government transparency is that it's too often opaque. That is, a large amount of data presents a daunting challenge to anyone trying to find useful information in it. The Federal Communications Commission is looking to address that, launching an online mapping site that lets people quickly map data and easily share it through social networks..."