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Bing Maps now using Nokia services for Traffic and Geocoding

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:53:00 +0000

Bing Maps now using Nokia services for Traffic and Geocoding

Brazil São Paulo (above) now has Traffic on Bing Maps via Nokia Traffic service

The following countries will see improvements through Bing Maps as a result of using Nokia services for Traffic:

· Austria
· Belgium
· Brazil
· Canada
· Finland
· France
· Germany
· Greece
· India
· Indonesia
· Ireland
· Italy
· Luxembourg
· Mexico
· Netherlands
· Poland
· Portugal
· Russia
· Saudi Arabia
· South Africa
· Spain
· Sweden
· Switzerland
· UAE
· United Kingdom
· US

Bing Maps has expanded Traffic coverage for existing coverage in the US to include traffic information for side streets in addition to freeway traffic information.

Geocoding
In addition to these traffic improvements, Bing Maps will also start to use Nokia’s geocoding services in a number of countries offering improved directions. This update, while not always visible to users, is another important milestone in their partnership to build the world’s best mapping platform using Nokia and Microsoft’s assets.

Source:

http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2012/05/23/bing-maps-now-using-nokia-backend-services-for-traffic-and-geocoding.aspx

Travel as a Roman

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Travel as a Roman

Stanford University have created a “Geospatial network model of the Roman world”

Impressive Interactive Map that can calculate travel times and cost (in Denarius)

ORBIS, can calculate journey times between 751 locations in the Roman world. The site draws data from The Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World which has been georeferenced by Cambridge University Students. To calculate voyages on water, the site uses maps of rivers. Sea journeys are also possible, with routes calculated from the Romans' preferred sea routes. Dijkstra's pathfinding algorithm is applied to calculate routes.

The Mapping tool also calculates route dependent on the month for a journey, as weather conditions at sea and on land had a major impact on ancient travel times.

Users can choose from a menu of transport/travel options:

Foot/army/pack animal, mule cart/camel caravan
Military March (Rapid)
Ox & cart
Fully loaded mule
Horseback rider (routine travel)
Private travel (routine, vehicular)
Private travel (accelerated, vehicular/horseback)
Fast carriage

Try the Roman Travel Interactive Map:

http://orbis.stanford.edu/

Information on the Geospatial Technology used is see the section tabs:
Building ORBIS: Multi-modal network model via the Building ORBIS tab and selecting the Geospatial Technology Tab.

Map of Life Demo Release

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:52:00 +0000

Map of Life

The current release allows you to explore globally the geographic distributions for any terrestrial vertebrate species (as well as North American freshwater fish). Specifically you are able to:

Display expert range maps, point occurrence records, records from study areas such as reserves and larger regions. These are shown as layers on maps, and a layer control widget allows you to adjust ordering, visibility, etc .
Retrieve a list of species for the vicinity of any location worldwide using the species list tool. Simply set search radius and group of interest, and right click (control-click on Macs) your mouse button on a point of the map.

http://www.mappinglife.org/

Google Map Cube Game

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Google Map Cube Game

Very Interactive Map on a Cube.

8 Levels to complete

Manhattan, San Francisco, Paris, London, Tokyo, Las Vegas, the Mall of America, then a random map with various parts of all of the cities combined

http://www.playmapscube.com/

London Marathon Map 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:14:00 +0000

London Marathon Map 2012

Racing starts 9.00am BST on Sunday 22nd April 2012

9am Elite Women's Race Starts
9.25am Wheelchairs Race Starts
9.45am Elite Men's Race Starts
9.45am Mass Race Starts

London Marathon Map 2012 - (includes StreetView)

Runners and Spectators can use the map to find locations around the course.
Use the interactive Timeline Bar to find out when lead runners go past.

http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/interactive-map/
No real new changes from last years 2011 map apart from the separate page 'Track Runner Live' page (link below).

Official Site:
http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/

Interactive Map
http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/interactive-map/

Track Runners Live (from 9am BST 22nd April 2012)

http://results-2012.virginlondonmarathon.com/2012/

Map Calculator - Save the Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:05:00 +0000

Map Calculator - Save the Rain

(A Google Maps API/ESRI JavaScript API/MapBox/HTML5 Map Mashup)

A very good Map Mashup that calculates the potential yearly yield in corn, soya beans, rice and wheat.

Quick Guide:

Search a location:

Zoom and/or Pan to a clear roof top.

Digitise/Draw the outline of the roof.

Click Finished

The Map calculates the sun/mean rainfall of the location and produces a bar of produce that can grown with the rainfall footprint of the roof.

A Built in Video Tutorial (below) shows how the tool works.

Created by MapRus

Map: http://www.save-the-rain.com/SR2/

This app can be voted for on https://wbchallenge.imaginatik.com/wbchallengecomp.nsf/x/idea?open&eid=2011111685257879005955D51068264&iid=F96A72C99B48E74A852579C0006B8384&es=0 (login required to vote)

2.5D buildings & labelled commercial buildings Bing Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:47:00 +0000

2.5D buildings & labelled commercial buildings Bing Maps

Shops view in London - All commercial buildings labelled and linked to websites

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=51.51433827777548~-0.12601587921380997&lvl=18&dir=0&sty=r&where1=London%2C%20United%20Kingdom&form=LMLTCC

2.5D Buildings for Bing Maps have finally arrived in Bing Maps for most Major US cities. Also includes selected large cities in the United Kingdom, Canada and France.

Other updates are faster searching for businesses and the buddings visualisation

"Today we’re excited to announce the release of a handful of updates to maps to help users navigate faster and find business, building and venue information to help you go from doing to done more quickly. Some of these features will also be available in select initial international markets. Let’s take a closer look."

US centric but you can find venues with interior maps:
"Did you know Bing Maps has nearly 900 venue maps including interiors maps of malls, airports, casinos and shopping districts? Well you will now because with this update, we’re making venue maps much easier to find and use. When using Bing Maps, now you can simply zoom-in into your favourite shopping mall or airport and click on its footprint to immerse yourself into it."

Source:
http://www.bing.com/community/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2012/04/02/find-venue-maps-businesses-and-buildings-faster-on-bing-maps-test.aspx

Weather now available in Google Maps API (v3)

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Weather now available in Google Maps API (v3)

Add the weather layer easily via Google Map API.

The concepts within this section refer to features only available within the google.maps.weather library. This library is not loaded by default when you load the Maps Javascript API but must be explicitly specified through use of a libraries bootstrap parameter.
See the Libraries Overview for more information.

You can enable the display of weather data or cloud imagery on your map via the WeatherLayer and CloudLayer classes of the google.maps.weather library. Enabling the cloud layer will add cloud coverage imagery to your map, visible at zoom levels 0 through 6. Enabling the weather layer will show current weather conditions from weather.com on your map, including icons that denote sun, clouds, rain and so on. Clicking on the weather icon for a particular area will open an info window with detailed data such as current humidity and wind conditions, as well as a four-day forecast. You can access this detailed data through the featureDetails property of the WeatherMouseEvent object. The below example detects when you click on an icon, and displays the current temperature at that location.

Weather Layer information

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/layers#WeatherLayer

Weather Layer Options (Wind Speed, mph,kph etc)

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#WeatherLayerOptions

Via

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.ca/2012/04/weather-layer-for-google-maps-api.html

Underground Olympic Legends Map

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:44:00 +0000

Underground Olympic Legends Map

The Underground Olympic Legends Map was designed by Alex Trickett David Brooks, who say on their design:

"We love sport, we love lists and we love London, so what better challenge than to select 361 of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen and to fit them on to our iconic tube map.

"There were heated debates and a few late changes of heart, but we are happy with the result: dozens of nations represented, all 2012 Olympic sports accounted for, and Ali and Phelps, two of the greatest Olympians of all time, guarding the Stratford gateways to the Games."

"These things always divide opinion, so we are happy to discuss (and defend!) any of our choices @alextrickett "

Sample PDF - http://shop.tfl.gov.uk/SiteData/Root/File/Olympic%20Legends%20Map%20Sample2.pdf

Source:

http://shop.tfl.gov.uk/design-collections/Underground-Olympic-Legends-Map/product/underground-olympic-legends-map.html

Official Custom Made Ordnance Survey Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:16:00 +0000

Official Custom Made Ordnance Survey Maps

[users this is a pay for service offered by the Ordnance Survey.]

Customise your map in just three easy steps?

1. Add your desired location (map to show you centre point and can be adjusted interactively).

2. Choose format (folded or flat) and scale and language (English or Welsh)

3. Add Title(s) and Subtitle, choose cover images.

Ordnance Survey now offer a brand new mapping service that gives you the opportunity to customise an OS Explorer Map (1:25,000) or OS Landranger Map (1:50,000) .

You might want to centre it on your neighbourhood, the start of your favourite walk, a mountain bike trail you're heading off to at the weekend or you may even want to create one as a special gift.

Features:

    custom printed by Ordnance Survey just for you
    choose the centre of your map anywhere in Great Britain*
    add your own titles, including the spine
    create a flat or folded map
    choose from over 50 cover images
    printed on tough and durable map paper
    fixed personalised cover on folded maps

Your custom made map from Ordnance Survey is made to the same high quality as the famous OS Explorer and OS Landranger maps.

You can benefit from a bespoke map displaying the area around your chosen location. Choose an OS Explorer Map - Custom Made™ at 1:25,000 scale, or an OS Landranger Map - Custom Made™ at 1:50,000 scale. After all, it's your adventure!
*Please be advised that for the Isle of Man Ordnance Survey can only produce 1:50 000 scale mapping (OS Landranger Map - Custom Made). Ordnance Survey are unable to produce custom made maps for the Channel Islands.

Cost starts at £16.99 +free delivery in the UK.

You can choose to have your custom made map produced from OS 1:25 000 scale or 1:50 000 scale mapping.
OS Explorer Map - Custom Made

    Scale: 1:25 000
    Coverage (on ground): 20km x 20km

OS Landranger Map - Custom Made

    Scale: 1:50 000
    Coverage (on ground): 40 km x 40 km

Map delivery information

Your OS Explorer Map - Custom Made or OS Landranger Map - Custom Made is unique and printed to order. If your order is placed before 2.00pm, it will be despatched on the next working day. If ordered after 2.00pm, your order will be despatched on the following working day.

Postage in the UK is free unless you require express courier delivery. All deliveries are made to the address specified in your order. Courier delivery is within two working days (Mon-Fri), a signature is required.

Online Mapping Service by Ordnance Survey is here:

http://www.shop.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/osselect

Source:

http://blog.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/2012/03/custom-made-maps-for-the-ideal-home-show/

PostGIS 2.0.0 64-bit for Windows Beta Released

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:51:00 +0000

PostGIS 2.0.0 64-bit for Windows Beta Released

If there are no major issues, we hope to include the 64-bit for 2.0 on Stack Builder. We greatly thank those who funded our campaign to do this.
What does the 64-bit come with. The same stuff as the 32-bit but all compiled under Mingw64-bit tool chain.

Command line loader / dumper for ESRI shape files
2-in-1 GUI Loader/dumper for ESRI shape files. Note this version is greatly improved over the 1.5 version. key areas were: stability enhancements, ability to import multiple files at once, and ability to export files to ESRI shapefile.
Raster support
Topology support
Tiger Geocoder
Enhanced 3D support. 3D will get a bit more loving in 2.1 series.

Import and Export Shapefiles:

PostGIS ESRI Shapefile GUI

This is packaged as a stand-alone ready to be copied into your PgAdmin III install (or run stand-alone) latest from PostGIS 2.0.0 trunk as of March 8th, 2012 (r9428). This version includes ability to import multiple shapefiles at once as well as ability to export to shape file. It will appear as a plugin under PgAdminIII and will automatically fill in the credentials of the database you have selected in PgAdmin III.
It has support for both importing into geometry and geography tables. Note: The geography import feature works only against a PostGIS 1.5 or higher databases.

PostGIS ESRI Shapefile Loader/Dumper from PostGIS 2.0.0 packaged with PostGIS 2.0 Experimental Beta2

http://www.bostongis.com/blog/index.php?/archives/183-PostGIS-2.0.0-64-bit-for-Windows-beta-out.html

Download from:
http://www.postgis.org/download/windows/experimental.php

Bristol Solar Power Hotspots Map

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:58:00 +0000

A mapping website launched by Bristol city council rates every residential and commercial building in the city on its suitability for having solar panels fitted.

The council says that around a third of all buildings in Bristol – about 80,000 in total – have rooftops suitable for solar energy generation.

"The work we have done on the solar map pulls together a full picture of the city's solar potential"

Most solar panel systems can be installed in two or three days, after scaffolding has been put up.

Solar panel systems cost about £15,000

The council says that around a third of all buildings in Bristol – about 80,000 in total – have rooftops suitable for solar energy generation.

"The work we have done on the solar map pulls together a full picture of the city's solar potential"

Example Location:

http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/?address=51+BS7+2RD&service=localinfo&theme=none&layer=solar+potential&mapopts=legend

help
http://maps.bristol.gov.uk/pinpoint/user_guide.pdf

source:
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-s-solar-power-hotspots-revealed-online/story-15341213-detail/story.html

sketchmap.co.uk

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:50:00 +0000

Today 14 February, 2012. FIND, the mapping technology company, announces the launch of sketchmap.co.uk (beta) – a unique, easy-to-use website where people can quickly create and share maps.

A fast way to create maps with out the hassle of finding data...

Easy to overlay administrative boundaries, geology, nature reserves. heritage and the High Speed Rail (Planned) layers

Sketchmap's features include:

• Six different drawing tools, including a fun freehand ‘sketch’ function

• Choice of four different map backgrounds including Google and Ordnance Survey

• ‘copy link’ function for sharing maps

• Sharing maps by Twitter and Facebook

• PDF output option for printing

To create a map users simply go to the appropriate map location, then simply draw, write or add symbols. Clicking the ‘copy link’ icon allows them to paste a link to their map into an email or to Facebook/Twitter etc.

To view a map users click on the link. If they want to make any changes they can unlock the map using the ‘padlock’ icon. This new map can then be shared using the ‘copy link’ icon.

Simon Lewis, Managing Director of FIND, says; “The key feature of sketchmap is that it's designed to be very quick and easy to use - so there’s no logging-in and no special software or training is necessary. From arranging a meeting place to sharing your favourite picnic location, it's incredibly simple to use - just sketch a map and share it in seconds.”

Go Make Maps here

http://sketchmap.co.uk/

Met Office Snow Depth Map

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:01:00 +0000

Met Office Snow Depth Map

Discover snow depth (current and forecasted) from official met office sources with regularly updated reports with snow accumulations.

This service comes from the Met Office's Weather Observation Website [WOW] which is in beta.

View the Snow Depth Layer from this map.
http://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/

WunderMap Historical Weather

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:44:00 +0000

Weather Underground's WunderMap includes historical weather records back to 1st January 2001.

"A calendar control above the map allows the user to select a date and view the historical weather records for that day. The records include radar, storm reports and even weather related photographs and webcam images taken on that day."

Example:

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=51.50813&lon=-0.02501&zoom=11&type=terrain&units=metric&pin=London%2C+UK&plat=51.50813&plon=-0.12801&date=2002-01-01&time=15%3A00&rad=1&rad.num=1&rad.spd=25&rad.opa=70&rad.type=00Q&rad.type2=&rad.smo=1&sat=0&stormreports=0&svr=0&pix=0&cams=0&tor=0&riv=0&wxsn=1&ski=0&tfk=0&mm=0&ndfd=0&fire=0&hur=0&ib=0&mits=0&dir=0

Source and more information:

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2012/02/history-of-weather-on-google-maps.html

switch2osm Make the switch to OpenStreetMap

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:37:00 +0000

A nice clean website promoting Open Street Map.

"switch2osm Make the switch to OpenStreetMap"

OpenStreetMap won’t charge you

OpenStreetMap is open data. We won’t charge for it – ever. Our licence says that you can always copy our data for free.

This data is made into the “map tiles” that you show on your site. You can do this yourself. Or you can find a specialist to do it: some will charge for this, some won’t. But OpenStreetMap itself will never charge you for the data.

Make the maps suit you

With other map providers, the map looks how the provider wants it to look. You might be able to do a bit of rudimentary recolouring. But it’s still their style of map, not yours.

With OpenStreetMap, you’re in control. Turning the data into tiles can be done any way you like. Want to emphasise cycle routes and play down motorways? No problem. (Most other maps don’t even have cycle routes.) Want to label subway stops but ignore bus stops? Easy.

It’s easier than you think

There’s no limit to what you can do with OpenStreetMap. Yet it needn’t take long to get started. You can switch to OSM in under an hour using tools like the easy Leaflet API and MapQuest Open’s free tiles. Read the rest of this site to get started with the possibilities.

Full Details on:

http://switch2osm.org/

Google Maps (UK) Finally Gets National Rail Info

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:27:00 +0000

Google Maps (UK) Finally Gets National Rail Info for public transport directions

Google Maps users in the United Kingdom can now finally get from one place to another with public transport including rail times (national rail data)

Example (as above):

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=49.706721,-7.23999&spn=4.440323,11.634521&t=v&z=7&vpsrc=6

note the at the bottom of the directions is a list of companies running the trains

Local agency information:
Contains more information on fares, schedules and service advisories

CrossCountry - Ticket prices

First ScotRail - Ticket prices

London Midland - Ticket prices

National Express Dundee

(now if only people could afford to travel by train....)

source:

http://www.edparsons.com/2012/01/multi-modal-travel-planning-comes-to-google-maps/

North Yorkshire County Council Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:07:00 +0000

North Yorkshire County Council Maps

One of the best UK County Council Maps sites that gives you all the information you are looking for on one page linking childcare to "out and about" - even weddings.

Access maps for road network information, including winter gritting route details.

http://maps.northyorks.gov.uk/connect/?mapcfg=Roads

Schools

http://maps.northyorks.gov.uk/connect/?mapcfg=Schools

Weddings

http://maps.northyorks.gov.uk/connect/?mapcfg=Weddings

Historical (with old maps)

http://maps.northyorks.gov.uk/connect/?mapcfg=historic_maps

Mapping Portal Index to all the maps:

http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6357

Low Emission Zone Map - London, UK

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Low Emission Zone Map - London, UK

On 3rd January 2012 new legislation came into affect:

" from 3 January 2012 it will also affect the owners of larger vans, campers and minibuses first registered before January 2002. Larger motorhomes, first registered before 2006, will also have to comply. The rules affect diesel, not petrol engines.

If you've got such a vehicle, you will need to have an expensive particulate filter added to the exhaust system – or pay a £100 or £200 charge for every day you drive in the capital. If you don't, you'll incur a £500 fine."

Transport for London have a Google Based Map with Low Emission Zones included.

Tfl including Low Emission Zone Map

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/road/default.aspx?showLez=truehttp://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/road/default.aspx?showLez=true

More info:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/oct/21/london-low-emissions-zone-vans

Official Guidelines

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/lez/17700.aspx

More micro-blog posts on twitter by @mapperz

OpenStreetMap: A Year of Edits 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:49:00 +0000

OpenStreetMap: A Year of Edits 2011

OpenStreetMap: A Year of Edits 2011 from Derick Rethans on Vimeo.

Open Street Map also had a target of $15,000 for a new server, this target was completed on 24th December 2011 and some. Thanks to all the donators.

http://donate.openstreetmap.org/server2011/

Keep on editing and improve that map data.

Source: http://opengeodata.org/weekly-osm-summary-33

Google Vector Layers (Project)

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0000

Google Vector Layers (Project)

*This is an open source project so enhancements and patches are encouraged.

Google Vector Layers allows you to easily add one or more vector layers from a number of different geo web services to a Google Maps API based application.

Overlaying custom vector layers (CartoDB) on-top of Google Maps - An excellent use of geojason

How it works?
Google Vector Layers works by listening to map events (pan and zoom) and then fetching features within the map bounds after each event. This method works great for data sets with lots of features that you want to interact with, but not load all at once.

Features:

Multi-Provider Support - Current support for ArcGIS Server, Arc2Earth, Geocommons and CartoDB (with more in mind)
Easy InfoWindow Templating - Create InfoWindow templates with a simple string with property names {mustached} or with a function that gets passed feature properties, and should return valid HTML for the InfoWindow
Dynamic Data Support - Easily visualize live data that auto-updates at an interval that you set (and makes sense for your data’s update frequency)
Simple, Powerful Symbology - Style your layers with a single symbology, a unique symbol for specific attribute values or set symbols to display if a feature’s attibutes are within a specific range. Or …
Use Your Current Styles - If you’re using an ArcGIS Server layer you can use the styles you’ve already spent time creating in ArcMap
Scale Dependent Rendering - You wouldn’t want to show lots of features with complex geometries at lower zoom levels - Using scaleRange lets you set the minimum and maximum scales a layer should be visbible

Planned Layers
Google Fusion Tables
GISCloud.com

Examples with code

http://geojason.info/google-vector-layers/demos/

Created by
Jason Sanford

http://geojason.info/

Scotland Flood and Warnings Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:16:00 +0000

Scotland Flood and Warnings Maps

Wind and Rain now hitting Scotland

Indicative River & Coastal Flood Map [Not Real-Time]
http://go.mappoint.net/sepa/

Image source STV
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-central/286170-wind-turbine-bursts-into-flames-as-hurricane-force-winds-hit-scotland/

Met Office - Red Alert Map (Beta)

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/weather/warnings/

Know of anymore maps/tools for Weather in Scotland - comment on blog.

Mapped: Every death on every road in Great Britain 1999-2010

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Mapped: Every death on every road in Great Britain 1999-2010

The live map shows the location and detail of each collision and will be updated as information is received throughout the day.

"Britain has one of the best records in the world for road casualties. However, hundreds still die on the roads every year. In 2010, the police recorded 1,850 deaths, 22,660 people seriously injured and 184,138 who received light injuries.

About this data

Using official data recorded by police in Great Britain between 1999 and 2010, we have plotted every road collision in which someone died. In all, 36,371 fatalities are marked on this interactive map. You will also find partial data for Northern Ireland, for 2004-2009.

Detailed information about each crash is recorded by the police at the scene. It is subsequently transferred onto a computer database. This is available to researchers from the Economic and Social Data Service. As with any large collection of data, there will be errors and omissions that occur in this process and some of these will be found in this map. The BBC apologises for any distress or offence that may be caused by the inclusion of these errors."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720

Thanks to @neilhansonphoto

for the link.

qrd.by (GeoTagger for QR Codes)

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:54:00 +0000

qrd.by (GeoTagger for QR Codes)

Enter a location and URL and the service creates a QR code that embeds the geographically location

The Service includes an API for customising your QR codes

"You can optionally attach geo information to your URL. This may be your company address or any location where you want to stick your QR Code. The parameter address is a human readable address string. The parameter lat (Latitude) and lng (Longitude) are used for further machine processing, e.g. to show the location on a map. The note parameter is used to add a detailed description about the location (e.g. 2nd floor, left door). You may add an image with the parameter image, that contains the path to the image."

The http://qrd.by/hotspots provides a google map of geotagged QR codes that have been recently created and colours represent the number of times

Try it here

http://qrd.by/

API details

http://qrd.by/api

Map Creator Nokia

noreply@blogger.com (Mapperz) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:22:00 +0000

Map Creator Nokia

Similar to Google Maps Creator, Nokia are wanting neo-cartographers to help find in the gaps to NAVTEQ data.

Limited to only 11 previously unmapped countries including: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Angola, Burundi, Sri Lanka, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, and Grenada. (compared to Google Map Maker has 188 countries listed currently)

"Already lets you draw streets and footpaths. You can also name new streets and add key information such as driving directions, vehicle type characteristics or paving type. But that’s just the start! You will soon also be able to add even more types of map content such as parks, forests, lakes and rivers. In short, all the types of content you are familiar with seeing in Nokia Maps."

Note: Though read the terms and conditions - want to use this data yourself? no chance Nokia reserve the right to include or exclude data.

So you might be better contributing to Open Street Map if you wan to have access to your own submitted data and access to raster and vector data create by many thousands of other mappers. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://maps.nokia.com/mapcreator