Two articles in The New York Times point to the importance of maps and mobile services this week.
A screen shot of the Android version of Waze, a social mapping service used by millions of drivers around the world.
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Maps and mobile services are a winning combination
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013Google Maps presents a new app for the iPhone
Thursday, December 13th, 2012David Pogue reviews the new Google Maps app for the iPhone for The New York Times today. Readers of GISCafe Voice might remember Apple dropped their long time relationship with Google in order to provide their own Apple Maps, which some customers have not found as good as Google Maps.
Police tracking cellphones routinely
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012WASHINGTON — Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, documents show.
The practice has become big business for cellphone companies, too, with a handful of carriers marketing a catalog of “surveillance fees” to police departments to determine a suspect’s location, trace phone calls and texts or provide other services. Some departments log dozens of traces a month for both emergencies and routine investigations.
–The New York Times, March 31, 2012
Map depicts voting patterns for Iowa Republican Caucuses
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012Good map depicted the Iowa Republican Caucuses and how each county voted in The New York Times. You can filter data by demographics, median income, other (such as college education), and who won in 2008.
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