Google launched their revamped App Marketplace recently and Your Mapper is one of only two companies or individuals to have mapping services listed and be a Google Maps Qualified Developer in the United States.  The other company is in Google’s home state of California, and there are 7 more internationally in Russia, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, and Poland.

Your Mapper Apps Listing

Your Mapper Apps Listing

The Google Qualified Developer program was designed to recognize Google API and developer tools experts, and to provide those in need of development support with a directory of trusted references. The Google Apps Marketplace:

… offers products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps. Installable apps are easy to use because they include single sign-on, Google’s universal navigation, and some even include features that integrate with your domain’s data.

We’re proud to be in such an elite group of online mapping experts, serving you and your companies, and if you have used our site, please take a second to rate and comment on our service!

Our government specific data-mapping service at GovMapper is also listed in the directory as part of the Your Mapper platform.

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We’ve been mapping contributions to all of Kentucky’s political races for a while now, grabbing data from the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance going back to January of 2007.  Today we’d like to show how you can narrow this data down to one particular candidate or race, specifically, the race for the new mayor of Louisville, KY.

The Louisville Mayor’s Race

Since 1986, Louisville has had only 2 mayors, and the current mayor Jerry Abramson is now leaving to pursue the office of Lieutenant Governor.  That leaves a wide open playing field and a huge host of candidates for this 2010 election.  Using the Your Mapper keyword search (a feature on every map that searches the name and descriptions for any keywords), we can take a look at contributors to the upcoming mayoral campaigns. You can then see the results on a map with category markers for Democrat and Republican candidates.

Searching for the term ‘mayor’ brings up all contributions so far for the entire race:

Or you can search by the names of the candidates in the race by using their names as a keyword.  Here are a few of the more popular ones based on money raised so far.

Democrats

Republicans

May the best horse win!

About the Data

The contribution data includes any person or company that has contributed over a certain minimum amount to any person running for any city, state, or county office in Kentucky. Campaigns then file this information with the state registry as required, usually every quarter. You can search for contributors on the registry’s site, but you are only shown a list of results and details. Of course we think it’s more interesting to view this same data on in avisual overview, with heatmaps, on a visual interactive map of your neighborhood, and on your mobile device. If you’d like to view it some other way, just check out our programming API and roll your own.

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Vote in the NYC BigApps Contest

January 5, 2010

NYC’s BigApps contest is coming to a close, with only 2 days left in the voting. Our submission is called NYC BigMaps, and if you haven’t supported us yet by voting, please take a moment to register then do so.
This submission is a completely new website, targeted just to the citizens of New [...]

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Google Qualified Developer: One of 8 in the USA with a Qualification Certificate

December 29, 2009

Google gave final official digital certificates yesterday to qualified developers who passed their rigorous mapping certification process.  Your Mapper is one of only 8 map developers in the United States to become qualified!
The icon indicates those developers who have passed the program and obtained their certificate.
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Your Mapper Joins the Google Maps Qualified Developer Program

December 18, 2009

Your Mapper has completed Google’s rigorous mapping certification process, and is one of the few developers to be listed in the brand new Google Qualified Developer Directory.
The Google Qualified Developer program was designed to recognize Google API and developer tools experts, and to provide those in need of development support with a directory of trusted [...]

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NYC BigMaps for NYC BigApps

December 8, 2009

We previously discussed NYC’s BigApps contest and our Your Mapper submission. Today we’d like to tell you about our second submission called NYC BigMaps.
This submission is a completely new website, targeted just to the citizens of New York, NY, much like Metro Mapper is targeted to Louisville, KY. It was built in only [...]

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DataSF San Francisco App Innovation Showcase

December 5, 2009

Your Mapper has been featured in the San Francisco’s Innovation Showcase. Mayor Gavin Newsom opened some of their city’s data and then asked people to submit apps using it.

We submitted our San Francisco Crime Map and they featured it on the DataSF site. Great work San Francisco!

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NYC BigApps Application Submission

December 5, 2009

The city of New York is following in the footsteps of Washington DC and San Francisco by opening some of their municipal data, and then creating a public application contest. They call it NYC BigApps, a play on “The Big Apple.”
Your Mapper grabbed two of the public datasets (restaurant inspections and service calls), converted [...]

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Detailed Heatmaps for Every Dataset

November 23, 2009

Heatmap pages are now available for every Your Mapper dataset.  This means you can see a snapsot of all a map’s data at once, showing you the density of locations, and letting you drill down to the details in that area.
The heatmap shows up to 1,600 colored blocks.  Each block is clickable, and the popup [...]

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Official Datasets Given Their Proper Respect

October 28, 2009

There is a lot of data in the Your Mapper platform. Our datasets are collected by a variety of methods, from public data feeds, formatted and unformatted data, and through an official agreement with a city, state, or public entity.  Now there is a way for you to see which ones come from official sources, [...]

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