Resources for Ducky's Info Vis Project

Google Maps info

• Mapki -- create your own custom maps, FAQ, All pages
• gmaps group
• GoogleMapsHacking
• Google Maps Mania
• GMaps API and rev2
• tutorial, hints more, crosshairs
• maps.huge.info zipcode boundaries etc
• zeemaps
• XMaps
• Farley Family intro to ajax
• tracer utility
• get lat long utility
• UK county boundaries

• SVG blog post 1 and SVG blog post 2
• someone grappling w/issue of needing host space for maps
• kyle's overlays blog post
• SVG in ggroups

• more on svg:

http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/maps2.37.api.js

http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"

Javascript

• jibbering
• w3schools

Other Libraries / APIs

• GD library
• Shapefile C library
  • .shp API
  • .dbf API
  • shapelib utilities

• C++ String lib or here
• C++ STL

• custom maps!

Data

• HowToUseCensusBureauData
• ESRI SF1
• description of characteristic iteration codes
• interesting stuff: google search on sf1 stfid
• more on TIGER
• TIGER/Line format doc
• 2000 census terms and concepts
• description of DB3 fields
• that class project that talked about using census bureau files

LaTeX

• jurabib

Maybe useful

• simple JS to load points from a remote file
• annotated gmap howto

Probably not useful

• VML (not sure exactly what use this is for -- maybe undocumented?)
• Data Format Description Language (DFDL)
• various GIS data, including e.g. place names
• microdem
• geodas sw from natl geophysical data center
• gistoolkit
• opensourcegis
• GRASS GIS source
• pointer to code I might want...
• Example code:
  • http://www.terralib.org/cvs/viewcvs.cgi/src/terralib/functions/TeSTEFunctionsSHP.cpp?rev=1.3
• TIGER database
• Florida shapefiles
• Tutorial for Community Viewer
• Prox geocoder
• ESRI Tiger shapefiles
• Shapelib python binding
• easily available demographic data

• Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = DuckySherwood