State and Local Government

PHL Crime Mapper: open data in action article  One hour to make CartoDB Philly Flu shot map map Making Mapping Easy: A New Editor for OpenStreetMap The Guardian maps US gun law - with only a little geography: Gun laws in the US, state by state – interactive map...

The Hernando County Property Appraiser's Office is seeking volunteer assistance with its Geographic Information System project. Those with computer experience, particularly with Arc GIS [sic], are preferred. Volunteers may contribute up to 30 hours per week, as their schedules permit. -...

The Lower Hudson Journal News has been under fire for publishing a map of gun permit holders in two counties in New York State  before Christma. (APB coverage 1, 2, podcast). On Friday January 18 the paper removed the interactive map. Why? Publisher Janet Hasson gave answers in a media statement...

Now that Beidou, China's own GNSS, is mature and field tests of its use in commercial vehicles is complete, officials are requiring certain livery vehicles to remove existing GNSS devices that tap into the U.S. GPS or other constellations and use Beidou exclusively. The change is required at the...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation now hosts a map of unidentified bank robbery suspects. It uses geotagged security camera photos of bank robbery suspects and includes their nicknames for easier searching. While articles I read called the map a "Google Map" in fact it uses OpenLayers and you...

With the California Legislature back in session, the California Technology Agency’s Office of Geographic Information Systems has launched a new geocoding tool to help Californians find their state legislative representatives. Using the California Enterprise Geocoding Service, in partnership...

License plate identification, picture-taking drones and GPS tracking devices are legal in certain cases and their users may have only the best of intentions. So, what could possibly go wrong if these tools are deployed for purposes other than those for which they were intended? Welcome to the new...

This is perhaps another way to explain the power of social media. Location technology does not seem to have played a bit role. Natalie from New Haven, CT, lost her right hand mitten. After looking for it to no avail she posted it to SeeClickFix (the "report an issue in your city" app). A day...

All Points Blog covered the map's publication last year and Directions Magazine hosts a podcast on the decision to publish. The latest: NYS Senator David Carlucci (D) Calling on the Journal News to Remove their Map - Rockland County Times The Affiliated Police Association (an umbrella...

On Jan 8, 2013 a judge ruled on the Texas case where a student protested wearing an RFID-enable school ID on religious grounds: A Texas school district can transfer a student who is citing religious reasons for her refusal to wear an identification card that is part of an electronic tracking...