A new addition to ChicagoShovels.org, Adopt-a-Sidewalk will allow residents to request help in shoveling via a map.
- NWI Times
Forget OSM and Google Maps, Hillsborough, NJ is using GreenMap.org for its community mapping efforts.
- Hillsborough Patch
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the British Astronomical Association’s Campaign for Dark Skies are calling for ‘citizen scientists’ to take part in Star Count Week.
From January 20-27 stargazers will be asked to count the number of stars they can see within the constellation of Orion with the naked eye.
This effort is in Cheshire and yes, the results will be posted on a map. Data is gathered via Survey Monkey.
- Ellesmere Port Pioneer
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Phillip K. Mol of G-1 Aerial Surveys has offered to replace a 1978 aerial mosaic that hangs in the Bureau County, IL Court House. He does such work for about $1000 but will give the county a new one for free. No, there will be no new pics - he'll assemble it from IDNR and USGS orthoquads that date to 2005. But, he does want his company to get credit on the image.
- News Tribune
The City of Indio [CA] has been approved to receive grant funding in the amount of $47,000 from the California Office of Traffic Safety to implement an automated traffic collision and tracking program with Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities. "This is a significant upgrade and modernization of how we'll be able to prevent collisions and make Indio's roads safer. This program will greatly assist the city in proactively reducing the number of reported traffic collisions city wide, said Indio's Mayor Glenn Miller.
- My Desert
As many as 56 medical marijuana facilities in Colorado are located within 1,000 feet of a school, according to an I-News analysis of school addresses and licenses issued to more than 700 medical marijuana facilities statewide.
Federal and state laws require a 1000 foot buffer. So, the feds are cracking down as they recently did in California. GIS was part of the analysis.
- Inewsnetwork.org
Forget OSM and Google Maps, Hillsborough, NJ is using GreenMap.org for its community mapping efforts.
- Hillsborough Patch
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