Tuesday, August 12. 2008

Mapping News from the Newspaper Biz

From Editor and Publisher comes two stories related to newspapers and maps.

First, maps.com's Classified Concepts revamped its online mapping tools for papers to allow more than one category to be posted on a map. So, now instead of a map for open houses and another for garage sales, papers can save money with a single map with both layers. (Sort of funny coming from a GIS perspective, no?)

Second, the Chicago Sun Times has partnered with EveryBlock (the hyperlocal news and informations site). Now Sun Times readers can access "Your Block" right from the paper's site to get at hyperlocal data. No details of the business deal were noted.

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Regarding the EveryBlock / Sun-Times partnership, there was a mistake in the press release that you linked to -- the Sun-Times doesn't get any hyperlocal data on its site from us, other than a map of Sun-Times stories. Check it out at suntimes.com/yourblock.

I think the press release people were confused by the fact that there's an address search on the suntimes.com/yourblock page -- but that goes directly to our site.

Adrian @ EveryBlock

#1 Adrian Holovaty (Link) on 2008-08-12 10:07 (Reply)

Adrian,

Yes I see how the folks from Editor and Publisher (this was not from a press release) could get confused.

BTW, the Trib's implementation is also confusing. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-everyblock-htmlstory,0,4936153.htmlstory

The site says: "Is your neighborhood in the news? Here's an overview -- from the Tribune and other sources -- for the last 48 hours." I believe, as with the the Sun Times, all that's on the site is Trib news. When they search, they head over to EveryBlock.

#1.1 Adena Schutzberg on 2008-08-12 11:04 (Reply)

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