Find a Flu Shot with Google Maps

Google Flu Shot Finder

Google has again collaborated with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association to release a Google Map that can help you find nearby locations where you can get a flu vaccine.

As well as the Google standalone map the Flu Shot Finder can be found onFlu.gov. Flu.gov are also allowing you to add their version of the map to your own website by providing a short piece of code which you can cut & paste to embed the map.

Find a Flu Shot with Google Maps

Google Flu Shot Finder

Google has again collaborated with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association to release a Google Map that can help you find nearby locations where you can get a flu vaccine.

As well as the Google standalone map the Flu Shot Finder can be found onFlu.gov. Flu.gov are also allowing you to add their version of the map to your own website by providing a short piece of code which you can cut & paste to embed the map.

Find a Flu Shot with Google Maps

Google Flu Shot Finder

Google has again collaborated with the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS), their flu.gov collaborators and the American Lung Association to release a Google Map that can help you find nearby locations where you can get a flu vaccine.

As well as the Google standalone map the Flu Shot Finder can be found onFlu.gov. Flu.gov are also allowing you to add their version of the map to your own website by providing a short piece of code which you can cut & paste to embed the map.

Sea Ice Extent Animation updated for 2010

We've told you a few times about the excellent Sea Ice Extent data that the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has been producing. They've recently updated their files to show data from 2010, and the results are quite stunning:

According to their site, the 2010 low (reached on September 19) was the third lowest on satellite record:

Average ice extent for September 2010 was 4.90 million square kilometers (1.89 million square miles), 2.14 million square kilometers (830,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 average, but 600,000 square kilometers (230,00 square miles) above the average for September 2007, the lowest monthly extent in the satellite record. Ice extent was below the 1979 to 2000 average everywhere except in the East Greenland Sea near Svalbard.

The U.S. National Ice Center declared both the Northwest Passage and the Northern Sea Route open for a period during September. Stephen Howell of Environment Canada reported a record early melt-out and low extent in the western Parry Channel region of the Northwest Passage, based on analyses of the Canadian Ice Service. Two sailing expeditions, one Norwegian and one Russian, successfully navigated both passages and are nearing their goal of circumnavigating the Arctic.

You can check it out for yourself using this KMZ file. Or, if you'd prefer, you can simply watch the video below that shows all of the data in the KMZ.

Gun Ownership Data on Google Maps

Concealed Handguns in San Antonio: 2009

The Texas Tribune have analyzed a Department of Public Safety database that tracks concealed handgun licenses in Texas. The Tribune have produced a number of Google Maps to show the rates of gun permit ownership and income levels for each county.

My SA News has used the maps and the underlying data to look at how gun permit ownership is tied to income and politics. Overall the My SA News seems to conclude that gun permit ownership is lower in lower income areas because people can't afford the permits rather than that they don't own guns

California History on Google Maps

Calisphere

The University of California have created Calisphere as a gateway to more than 150,000 digitized items. These digitized primary sources include photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts that reveal the diverse history and culture of California.

As part of the Calisphere project a number of Google Maps have been created to showcase some of the digitized historical photographs in the collection. Five maps have been produced to display the photographs by category. The categories are; transportation, city scenes, civic buildings, disasters andeveryday life.

Each of the maps displays the location of the photograph with a small thumbnail image. If you click on the thumbnail you can view the image in an information window and click through to get more information about the image.

Tagging Ghosts with Google Maps

Ghostag

When I saw the name of this Google Maps application I hoped that the creators had managed to attach GPS devices to a number of ghosts and were tracking their movements in real-time. No such luck. Ghostag is instead a crowd-sourced map of ghost sightings.

To tag a ghost on the map you simply need to click on a location and add the details of your sighting. If you manage to get a picture of the ghost (or failing that - the location of the sighting) you can also add that to the map.

The map uses the Google Maps API v3 Styled Maps function to create a suitably creepy look. When viewing the map turn on your speakers as it also contains some ghostly sounds and the occasional ghost like apparition appearing on top of the map.

Woooooo!

Imagery of the Hungarian sludge spill

Hot off the satellite, we’ve received brand new Ikonos imagery of the recent sludge spill in Hungary. See the below screen shots for before/after images; you can also view the the imagery in Google Earth using this KML overlay. Special thanks to GeoEye for making updated imagery available so quickly.

Image credit: DigitalGlobe (left) and GeoEye (right)

Image credit: DigitalGlobe (left) and GeoEye (right)

Image credit: DigitalGlobe (left) and GeoEye (right)

Imagery of the Hungarian sludge spill

Hot off the satellite, we’ve received brand new Ikonos imagery of the recent sludge spill in Hungary. See the below screen shots for before/after images; you can also view the the imagery in Google Earth using this KML overlay. Special thanks to GeoEye for making updated imagery available so quickly.

Image credit: DigitalGlobe (left) and GeoEye (right)

Image credit: DigitalGlobe (left) and GeoEye (right)

Image credit: DigitalGlobe (left) and GeoEye (right)

The Chicago Marathon 2010 Route

Going the Distance - The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal's Going the Distance Marathon comparison tool has the route of this Sunday's Chicago Marathon. The map includes the Chicago Marathon route, an elevations chart and Street Views of the route.

The Wall Street Journal Going the Distance application also has Google Maps of the Boston Marathon route, the New York Marathon and the San Francisco Marathon. Each route is accompanied by an elevation chart and Street View.

My favourite feature of the Wall Street Journals maps is the superb integration between the elevation chart and Street View. If you hover your mouse along the elevation chart the Street View will update to show the respective view. Very cool.