Every election we see a bunch of red and blue patchwork maps, usually displayed as states are being called, and of course on the front page of the paper the next morning. This election however, interactive maps were used in a bunch of new ways to help display and query election results, exit polls, and projections. The volume of these tools was suprising, but here are a few that really wowed us…

On September 11th 2001, off-duty firefighter Stephen Siller abandoned his gridlocked pickup truck at the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery tunnel and ran the 3.5 miles to the World Trade center with 70lbs of gear on his back. He was one of the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice that day, perishing as he searched for his Squad.

Every year a growing number of people gather to run that same route as a tribute to Stephen’s ultimate sacrifice, and raise money for

I was on my way to grab some lunch today when this guy caught my attention. He was handing out cards for New York Dolls (which claimed they had Best Lunch around City Hall), and I realized I had a perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one proverbial stone: Lunch at NewYorkDolls, and a chance [...]

You know that neurotic data czar down the hall that’s always bragging about his GIS data organization skills… yah, get ready to blow his mind. Modern-day mapmakers and classic cartographers alike can now bring search 2.0 to their neo-spatial production workflows: introducing Voyager.

One of the more interesting items that caught my eye out in San Diego was a new (sneak peek) design prototype from the folks at Touch Table .

The portable prototype is a highly mobile version of their existing product lines, sporting many of

I hate listy blog posts, so the only time i resort to punchy point sorting is when i’m really stuck on the fence.  Yahoo’s Fire Eagle has been one of those mixed bag releases that i think has tons of potential, but also many reasons that the bird might burn….  the following is a glance [...]

Out at the ESRI UC in San Diego all week, just set up a stream to pull together reactions from the GeoBlogger community. Make sure to check it out and participate at:
http://friendfeed.com/rooms/esri-uc-2008
 

What do Water, Sunshine, and stereos blasting music at Night have in common? Thanks to MIT, not just Spring Break in Florida anymore…

MIT released news today of a “Major Discovery” that could change the way solar energy is collected and stored, making solar energy available at night and splitting water molecules in the process. The idea takes a page out of old mother nature’s book, using a conceptual approach similar to how plants manage to store all that sunlight they convert to energy.

First thoughts on the Wordpress iPhone app…
Like Tom Raftery, I’m writing this post via the app. Setup was ultra-easy, took less than a minute to setup blog integration. Writing screen is quite plain, to add photos you have to save and return to the homescreen…. glorified wordpad interface. I’m assuming that adding links [...]

I recently had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Joel Grossman cover a bunch of work he’s done in recent years, and as usual i was totally blown away! Using historic maps and methodical research, he’s been able to stitch together a historical snapshot of colonial Manhattan that’s totally shattered the widely accepted geography of the early Dutch settlement. If you haven’t had the pleasure of checking out his work, do yourself a favor and view these projects now…