Yes indeed, I take notice when I see maps of things I really enjoy, like beer and coffee! Enter these maps showing “walkable regions” for independent coffee shops in major Metropolitan areas like Brooklyn, Portland, and Seattle.
Keep Track of Wildfires with the Esri Public Information Map
Sadly, another violent wildfire season may be upon us as intense weather systems and tinder dry conditions meetup. A reminder from Esri this week came my way in the form of the Esri Wildfire Public Information Map. About the service… View an interactive map of US wildfire locations, perimeters, fire potential areas, global burn areas, […]
IconoSquare Makes Using and Browsing Instagram More Fun and Deep Dives Into Your Statistics
Are you looking for a fun and interesting way to view your Instagram activity, stats and more? Enter IconoSquare – was statigram – apparently, Instagram recently clamped down on third-party apps using their API and they can no longer use the term “Gram” within their name so look for many apps to re-brand! See more […]
Introducing Landline and Stateline: Two Tools For Quick Vector Maps in your Browser
This via Propublica… Today we’re releasing code to make it easier for newsrooms to produce maps quickly. Landline is an open source JavaScript library for turning GeoJSON data into browser-based SVG maps. It comes with Stateline, which builds on Landline to create U.S. state and county choropleth maps with very little code out-of-the-box. We […]
Google Map Gallery – One Click USGS Topo Downloads and more!
So you need USGS topos do you? After years and years the USGS topo data is still a hot ticket item that many Geo professionals rely on for their basemaps.
Provo Utah, Boulder, Fort Collins Colorado Top the Ranks in Community Well-Being Index
For the sixth consecutive year, global well-being improvement leader Healthways and world-leading management consulting firm Gallup have released their analysis of the state of well-being for communities, states and congressional districts in the United States
How Healthy is your county? Enter the 2014 County health rankings
The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The Best and Worst terms to Use on your Resume
A new Study Ranks Best and Worst Words to Use in a Resume. So if you happen to consider yourself as a dynamic go-to person who’s results driven and a team player then you better think again because you sound exactly like everyone else who’s blindly copying these adjectives into their CV and hoping to […]
Provo, Boulder, Fort Collins Top the Ranks in Community Well-Being Index
For the sixth consecutive year, global well-being improvement leader Healthways and world-leading management consulting firm Gallup have released their analysis of the state of well-being for communities, states and congressional districts in the United States. Americans’ perceptions on topics such as physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, social and community factors, financial security, and […]
Esri and Technology Leaders Commit to Climate Data Initiative and Challenge Developers
March 19 was all about climate and climate change! A high profile event took place in D.C. yesterday to formally launch the Climate Data Initiative, an ambitious new effort bringing together extensive open government data and design competitions with commitments from the private and philanthropic sectors to develop data-driven planning and resilience tools for local […]