Poly9 has created a cool Virtual Earth map showing haunted places in the US. Check it out at Hauntedmap.com Via ViaVirtualEarth
Cartography’s Review of Online Mapping Sites
The folks at Cartography have just completed a 9 part series on the state of online mapping as follows: 1) Introduction 2) Google Maps/Local 3) Map24 4) Maporama 5) MapQuest 6) MSN Maps 7) Rand McNally 8) Yahoo! Maps 9) Summary
ArcGIS Explorer round-up
ESRI formally announced its new ArcGIS Explorer at the European ESRI User Conference this week and the below are some of the discussion on this announement. GISMatters From Fantom Planet EdParsons SpatiallyAdjusted SpatiallyAdjusted2 OgleEarth
Trends in Web Mapping and Web Services – from Directions Magazine
This article from Maurits Van der Vlugt at Directions Magazine discusses web services and some of the issues surrounding web services. His focus is on dispelling 3 “myths” about web services that can hamper innovation. Check out the article at Directions Magazine
GISuser.com photos on flickr
GISuser.com’s Flickr photo gallery has tons of photos of web mapping and GIS examples, including lots of Google Maps mash-ups and other themed maps. Most of the photo descriptions have links to the actual websites, so if you’re looking for a quick roundup of what’s out there, check it out.
How Google Earth Works – from howstuffworks.com
howstuffworks.com has posted an article on Google Earth and how it works (of course). While it’s just the basics that most of us are already pretty familiar with by now, it’s a nice introduction to Google Earth’s functionality and data. Via Digg.com
A Journey to a Thousand Maps – NY Times article on Google Maps mash-ups
The NY Times online posted a new article on Google Maps mash-ups. For those of you still not really sure about what the Google Maps phenomenon is all about, it’s a good introduction and mentions some cool sites. You can read the article here (NY Times online requires free registration to view their articles)
Want to Know Where in the World Your Spam is Coming from?
A website called Postini has maps that show the sources for spam, virus, and directory harvest attack activity (based on originating IP) for the past 24 hours. So, if you want to see where it’s all coming from, check out the Postini stats page
WebMap widget
The writing frenzy has ended for now, so on to the promised widget. The widget is for use with Konfabulator/Yahoo! Widgets (which must be installed before trying to use this widget). The WebMap widget allows you to search on an address to find a location and choose from existing map services, or a custom map
GeoRSS :: Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds
GeoRSS seeks to go beyond the x,y point location tag that currently exists in RSS 2 and leverage GML to support more complex geometry (lines and polygons). The overview sounds good with key ideas, such as linking related point entries into a line (their example was a kayak trip). They even seem to be attempting
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