This is Uptown

…and this is downtown

But it’s less than the whole truth. It’s a scrap of waiting-to-be-developed land just east of the commercial core. It sets up a great contrast between the aspirational pretension of the Masshouse apartment block and the commercial glitz of Selfridge’s.

It represents a different kind of space set into the urban fabric.

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07/11/2010 , 10:09:45

Post 606 by dglp

Published on November 7, 2010 ~ 11:48 AM

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POI Editor

Am thinking about devising a map-based survey of derelict places, and am looking for ways for respondents to add points of their own to a web-based map.

So I need a survey tool, and a mapping tool. Have looked at Twtpoll as the possible survey tool. Seems friendly enough. But am wondering if I can get Google Docs to do a map-based survey.

On my way through the various sites turned up in a search, I found POI Editor, which makes gmap-based GPS data files via the gmap UI.

Here’s how. (The screen animation is made with XnView and MyTheme Online Photo Editor)

Post 493 by dglp

Published on August 15, 2010 ~ 01:15 AM

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