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May 15 / 12:57am

Google Transit goes to Washington

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In partnership with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), we’re adding all of D.C.’s Metro and bus stations, stops and routes, as well as connections to other transit systems in nearby cities.

Filed under  //  green   maps   open government / transparency   tools  
May 13 / 10:23am

22 free tools for data visualization and analysis.

This image gallery accompanies our story 22 free tools for data visualization and analysis. Click through to that story for the full review.

Features of 22 free data visualization and analysis tools: You can sort this chart by clicking on any column header once to sort in ascending order and a second time to sort by descending (browser JavaScript required).

Filed under  //  data   maps   tools  
May 12 / 12:37pm

Find me a beer near...

This app uses the Brewery DB API as well as the Esri JavaScript API, the Bing Locations API, Google Web Fonts, Google App Engine for free, scalable hosting and, as always, dojo.

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Filed under  //  Google App Engine   maps   tools  
Apr 27 / 5:25pm

New Map Shows Carbon Storage Capacity of Forests in U.S.

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A new map created by the Woods Hole Research Center shows the height, coverage and carbon storage levels of forests in the U.S.

Filed under  //  Global Warming   green   maps  
Apr 27 / 1:58pm

MapBox's TileMill: Open Source Map Design

MapBox makes it easy to design beautiful custom maps, and fast to integrate them into websites and mobile applications. Whether you want to visualize census data in Chicago, monitor seismic activity in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake, plot drone strikes in Pakistan, or analyze election results in Afghanistan, MapBox will help you make more sense of your data.

MapBox radically lowers the barrier to entry for making custom base maps and overlays. Now data analysts can become mapmakers without GIS expertise, and GIS experts can become cartographers without first mastering design.

Filed under  //  Open Source   maps  
Mar 4 / 3:42pm

Creationism Controversy: State by State

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Interactive map highlights recent battlegrounds in evolution education
Filed under  //  evolution   infographics   maps  
Feb 2 / 7:49am

Get notified when there's new imagery in your area | Google Earth Blog

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Welcome to Follow Your World (beta). Find out when new imagery is available in both Google Maps and Google Earth. It's simple. Search for your location, mark the point, and submit. Each time we update the satellite and aerial imagery in your area of interest, we'll notify you.

Filed under  //  google   maps   tools