Gulf Oil Spill
Gulf Oil Spill: more damage or cleanup ? What should we expect from BP ?
June 27, 2010
December 11, 2009
Wayfinding by chirping sparrows in Penn Station
Q. Every time I wait in the Long Island Rail Road section of NYC Pennsylvania Station, I hear chirping, tweeting birds. The sound is louder near overhead speakers, so I'm assuming it's a recording. Is it supposed to make passengers calmer, like Muzak?
A. You are hearing a "talking kiosk," designed to help visually impaired passengers and others navigate the confusion of the station. The kiosk is in the Long Island Rail Road's main concourse, between the entrances to Tracks 14 and 15.
"To help visually impaired customers locate the kiosk, it emits the song of the lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), a bird species native to the American West, that is found by audiologists to have a unique set of phonetic properties considered effective for directional way-finding," said Susan McGowan, a spokeswoman for the railroad.
The current model was installed in December 2008, replacing an older one that also chirped. This one features a touch-activated tactile map of the station, visual displays for the partially sighted, and a voice designed for phonetic clarity, Ms. McGowan said in an e-mail message. As a customer touches different parts of the map, the kiosk describes the location and gives directions. It also offers general information about Penn Station and the Long Island Rail Road.
May 30, 2008
Subway Maps, overlay, by on ny turf
October 4, 2007
March 10, 2007
queenscrap
Queens' Crap:
Curbed on over development,
Infill slums vs Broadway Flushing Auburndale area
(the "privileged" community far to the east of downtown).
Immigrant storage (57th Avenue, east of Van Horn Street in Elmhurst).
Flushing is starting to to look worse than a scene from Blade Runner.
September 4, 2006
Get caffeinated map
Coffee map, cups around town.
August 18, 2006
subway map mashup for NYC
google-subway map mashup by onnyturf.
See previously: Dynamap layered map.
June 26, 2006
NY Real Estate maps: Shark Bites
Curbed and Property Shark team for NY Property Map theme of the week at Shark Bites.
March 3, 2006
CA Quake mapped
Earthquakes: CA quake map.
January 1, 2006
Fairfield, CT map
Map for Fairfield, CT and Westchester, NY commuting locations.
December 18, 2005
December 13, 2005
December 6, 2005
Google maps mania
Google maps mania charts the
mash ups and applications.
November 8, 2005
Arctic MINI map and photo mashup
NoNo's Arctic MINI map and photo mashup is live.
November 7, 2005
Tour de NORD: Hudson Bay or Bust III
Mapping the 2006 arctic expedition.
Planning threads:
MINI2
NE MINI
Arctic MINI reference by Ross Trusler.
Itinerary
More about Newfoundland:
Picture gallery by Jerry Curtis.
Weather:
Saint John's: BureauMétéo
Increasing cloudiness. Snow at times mixed with ice pellets beginning overnight.
Snow and ice pellet amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind becoming east 20 km/h then increasing
to 40 gusting to 60 overnight. Temperature rising to zero by morning.
October 14, 2005
housing map 2
September 30, 2005
Housing Map
April 10, 2005
Craig's List and Google Maps
Craig's List and Google Maps merge, and the result is good.
See for rent and for sale listings plotted on a map,
pins colourized to show availability of pictures,
drill down the matches to a feature set or price band.