Use your years of experience to envision, design, and develop the next generation of ArcGIS products. Join ESRI, where your individual contributions will have an impact on new software functionality. Apply now or search other opportunities.
For those of you tracking the progress that developers are making with the Google map API, you'll be hard pressed to find a better implementation than that of ChicagoCrime.org. The clever developer of this site has incorporated the Google Map API along with some publicly available crime data from the City of Chicago. Visitors can browse crimes by type, street, date, police district, ZIP code, Ward, or specific location. Viewing a them like Arson will reveal details of a specific occurrence sorted by date/time accompanied by an address and a direct hyperlink to a crime map served via the Google map API.
According to the site, they incorporate crime data obtained from the CPD's Citizen ICAM Web site, which is a publicly available database of reported crime. See http://12.17.79.6/. (See disclaimer below)
When viewing the resulting map revealed by a search users can toggle the display to show the map (a typical vanilla Google map), Satellite (imagery from Google Keyhole), or a hybrid (a combination of the two previous options).
For developers creating their own apps, the site also provides news which describes all the latest progress and developments.
About the developer... as referenced in a lead from http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/, the developer of ChicagoCrimeMaps, Adrian Holovaty, gained so much notoriety from his efforts that the Washington Post not only hired him but they created a new position just to accommodate him. It seems the newspaper was so impressed that Holvaty will soon be taking up a role with the "Post" as "editor, editorial innovations". He'll be charged with coming up with new ideas for site features, implementing things quickly, and working on special projects. (source: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=86489)
Note to users: Citizen ICAM (the data source) only gives access to 90 days' worth of crime, and there is a week delay before crime reports are available online. Because chicagocrime.org gets its data from Citizen ICAM, they have the same limitations.
For more information about the Google Map API See:
GISuser Spotlight... Twitter clients for the Google G1 and Android mobile smart phones - I’m currently using the G1 as my main/only mobile device - it’s a perfect time for such a challenge because I’m also traveling and away from the office so there are always hiccups and glitches that can occur under such circumstances - a perfect time for a test!
The 2009 NAVTEQ LBS Challenge a look at the semi finalists, the Winning apps, and the LBSzone picks! At the CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas, NAVTEQ held the award ceremonies for their 6th LBS Challenge, a competition designed to stimulate interest in location services and encourage developers to create innovative location-aware applications. We look at the state of LBS, the TOP apps, the winners, and our own top picks!
Economic Stimulus Project areas that may create GIS/Geo Tech Opportunities - Like many of you, we haven't really had time to go through the entire 1,071 page Detailed List of Spending - you can view and download the entire document at ProRepublica. We did take a little time, however, to go through this fine summary.
ESRI Business GIS Summit, July 12-15, 2009 · San Diego, CA - This combination provides an unprecedented opportunity to learn how GIS addresses today's business challenges. If you're interested in business GIS as a manager, executive, or user, there's no better event to attend.vealed.
ESRI International User Conference, July 13-17, 2009 · San Diego, CA - ESRI customers across the globe are invited to register to attend the world's largest gathering of GIS professionals.
Webinar: Google Earth For Your Government Agency - Join Google and DLT an informative webinar on Tuesday, June 30th from 2-3 ET to learn more about how the Google Earth Enterprise solution is helping government agencies to collaborate, and take faster, more informed action.
Is your LizardTech Lizard star material? SHOW US and you could win a new GPS system. Simply snap a creative photo of your favorite, authentic LizardTech Collectable Lizard and see how it measures up. Photos will be featured on the official LizardTech Flickr page and voted on by viewers everywhere. Submit yours today and win!
For those of you tracking the progress that developers are making with the Google map API, you'll be hard pressed to find a better implementation than that of ChicagoCrime.org. The clever developer of this site has incorporated the Google Map API along with some publicly available crime data from the City of Chicago. Visitors can browse crimes by type, street, date, police district, ZIP code, Ward, or specific location. Viewing a them like Arson will reveal details of a specific occurrence sorted by date/time accompanied by an address and a direct hyperlink to a crime map served via the Google map API.
See more 
