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March 6, 2006
Atlantic Yards Photo Tour
Just released, probably the richest Google Map hack to date.
Powered by Google. Produced by OnNYTurf
OnNYTurf took a photo tour of the footprint of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal and overlaid it on Google Maps.
| Included are: | |
 | wide-angle montages that include in-scale renderings (created in the 3-D mapping/modeling utility Google Earth) that illustrate just how enormous Ratner's proposal really is, |
 | interesting landmarks and locations in the neighborhood, and |
 | Dead Zones created by projects already built by Bruce Ratner. |
Google Map hacks (also referred to as "mashups") have expanded the utility of the original Google Map as programmers have overlaid original content over the popular searchable map.
Last year, OnNYTurf made life easier for all New Yorkers with the searchable Subway Map and the Institute of Justice made their point about wide-spread eminent domain abuse.
OnNYTurf's new map represents a great leap forward for Google Map hacks, as Will, OnNYTurf's creator, will attempt to release a new map a week and plans "to open the editing tools to site visitors, so that anyone can create a map, or teams of people can create maps."
Posted by lumi at March 6, 2006 12:28 PM