Maps Mash Up

As we reported earlier this year, ESRI , a leading GIS software provider, released a public version of its ArcGIS JavaScript API that allows developers to integrate GIS functionality with web applications. Now ESRI has added a new ArcGIS Server Live User Sites section to its web site that showcases various geospatial solutions, several of which use the ArcGIS JavaScript API (see our ESRI API profile ). The online gallery includes the following sites: Solar Boston (more at our...Read Full Story

We are proud to announce a new contest from terra IMS. Over the past months we have had an opportunity to view some outstanding mashups created by users of our mapicons Dynamic Generator. To thank you for your continuing support and positive feedback, we are sponsoring a contest during the month of April for all our mapicons Dynamic Generator users. We are awarding prizes to the top three map mashups that are entered into the contest: 1st Place) A Magellan eXplorist GPS Unit 2nd Place) A 4GB...Read Full Story

We have added a new Labs section on our web site that showcases some of the tinkering we are doing with map mashups. Our goal is to share with you some of the interesting concepts that we hope to integrate with future mashups. Our Featured Project: U.S. EPA Superfund Site Locator The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its National Priority list of Superfund Sites in XML format. We converted the XML data and integrated it with a database. Users enter an address and it is...Read Full Story

Our heat map of Florida Superfund Sites was selected as a "great way to visualize real estate that might have not-in-my-backyard issues." We're happy to announce that one of our map mashups has been selected as the Second Prize winner for FortiusOne 's GeoIQ Mashup Contest . We are happy and proud to be bestowed with the recognition. We think GeoIQ is an increasingly valuable tool for spatial analysis, and we look forward to working more with it in the near future. Speaking of Superfund sites...Read Full Story

Our judges have finished casting their votes, and the results are in for our mapicons Dynamic Generator Map Mashup Contest. ApartmentOutpost.com Submitted by Chris Davies, CEO The Apartment Outpost Prize: Magellan eXplorist 100 GPS Receiver newconsearch The Agent's Source for New Construction Submitted by Steven Stalcott Smith, President newconsearch.com Prize: Kingston 4GB DataTraveler USB Drive WharTown Submitted by Alex Vorobiev University of Pennsylvania Prize: Equal Exchange Fair-Trade...Read Full Story

Want to make money from Flash map mashups? One new alternative comes from Lat49, the online ad network for interactive maps, who have just added support for integrating ads into Flash maps. As we covered last year , Lat49 enables map mashup developers to layer geographically relevant ads onto third party mapping platforms like Google Maps and Yahoo Maps. The contextual ads can be placed on top of and alongside the maps themselves. They also offer developers an API for finer control over the...Read Full Story

Top Ten Technologies for 2010 The following top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2009.   1. Green IT The focus of Green IT that came to the forefront in 2009 will accelerate and expand in 2008. Consider potential regulations and have alternative plans for data center and capacity growth.  Regulations are multiplying and have the potential to seriously constrain companies in building data centers, as the impact on power grids, carbon emissions from...Read Full Story