As calls for evacuations in California continue 2 media outlets are using Google Maps to help local residents or those already evacuated to track the spread of the wildfires:
LATimes.com uses Google My Maps to create wildfire tracking map:
This Google Map created by the team at the LATimes.com can be found by linking off from the "Interactive Google map" link found on the front page of the site (as of 23-Oct/07). This spawns a Google Maps view of a frequently updated map of wildfires in Southern California. Click the map markers to reveal a great deal of information which includes: Location, Acres burned, Containment %, Structures Destroyed/Damaged, Injuries, When it Started, Possible cause, Point of origin, Firefighters deployed and finally.. the number of Evacuations. This is impressive data all mapped to help those keep track of loved ones or their own homes and properties.
KPBS San Diego helping local residents with Google My Map:
KPBS San Diego is also providing a service to the community by helping residents stay current on very specific information for the San Diego area. A Google My Map has been set up and linked from the KPBS front page to help people stay current with the wildfire situation there. KPBS in addition to offering radio reports has set up a Twitter page that will provide text updates immediately for San Diego residents:
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Check out:
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/kml/conus.kmz.
This actually gives you a feel of the size of the fires.
I've taken the activefiremaps.fs.fed.us data and made it into a google map so that it is more easily accessed. You can see the map here:
http://web.mac.com/jon.markel/iWeb/Site/SoCalWildfire.html
Mike - the team at KPBS *urgently* need to connect with the Google Maps PM about some issues they've been seeing. Leng Caloh their managing online editor. Please have the Google Maps PM reach out to him immediately.
tel (619) 594-8509, mobile (619) 876-0085, lcaloh@kpbs.org
Thanks,
David Weeky (PBwiki)
People from KPBS and the LA Times have done an absolutely wonderful work bringing news coverage of the fire, especially to those of us in San Diego have been frantically trying to assess the situation. Creating the maps they did in such a short time, is no easy task.
When Travature, like many San Diego based companies, had to temporarily close our office. We were constantly viewing the KPBS google maps and the LA Times twitter streams, but we also were looking at social outlets like youtube and flickr. We ended up quickly throwing together our own San Diego Fire Mashup: including the KPBS Google map of the fire area, realtime twitter and blogger streams from the LA Times, SignonSanDiego, KPBS, and NateRitter, plus the latest fire photos coming into Flickr and videos coming in to Youtube.
We were using it internally so we could keep track of things a little easier, but started offering it up to others people, as well, and have been amazed at the number of people who have been using it and found it helpful.
You can check it out at travature.com/fire
-Take care San Diego
Hi guys,
I need some help. Has anyone taken the fire maps and mashed them up with zip code so it's possible to identify which zips have been affected? If not, is this something easily done?
Thank you very much for any assistance you could provide.
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