Archive for October 2009

New Basemap Styles

In mapping, visualization on 29 October 2009 with no comments

We partner with MapQuest for our basemaps.  Today, they announced new map styles and imagery improvements, and we like ‘em!  The cleaner styles help the symbolizations of user data stand out.

Harnessing the power of City data with SpatialKey

In NYC Data, data import, mapping on 20 October 2009 with no comments

Cities are opening up and providing access to data as part of an initiative to improve the accessibility, transparency, and accountability of City governments. Several cities, including New York City, Washington DC and San Francisco, are among a few to lead this initiative in an effort to serve the public by creating “data mines” of [...]

The First International Crisis Mapping Conference – ACLED Demo

In crisis mapping, examples, mapping, solutions, visualization on 16 October 2009 with no comments

We’re excited to be at the first International Crisis Mapping Conference in Cleveland, OH for the weekend. While at ICCM2009, we’ll be discussing some of our work with ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset).  The ACLED project was founded by Dr. Clionadh Raleigh and team members from the PRIO Centre for the Study of [...]

Crime in San Francisco’s Urban Renewal Area

In DataSF, Law Enforcement, San Francisco, examples, mapping, visualization on 12 October 2009 with 3 comments

We’ve been using SpatialKey to look at San Francisco data downloaded from DataSF.org. There are mountains of interesting data available for San Francisco, but the crime data from the SFPD is one of the most interesting datasets. When you load in the crime data you instantly see some powerful images, which show the intense concentration [...]