GIS Mashups
Using web mapping A(pplication) P(rogramming) I(nterface)s from Google and Esri we experimented with creating applications that bring together data from different sources--the mashup.
The cool thing about mapping mashups is you don't have to be GIS to play. You don't even have to be a developer. But you do need to log some time in the basement—or the attic—or whatever café keeps you coding, because while it's not hard, it's not automatic, either.
Project 1. The Google Maps API
Since I love poetry I wanted to try mapping a text in a way that made narrative sense. I needed a poem that was place-specific, relatively short, and as this was my first effort, actually mappable. And I wanted one that you didn't have to be a poet yourself to understand since my GIS colleagues were, well, mostly not.
One of my favorite poems immediately came to mind: Frank O'Hara's The Day Lady Died.
Using web mapping A(pplication) P(rogramming) I(nterface)s from Google and Esri we experimented with creating applications that bring together data from different sources--the mashup.
The cool thing about mapping mashups is you don't have to be GIS to play. You don't even have to be a developer. But you do need to log some time in the basement—or the attic—or whatever café keeps you coding, because while it's not hard, it's not automatic, either.
Project 1. The Google Maps API
Since I love poetry I wanted to try mapping a text in a way that made narrative sense. I needed a poem that was place-specific, relatively short, and as this was my first effort, actually mappable. And I wanted one that you didn't have to be a poet yourself to understand since my GIS colleagues were, well, mostly not.
One of my favorite poems immediately came to mind: Frank O'Hara's The Day Lady Died.