Apple Tapping its Store Employees to Fix Maps and other Data Collection News

MacRumors reports that Apple is using teams from its brick and mortar Apple stores to begin fixing map data in the area. It's not clear if they are ground truthing information or using other soures.

- MacRumors via @cageyjames

KPCC in Los Angeles is looking to map the dangerous intersections in LA on a Google Map. Data points are collected via a form where the submitter offers an intersection or address. I guess that gets geocoded. I'm not sure why they are not using the map - maybe this process cuts down on spam data?

- KPCC

The website, CycloneCenter.org, allows volunteers to examine color-enhanced images from 30 years of tropical cyclones taken from the archives of NCDC’s Hurricane Satellite Data system. Then, the site will guide users through a process to analyze a specific hurricane image and answer questions, using a simplified technique for estimating the maximum surface wind speed of tropical cyclones.

- NOAA News via GISuser.com