Lewiki:Mashups

Combining data with mapping technology.

Map apps located on the Toledo Talk server:

• Mapping Lucas County Registered Sex Offenders
  • http://toledotalk.com/maps

• Mapping Toledo Area WiFi Hotspots
  • http://toledotalk.com/wifi

• Toledo properties for sale
  • http://toledotalk.com/property

Elsewhere:

• Toledo Mapping Project - TT user rickreed created a mapping project, described in this August 2006 Toledo Talk posting.

Need many more. Look to WaPo's Local Explorer for possible ideas. Also check out http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com for a ton of Google maps mashups.

Other examples:

• Showing county lines
• Chicago Crime
• Public schools
• Jul 23, 2007 MSNBC story titled Advocacy mashups harness power of mapping Google Earth Outreach is a new service aimed at non-profits and activists.
• BBC Berkshire: July 2007 Flood Map
  • Jul 25, 2007 Guardian story
    • BBC Berkshire is among the organisations turning to the web to collect information on England's severe flooding.
• Scoredcard.org - Pollution Information - mainly text-based and not map-based
• Neighborhood Knowledge California (NKCA) - serves as statewide, interactive website that assembles and maps a variety of databases that can be used in neighborhood research. Its aim is to promote greater equity in housing and banking policy by providing a set of web-based tools for documenting and analyzing trends. In addition, it functions as a geographic repository for users to map their own communities by uploading their own datasets.