Portland

Portland LIDAR Survey
A $1-million project to map the terrain of Portland, Oregon will take place over the next few weeks, the Oregonian reports. The aerial LIDAR survey is intended to create a hyper-accurate terrain map that will be particularly useful in predicting areas at risk of landslides, to which Portland is…   Read more →
Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Categories: Earth Sciences, Portland, Satellite & Aerial, Surveying
Google Transit
In other Google News: Google Transit, which seems to be an in-house mashup of Google Maps and public transit data. It calculates costs and displays bus and rail routes and times; the examples give some idea of the parameters you can enter: not only addresses, but also leave-at/arrive-by times. Portland,…   Read more →
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Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2005 at 9:21 PM
Categories: Mass Transit, Online Maps, Portland
Google Maps Hacks: WiFi Access Points
Computer geeks are the ones hacking Google Maps. Computer geeks like WiFi. No surprise, then, that several of the map hacks using the Google Maps API involve wireless hotspot locations. Maps of free WiFi access points are available for New York, Chicago (click for a suburb; buggy when I tried…   Read more →
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Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 at 4:25 PM
Categories: Chicago, Hacks & Mashups, New York, Portland
Traffic Maps for Portland, Oregon
The Oregon Department of Transportation’s TripCheck site provides traffic information for the Portland area, including a neat speed map, which is a great way of visualizing congestion. Via Matt….   Read more →
Posted on Sunday, June 5, 2005 at 3:05 PM
Categories: Portland, Traffic Conditions

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