Tag: mapping

  • Welcome to the Neighborhood

    I have been living in Shanghai, China since the middle of May but have not got around to posting anything expect to my flickr account and the previous post, the photo of the Shanghai skyline. Today i discovered that a site called city8.com has a Google street view type service for Shanghai. For the uninitiated, […]

  • PackageMapper.com

    Yes, yet another mapping post today, but anyhow, Armed with Google Maps and Ruby on Rails, PackageMapper.com visually tracks your packages as they meander around the US on the back of a brown or white truck. Call me crazy, but I like to know where my packages are at, and now I can. The only […]

  • Location by Zip Code

    Ever wondered what area falls into your zipcode? Check out this amazing webapplication designed by Ben Fry. Simply start typing in your zipcode and it will begin isolating the region a number at a time. Below is an example for the numbers “57,” which happens to be the prefix for the entire state of South […]