Lines become politically charged when they divide elections. Upcoming voter registration has spurred debate about the best methods to design district lines, bringing up questions of representing minority, homeless, and prison populations and curbing gerrymandering. On MPR’s midmorning a caller brings up the unfairness that “Politicians are choosing voters rather than voters choosing politicians.” Lines …
Zuccotti Park has been all over the news the past few weeks due to the many people living there as part of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. And it would make sense that many would assume that this park is one of the many public parks in New York City, but in this instance that …
With the announcement of the iPhone 5 today and the people who will surely line up to buy one, the ever growing market for Android devices, and the explosion in the desire for user generated ratings and rankings it shouldn’t be a surprise that geolocation services of all types are on the rise, and it …
It became abundantly clear to the world with the release of Jay-Z’s 2009 hit “Empire State of Mind” that New York City is his continued source of artistic inspiration. But he is not the first musician to see the city as a canvas for musical development and he certainly won’t be the last. Musicians have always used …
My Block NYC is a crowd sourced video map that allows users to upload videos and geo-tag them bringing the videos into an interactive map environment. And can we say it is one of the coolest interactive crowd sourced projects we have seen. The map (built in Flash), which hit the web on Tuesday, …
The recent tragedy in Japan has shed light on an area of mapping that has been developing rapidly within the past two years. Its practical implications are astounding and it seems to be a creation of the open sourced data evolution that will impact a significant number of lives. That area is crisis mapping. …
