08.01.08     Tags: , , , , ,     Filed under: Great tools, Maps

A Google maps tutorial worth trying

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 [...]

06.24.08     Tags: , , , , , ,     Filed under: Great multimedia, Industry, Maps

Sobering maps of newspaper cuts

This via cyberjournalist: An interactive map of newspaper layoffs and buyouts this year at graphicdesignr.net. The listed total is more than 4,880. You can also find one for 2007, which includes the cuts at my newspaper, The Spokesman-Review.

Two points: First, this [...]

06.18.08     Tags: , , , ,     Filed under: Maps, Self-promotion

Spokane City Drive on Google Maps

On Monday we ran a story about the Old City Drive in Spokane, an excursion mapped out by the visitors center folks to highlight points of interest and charm in the Lilac City.

The city editor sent me a page of [...]

03.10.08     Tags: , , , ,     Filed under: Great tools

Mapping: Community Walk

I’ve recently been drooling over Google maps mashups. I’m coming into the game late, and I lack the programming skills to produce anything like these maps of homicides in New York City, Spokane residents’ stories about a big snowfall* and happy [...]