Maps - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about maps.
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Australia.gov launches Government Service Locator
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The government service locator is a new feature on the Australian Government's portal - australia.gov.au - and is currently in trial status.
- OS mapping data: a new landscape unfolds
- Landmark proposal on OS mapping and postcode area information is victory for Free Our Data campaign, by Charles Arthur. The Guardian, Thursday 19 November 2009. "The Free Our Data campaign has scored a major victory, with the announcement by the government that it intends to make Ordnance Survey maps free for use online by any organisation – including commercial ones – at resolutions more detailed than commercial 1:25,000 Landranger maps from April next year..."
- EEA launches the first map of Europe's noise exposure
- ePractice.eu, 4 November 2009. Country EU Institutions; Domain
eGovernment; Topic Infrastructure, Policy. "The European Environment Agency (EEA) has launched a comprehensive map of noise exposure, revealing the extent to which European citizens are exposed to excessive acoustic pollution..."
- Geocoding Using Google Maps
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Friday, October 23, 2009. "Google Maps Mania's new Australian contributor Arek of All Things Spatial has just released an address geocoder that uses the Google Maps API to find the latitude and longitude of addresses..."
- NPIA joins up national crime map
- The Home Office and the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) have launched a map with information about policing in England and Wales. Kable, Tuesday 20 October 2009. "The online map provides statistics for burglary, robbery, violence, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour..."
- New online map service by the Federal Environment Agency
- ePractice.eu, 15 October 2009. Country Germany; Domain
eGovernment; Topic Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Policy, Regional and Local, User-centric Services. "The Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) has recently launched an online map service aiming to describe the regional distribution of air pollution in Germany since 2001. At the Geographic Information System (GIS) the visitors are free to enhance the data on air with other geographical information about cities, rivers, and metropolitan areas, and focus on certain characteristics, such as peak loads..."
- Real-Time Traffic on Google Maps
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Monday, October 5, 2009. "Developed by two students at the Technical University of Delft, Fileradar.nl shows real-time traffic information for the area in and around Rotterdam, Netherlands..."
- Google Maps Creation Tool
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Tuesday, September 29, 2009. "Mapspread is a Google Maps creation service that allows the user to create maps from spreadsheets,, KML, ESRI Shapefiles or MapInfo TAB files..."
- Australian Public Sector Google Maps
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, Monday, September 28, 2009. "... Today new Aussie Google Maps Mania contributor Arek Drozda, of All Things Spatial, has a look at some of the Google Map applications created to support information content provided on Australian Public Sector sites..."
- Fife launches online mapping tool
- Fife Council has launched an online mapping tool aimed at providing better information to the public about local services and initiatives. Kable, Friday 18 September 2009. "The tool, which went live on 16 September 2009 following a pilot scheme, is currently being used to provide information about the draft consultative Fife Core Paths Plan. It contains facilities designed to help members of community councils and area committees quickly find the area they're interested in..."
- Oklahoma County Deploys GIS Flood Map
- By Andy Opsahl, Features Editor. Government Technology, September 23, 2009. "Viewing flood plain data no longer requires a car ride downtown for residents and businesses in Tulsa County, Okla., thanks to the municipality's GIS Flood Map..."
- Toxic Waters - Find Water Polluters Near You
- The New York Times newspaper has compiled data on more than 200,000 facilities that have permits to discharge pollutants and collected responses from states regarding compliance. They have mashed it up using Google Maps. You can search by city or zip code or select a state.
- Cycling and Walking Journey Planner
- posted by Keir Clarke. Google Maps Mania, September 21, 2009. "The Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand have created a cycling and walking journey planner for the those places that Google Maps just don't go..."
- VanTrash - Vancouver Garbage Reminders
- "VanTrash helps you manage your neighbourhood garbage schedule more effectively. You can find out your garbage schedule, download the schedule to your calendar or set a reminder to your email. Never forget to take the garbage out again... The geo-data about the zones comes from the City of Vancouver Garbage Collection Zones on their open data site. The garbage pickup times used by VanTrash are "scraped" from the Official [Vancouver] City site..."
- Google Maps offers live traffic updates for Australia
- The Age, September 15, 2009. "The creators of Google Maps have taken the technology further down the information superhighway to launch a feature that allows Australian commuters to view up-to-date traffic flow information..."
- Wellington buses climb aboard Google Maps
- The National Business Review, Monday August 31, 2009. "In a first for New Zealand, Wellington's public transport information is now available through Google Maps, via a feature that lets you to plan trips using public transport..."
This category last updated: 15 February 2006