http://www.universalhub.com/taxonomy/term/4700/0 en-US http://www.universalhub.com/node/26678 <p><a href="http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/2009/07/30/mbta-routes-are-now-in-google-maps-but-theyre-still-wrong/">Ride the T with Google Maps? Sure, if you don't mind ending up in the wrong place!</a></p> http://www.universalhub.com/node/26678#comments Boston The T google maps Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:10:25 +0000 jikamens 26678 at http://www.universalhub.com http://www.universalhub.com/2009/google-map-boston-neighborhoods <p>Because of its expansion through annexation and land reclamation, and because of the vast differences in size between its neighborhoods, making a web-ready neighborhood map of Boston is extremely difficult. Most online neighborhood maps currently available are <a href="http://www.tbf.org/uploadedImages/Neighborhhod-map-large.gif">simple line drawings</a> or <a href="http://www.enviroedboston.org/directory/images/Boston_Neighborhoods_BRA.gif">text paste-overs</a>. </p> <p>I've attempted to solve both these problems by creating a <a href="http://cosmocatalano.com/bostonmap/">neighborhood map of Boston</a> using Google Maps. It overlays the neighborhood boundaries onto Google's existing maps, and scales easily in and out.</p> <p><a href="http://www.universalhub.com/2009/google-map-boston-neighborhoods" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.universalhub.com/2009/google-map-boston-neighborhoods#comments Allston Boston Back Bay Bay Village Beacon Hill Brighton Charlestown Chinatown Dorchester Downtown East Boston Fenway Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Mattapan North End Roslindale Roxbury South Boston South End West Roxbury Community journalism Technology google maps neighborhoods Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:19:32 +0000 cosmo.catalano 24233 at http://www.universalhub.com