Community Planning

The Cincinnati Enquirer - CinciNavigator

http://data.cincinnati.com/navigator/

While other news sites are focusing on single topics for their map features, The Enquirer created a one-stop shop for a bevy of mappable data. Users can search by location for live traffic, crime data, smoking complaints, property sales, dog licenses and new businesses, among other things. Even the paper’s news stories are “geo-coded” by neighborhood and are viewable on the map.

muti (South Africa) - News Map

http://muti.co.za/static/newsmap.html

By using Google Maps technology, News Map lets the user select any area in the world. Then the user is presented with a list of relevant stories for that region, generated from Yahoo! News. The site is run in South Africa but users can search for stories all over the globe.

ChicagoCrime.org

http://www.chicagocrime.org/

ChicagoCrime.org offers a browsable database of 90-days of crime incidents and locations in the Chicago area. It was created by Adrian Holovaty, editor, editorial innovations, washingtonpost.com. He used Google Maps and data from the Chicago Police Department’s Citizen ICAM. Users can also find which day had the most and fewest crimes, which crimes are most reported and which locations experience the most crime. Also offered are RSS feeds specified for each police beat and city block.

Investigating the Gap - Long Island Rail Road

http://www.newsday.com/gap

Newsday.com investigated and produced this multimedia package unveiling the dangers of the Long Island Rail Road gap. View a timeline of accident reports from different stations and hear stories from the victims. Take a look at how the gaps are created and check the gap size at your station.

"Plan Your Future Park"

http://www.gothamgazette.com/parksgame/

New York City, NY—The Gotham Gazette’s newest interactive game, “Plan Your Future Park” lets you plan a city park, making choices that communities always have to face. Do you want dogs? Skateboarding? How will you prevent crime? In addition to selecting from “multiple choice” solutions, a message board allows users to communicate specific opinions and concerns. See article.

Baristanet - Montclair Teardown Map

http://www.baristanet.com/2006/09/montclair_nj.php#more

Baristanet, a citizen media site and online community for Essex County, N.J., used Google Maps to create this application that tracks houses being torn down and new houses being built. Different colored icons are used to designate houses that will be torn down, houses that will be built on empty lots, and houses that are designated as “historic”—which does not necessarily protect them from demolition

WestportNow - Westport Teardowns Interactive Map

http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/teardowns/

WestportNow created this clickable, movable map to chronicle the number of houses being bought, torn down and replaced with “McMansions” in this Connecticut town. Dragging the cursor over a green dot displays the address, a photo of the lot, a status update and its purchase price. Clicking a dot gives a larger photo and more details about the lot.

washingtonpost.com - Block by Block, the Changing Face of Southeast

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/graphics/stadium_081505/

To show the increasing property value and the number of real estate projects that have resulted from the proposed baseball stadium in Southeast Washington, D.C., washingtonpost.com created this informative graphic with a map overlaid on a satellite image of the area. Scrolling over the buildings and lots on the map brings up a box that tells what is in that location now, what is planned there in the future, who owns the real estate and how much it is worth.

TheState.com - New Life for Five Points

http://www.thestateonline.com/news/flash/5pt/newdesign.html

The State newspaper and TheState.com created this multimedia piece to show improvements in the works in Columbia, S.C. Detailed descriptions and graphics show changes being made to the streetscape and underground, while animated graphics detail the construction process, such as how to replace old, fragile pipes using a technique called “pipe bursting.”

The Chicago Tribune - From Here to Excellence

http://www.chicagotribune.com/edfund

The Chicago Tribune takes an in-depth look at the Illinois public education system in this multi-part series that grew into a multimedia, participatory online presentation. The Tribune attacks the issue of how to revamp the system to help Illinois students compete in a global economy. With focus on specific targets, the series used extensive database research and interactive opportunities for the public to become involved in the debate.

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