In previous posts, I've mentioned some of the cool projects that Azavea (a GIS consulting firm in Philly) is involved in. Things like... creating a mobile GIS app for cell phone users to find and map the locations of heart defibrillators across Philadelphia... launching a web map application for students, researchers and concerned citizens to map their watershed and … [Read more...]
WikiWatershed – Model My Watershed
WikiWatershed is another exciting project under development by the team at Azavea. The project - a collaboration between the Stroud Water Research Center, Azavea, University of Pennsylvania's Cartographic Modeling Lab and Millersville University - features a suite of web-based mapping and analysis tools designed for use by students and concerned citizens in sharing … [Read more...]
PhillyHistory + augmented reality as a smartphone app
This is the first in a series of posts about several exciting new projects that my old friends and Philly GIS happy hour buddies are up to at Azavea. The first is funded by an NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant that was awarded to the Philadelphia Department of Records to create a smartphone app that will enable users to view historic photos from PhillyHistory.org draped … [Read more...]