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10.26.08 Tags: layoffs, newspaper industry, The Spokesman-Review Filed under: Blogging, Maps, Reflections, Work
It’s been a strange five weeks. It began with a relaxing Montana getaway and culminated Friday night with toasting two dozen laid-off colleagues at the billiards hall down the street from the newsroom. Rewind. On Oct. 1, eviscerating cuts were announced at [...] 09.03.08 Tags: API, code, google maps, how to, programming, tutorials Filed under: Great tools, Maps
Ever wonder what goes on below the hood when you generate a Google Map? White Rock Solutions wants to give you a clue and teach you to do it within your text editor. I first noted White Rock’s tutorials last month. The early [...]
I like what I see here. Most of this covers areas I’m already comfortable with, such as creating a custom map, adding placemarks or lines and sharing maps. But I appreciate White Rock’s step-by-step thoroughness, the effective use of screen grabs and the easy, tabbed interface. » Continue reading Tutorials for those starting out with Google Maps Here’s another great contribution from Erica Smith, the talent behind the indispensable Paper Cuts map of newspaper layoffs. When I posted about that site, Erica chimed in and steered me toward a tutorial she wrote about creating Google maps from a database [...] 07.15.08 Tags: aquifer, google earth, google maps, interactive, Spokane, spokane river Filed under: Maps, Self-promotion, Work
View Larger Map The Spokesman-Review is running a series on the Spokane River by reporter Becky Kramer, who is taking part in a seven-part raft/paddle expedition organized by the Spokane River Forum. The project is the biggest undertaking I’ve been part of at [...] |
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