The Associated Press is leaving other mapping systems and Flash behind with a new HTML based map to be used for its interactive media offerings.
Among the tools used are TileMill (to make the map tiles) and Leaflet (for the JavaScript interaction) according to Michelle Minkoff, Interactive Producer for the Associated Press. She notes its first use:
Our first project with it locates all active nuclear sites, and the 50-mile evacuation zones around them, providing population data and plant information, etc. Check it out, I’ll wait!
