Google Maps

Mapping: Not Just For Geographers Anymore

Citizen volunteers are democratizing the field of online mapping, spreading out to document neighborhoods and streets worldwide.

17 November 2009 - 12:00pm

New York Times

Parcel Map Data Added To Google Maps

GIS folks are Twittering about this new addition to Google Maps. Blogger Joe Francia talks to Michael Jones, Google's chief technology advocate, about what the new data means, and where it's coming from.

24 October 2009 - 7:00am

All Points Blog

Become an Unscrupulous Developer, Virtually

Monopoly: City Streets melds the board game with Google Maps gives you the chance to buy the world's streets and develop your dream project on them (in competition with other players, of course.)

9 September 2009 - 7:00am

The Guardian U.K.

Mapping Software That Isn't Just Google Maps Plus

MIT researcher Jeffrey Warren has just released the latest version of Cartagen, a software platform for interactive mapping. Julia Galef takes a look.

15 August 2009 - 5:00am

Metropolis Magazine

Amtrak Routes Now on Google Transit

A recent partnership between Google and Amtrak will allow users of Google Maps / Google Transit to see Amtrak routes as a possible mode of travel, Webwire reports.

11 August 2009 - 12:00pm

Webwire

Chris Steins

Top 10 Free Web Applications for Planning

Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:00

I had the opportuntity, at the 2009 national planning conference in Minneapolis, to present (together with my colleague Christian Peralta Madera) ten free web applications that can be used to support planning.

Approximately 350 participants attended the session. Since the presentation, I've received over 100 emails congratulating us on the practical nature of the presentation, and requesting links to the websites we presented. Since our presentation was a hands-on demonstration, this blog entry outlines the ten technologies, and provides links to examples of the technology in practice and resources so you can experiment with the technologies.

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MTA Service Cuts, Block by Block

Regional Plan Association of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut has mapped out the impact of all MTA's service cuts for every State Assembly and Senate district in the region. There's also an interactive Google Map.

20 March 2009 - 1:00pm

Regional Plan Association

Walk the Streets of Paris (Virtually) With Jim Kunstler

In the latest episode of his podcast, James Howard Kunstler provides commentary on the urbanism of Paris. By following along with Google Street View, you can walk the streets and see what he sees.

19 March 2009 - 9:00am

KunstlerCast

Nuclear Urbanism

A new Google Maps mashup creates a visual representation of an atomic bomb dropped on your city.

27 December 2008 - 9:00am

BLDBLOG

Friday Funny: More Fun With Google Maps

An obviously Photoshopped cluster of trees appears in the Netherlands. What is someone hiding, and how are they hacking Google Earth?

15 August 2008 - 2:00pm

Boing Boing

Friday Funny: Drunk Caught on Google Streetview

Google Streetview is slowly taking pictures of every street in the world, and capturing unexpected vignettes along the way like an Australian man passed out on his front lawn.

15 August 2008 - 1:00pm

Gawker