Filed under “map”

Project fecundity

 I put this chart together after a friend told me my project productivity was unusually high. I picked out the major web projects I’ve done over the past several years and highlight how they’ve influenced subsequent (or previous) projects. Every one of these projects launched or shipped… except the DigitalBicycle, which is why it holds [...]

Boston Bike Crash Map in the News

 Boston’s Metro newspaper ran a page 2 article on the Boston Bike Crash Map the Boston Cyclists Union and I created. Also in the news: In the Boston Globe Blog’s “The Angle”: This is a stunning example of what a non-profit can do with government statistics, Google Maps, and a very dedicated volunteer. On WBUR Radio: [...]

Boston’s Best Tacos

 $mymarkers=array( array(‘markername’=>‘number01’, ’label’ => ‘Tacos El Charro 349 Centre St Jamaica Plain, MA 02130′, ’latitude’ =>’42.32269914619183′, ’longitude’=>’-71.10684156417847′), array(‘markername’=>‘number02’, ’label’ => ‘Tacos Lupita 13 Elm St Somerville, MA 02143′, ’latitude’ =>’42.38600050368276′, ’longitude’=>’-71.11351490020752′), array(‘markername’=>‘number03’, ’label’ => ‘Takueria Tapatillo 82 Broadway Somerville, MA 02145′, ’latitude’ =>’42.387038609014645′, ’longitude’=>’-71.08207941055298′)); $mymap=array(‘id’ => ‘tacomap’, ’latitude’ => ’42.36031976410849′, ’longitude’=>’ –71.0757064819336′, ’zoom’ => 12, [...]

Rubbed away in DC

 Online community maps are cool but they aren’t the only way that everyday people can interact with cartography; sweaty, dirty, pointing fingers work just as well. I took a photo a while back of a subway map in Boston that had been similarly affected, and here’s one for downtown Washington, DC. This was taken on [...]

Rubbed away

 I was down in Back Bay today and snapped this picture of the subway map. These new maps were put up just a few months ago and as you can see, quite a number of people have placed their finger on the map and said “We’re here…”