Mapping Hacks

by Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson and Jo Walsh

Archive for April, 2008

CivicSpace ZIP Code Database

Monday, April 28th, 2008

About four years ago, Civic Space Labs commissioned me to provide them with a freely available database of US ZIP code centroids. For a while, it was hosted on their site, but at some point the link was broken. Since then, I’ve gotten about an email a month from people looking for the database.
For future […]

Posted in geodata, data, services/geocoder, public geodata | 1 Comment »


On food pricing

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Each time i read another sensationalising “food crisis” article, I grumble. What else is the blogosphere for, but to get things like this off one’s chest;
So, prices of all kinds of food staples are rising globally, rapidly. Some - like rice - are specifically singled out, and specific warnings actually serve to worsen price inflation […]

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