Monday ORB Roundup

Nokia Announces Pedestrian Maps

Bush Administration Shuts Down economicindicators.gov

MediaShift: Your Guide to Online Privacy

Will Fonda's On-Air Blooper Help CBS in the Janet Jackson Case?

Mapping the New Hampshire Primary

Politico has also created a county-by-county interactive map for New Hampshire.

NPR has created a U.S. interactive map for the primaries. Click on the state of New Hampshire for last night's results. Click on the AP link (bottom of the chart) for a listing of county-by-county numbers.

Mapping the Iowa Caucus

From The Map Room -

" Politico’s interactive map gives you county-by-county results as you hover your cursor over the map, but lacks the instant usefulness of a good choropleth map. And while the choropleth is among the best ways of doing a map of election results, when you have a dozen or so candidates you end up having to do a lot of maps. The Des Moines Register’s election results page allows you to toggle between the various maps at a click; one drawback is that the maps show a candidate’s place (e.g., 1st, 2nd), rather than raw votes or percentages."


Can't wait to see what is done with the New Hampshire results...

Google Transit is now fully integrated into Google Maps. Users are now given the option to select "Take Public Transit" as an alternative to driving instructions. Not all public transportation networks are included. In fact, the current offering is mainly geared to the West Coast, including Portland.

Click map for larger image.

Yahoo Maps got a sleeker new look this week. They dumped deCarta’s mapping technology, and are now using a new in-house database. Yahoo says the new platform will make the website faster and more accurate. Check it out!

Note: If you are a online map novice I would suggest that you take a look at the help section. Especially helpful is the tips and tricks feature.

Mapping Baghdad's Violence (2003-2007)

The BBC's interactive map tracks where the violence is occurring in Baghdad. Features include key locations, ethnic areas (changes based on time chosen) and bomb attacks and casualties by month.