New Online Maps
The Kentucky Geologic Survey launched: “Kentucky Coal Infrastructure on August 25. It’s “An interactive map (powered by ArcGIS Server) that provides coal infrastructure data for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” It says that in the source code.
The development of the Global Sustainability Map by the Honolulu architecture and design firm Group 70 International stands to make it a lot easier. The company believes that, based on its market research, its site is the first of its kind — a map-based, online catalogue of sustainable products, service providers and resources.
Using GIS mapping technology, the website, set to launch in early September, will serve as a major resource for the “green” industry.
The business model is freemium: base listings for businesses are free, then paid ones, with more info run at three price points from $19/month to $500/month. I wonder if that “paid directory” model works anymore.
- Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
The New York State Archives Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund program (longest name ever!) provided funding for the East Aurora GIS. It includes a public and city use only version with more data. No tax dollars were required for the implementation. A Google map of village offices is on the intro page, but the app itself is hosted by the consultants who built it. It was either down or does not run in Safari when I visited. Reports the local paper:
Municipalities across the United States are implementing this new technology as a way of managing their assets and improving their response time for maintenance and repairs as well as providing helpful information to citizens of their towns and villages.
Over at Greater Greater Washington is a discussion about combining the Metro and Circulator (bus) routes. Should they be combined? Put on the back and front of a paper map? The reason for the conversation? The Circulator Map only notes stops, not routes. And, “the two maps don’t work together well.”
Fort Collins, CO, now offers new street sweeping maps every Monday in PDF format. Here’s the latest one. My city taps into a system you can sign up for that sends an e-mail to warn you about sweeping on your street so you can remember to move your car.
via The Coloradoan
