MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection.

OffMaps 2 allows you to access searchable maps, your position and bookmarks wherever you are, even offline and abroad. OffMaps stores maps directly on your device and lets you search the map offline.

Save data roaming charges abroad with your iPhone or turn your iPod into a fully featured travel guide.

2 maps are included for free, additional maps can be purchased at 0.99$ for 3 downloads (0.33$ per map) or get the flatrate at 5.99$ and load as many maps as you like. Map updates are free.

VisualEyes is web-based authoring tool developed at the University of Virginia to weave images, maps, charts, video and data into highly interactive and compelling dynamic visualizations.

VisualEyes enables scholars to present selected primary source materials and research findings while encouraging active inquiry and hands-on learning among general and targeted audiences. It communicates through the use of dynamic displays – or "visualizations" – that organize and present meaningful information in both traditional and multimedia formats, such as audio-video, animation, charts, maps, data, and interactive timelines. The effective use of the visualizations can reveal and illuminate relationships between multiple kinds of information across time and space far more effectively than words alone.


VisualEyes enables scholars to present selected primary source materials and research findings while encouraging active inquiry and hands-on learning among general and targeted audiences. It communicates through the use of dynamic displays – or "visualizations" – that organize and present meaningful information in both traditional and multimedia formats, such as audio-video, animation, charts, maps, data, and interactive timelines. The effective use of the visualizations can reveal and illuminate relationships between multiple kinds of information across time and space far more effectively than words alone.

Over the past few months, I have been slowly putting together a series on the new Google Bike-There Feature, which was released in March of 2010.  Part I of the series reviewed the overall application, how it works, and some of its advantages and disadvantages.  Part II discussed various online options for mapping bike routes and then reviewed one option, Open Street Map, in greater depth in order to compare and contrast it with Google’s Bike-There.  The third piece in the series will compare and contrast Google’s Bike-There with Ride the City, an online bike route mapping application that thinks like a cyclist in order to avoid busy roads and other cycling-unfriendly situations.  Additional posts in the series will involve a series of test-runs using the various applications.

Headed cross-country and worried about a new law that might get you stopped by the police in Arizona because you look like an illegal immigrant? Not to fear! Google has now added an “Avoid Arizona” option for those generating directions.

OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you.

OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.

The Events Calendar plugin enables you to rapidly create and manage events using the post editor. Features include optional Eventbrite integration, Google Maps integration as well as default templates such as a calendar grid and event list for streamlined one click installation.

The easiest way to keep track of what’s happening on your block, in your neighborhood and all over your city — like restaurant inspections in Chinatown, crimes in the Loop or everything around 473 Kent Ave.

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