An interesting effort in Chicago by a law firm who have made available a pretty sweet map that enables cyclists to report accidents in order to define hot spots within the city. This interactive map will allow users to report, not only bicycle accidents and doorings , but close calls or near misses as well, […]
Story Map shows drastic change to the town of Lac-Mégantic’s landscape
Esri Canada today released this story map that shows the drastic change to the town of Lac-Mégantic’s landscape as the result of the train derailment that occurred on July 6, 2013. The map also shows the path of the runaway Montréal, Maine & Atlantic Railway train – from Nantes, Québec where it was parked, to […]
Our Thoughts Go Out to the Fallen USFS Hot Shot Heros from Prescott, AZ
A tragic day in what’s already a terrible wildfire season… our thoughts and prayers go out to the community of Prescott Arizona and the family, friends, and colleagues of the 19 fallen first responder Hot Shots who were lost protecting the community and doing what they love… a true tragedy. Source: Uploaded by user via […]
Earth Day Data Challenge
Something interesting from the Earth Day Data Challenge as they are looking for creative uses of the public ocean data available on marinexplore.org. For example, the use of historical sea surface temperature data to investigate phenomenon like La Niña. You could explore the effects of salinity in ocean currents, the routes of mobile data platforms, […]
Volunteer Map Data Collection Opportunities to Build the National Map
Have you ever wanted to contribute to the National Map? Well, now that the USGS has embraced the crowd there’s an opportunity for you to do just that! If you have access to the Internet and are willing to dedicate some time editing map data we hope you will consider participating! The USGS is recruiting […]
Colorado Wildfire information news map
Sadly, another wildfire season is upon us and already we’ve seen some tragic events in California and now in Colorado. A reminder that Esri has a useful news map that shares data and updates on wildfires including perimeter maps, social media reports, and other data fed through various government agencies (NIFC, GeoMAC, NHSS, MODIS, METAR/TAF, […]
Save the Rain App Calculates Your Saved Water with #opendata #apps4ottawa challenge
Find out how much water you could capture in a year– An innovative app from a fellow B.C GeoGeek, Mark Laudon @mapsRus can be found entered in the Apps4Ottawa OpenData Challenge competition. Simply put, the app uses a clever map UI (and some opendata) enabling users to calculate the amount of rain water that can […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Connect With Anglers via Colorado Fishing Atlas
Some fine civic engagement from the Parks and Wildlife service in Colorado as some new resources designed to connect with Anglers have been released to the public. Colorado Parks and Wildlife have released the Colorado Fishing Atlas, a live webmapping service designed to provide anglers and outdoor enthusiasts with valuable information to help plan outings, […]
JOMONOLA Bicycle Tour Looks to Help Rebuild Joplin, MO
This awesome story comes from Jerrod Hogan, a Land Surveyor in Joplin, MO and the co-founder and un-paid exec director of a nonprofit called Rebuild Joplin. Hogan shared his story with Marc Cheves of American Surveyor Magazine and described as follows: We started a few days after the May 22, 2011 EF-5 tornado that destroyed […]
10th Annual International Mountain Day, December 11, 2012
Yes indeed, another International Mountain Day is upon us… Since the early days of the United Nations system, the UN has established a set of days (as well as weeks, years and decades) to help focus the world on the issues in which the UN has an interest and commitment. The UN calls on member […]