Internet Mapping
| October 1, 2011 New EPA Map – Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) DatabaseData, Internet MappingThe Environmental Protection Agency has released a new online mapping application that maps out all EPA and state enforcement actions for air, waste, and water programs covering the years 2009-2011 as part of the agency’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database. Data on the map is updated monthly and covers 800,000 facilities across the United ... read more  Helicopter View and Airport MapsInternet MappingIn news from the online mapping world, Google has added helicopter views to its Google Maps. The new functionality allows viewers to preview driving directions in 3D. To access the new feature, enter a request for driving directions on Google Maps. Next to the header for the driving directions is a 3D button. Clicking on ... read more September 6, 2011 U.S. Wildfire MapGIS News, Industry and Subjects in GIS, Internet MappingAn interactive map published by Esri shows the wildfire locations across the United States which covers the current wildfires raging in central Texas region and in California (click on the fire icon for each location for a popup with the fire name and current amount of acreage burned). The wildfire data is from USGS NHSS as ... read more September 3, 2011 AutomapkiInternet MappingIf you have AutoCad files that you want to overlay onto Bing Maps, Google Maps, Yahoo Maps or OpenStreetMaps, then try Automapki. The application works with AutoCAD 2010 or higher and is integrated with over 3,000 coordinate systems. There is a trial version that allows users to test out Automapki for 15 days. Thereafter, there is ... read more August 31, 2011 Embedding Hurricane MapsInternet MappingEsri and Google have embeddable hurricane maps for those that want to add hurricane tracking to their web sites. Now that Hurricane Irene has passed, stormwatchers have their eyes on tropical storm Katia which is gathering steam in the North Atlantic ocean and has the potential to strengthen into a hurricane. Currently, the National Hurricane ... read more August 28, 2011 Google Maps: Short URLS and Voice SearchInternet MappingThere were two new interesting announcements this past week about Google Maps: short URLs and voice search. The Google LatLong blog posted about the availability of Short URLs. Short URLS had been in test mode by Google and the function is now an official part of Google Maps. Now when users click on the link option (represented ... read more August 20, 2011 Google Maps: Weather and the AmazonInternet MappingGoogle Maps has added a weather layer. The layer shows current weather conditions and short term weather predictions. To turn the weather layer on, hover over the overview map in the upper righthand corner and select it from the menu that appears. Icons show sun, clouds, lightening, etc. to mark each city along with a ... read more August 6, 2011Geo APIs Summer Learning SeriesInternet MappingThe Google Geo Developers Blog has been hosting its Geo APIs Summer Learning Series. The series unfolds and expands on the technical aspect of sessions from the recent Google I/O 2011 developer conference. Posts from the Summer Learning Series: Google Places API Secrets and Surprises Managing and visualizing your location based data with Fusion Tables Designing Maps Applications for Usability ... read more June 16, 2011So Long, Yahoo! Map APIsInternet MappingYahoo! has announced the service closure of several of its Maps APIs starting September 13, 2011. The restructure, according to Yahoo!, is due to its reprioritizing of its “current portfolio of mapping products to refocus on a great consumer Mapping and Local Search experience.” Developers are encouraged to continue to use Yahoo!’s Placefinder API for geocoding, ... read more June 15, 2011 Seeing Philadelphia’s Past in Augmented RealityFeatures, Internet Mapping, Location Based ServicesGuest article by Deborah Boyer and Andrew Thompson. For over 140 years, the City of Philadelphia has been taking pictures of itself. Though local pride is never in short supply in Philly, far more practical reasons like risk management and documentation of public works projects have motivated decades of city-employed photographers to capture images of streets, ... read more |
