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  • euicho 7:29 pm on 3/5/2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: maine, maps, , projects, utility   

    Maine Power Outages Map 

    Working in a NOC, I often consult the two Maine power companies that have online outage information (there is a third that does not have such a feature). If I see many circuits go down at the same time I’ll check to see if there is an outage in the area by checking both those websites, then going to Google maps to see how far away the sites are from the current outages. This is a tedious process and I finally decided to do something about it by creating my own Google map with their wonderful API. I’d never used it before so this proved a great way to learn how to use it as well. After setting up the screen scraping to pull info off the power companys’ websites, getting the app to do just what I wanted, and working around some minor speed bumps, it’s done!

    powermap

    Google’s API is quite easy to work with, and I’m very pleased with the results. For most people this map isn’t very useful, and at any one time there are only a few markers plotted on it, but for myself it will be quite useful, and it was a great learning process. You can view the Maine Power Outages map at http://euicho.com/power

     

    • B 12:04 am on 3/10/2009 Permalink

      Well I love anything with Google Maps, though ironically I’m not using it as my major map view on my application at the moment, that may change if I get tired of OpenLayers issues with loading after being hidden (I’m already using GoogleMaps base layers on it anyway). Overall I love OpenLayers abilities to handle lots of projections seamlessly but I love the responsiveness of GoogleMaps (to use GoogleMaps i have to use a script to fit data on their projection). Anyhoo.

    • Big Hans 1:10 pm on 6/12/2011 Permalink

      I work in a NOC, too, and I love this map. It looks like BHE changed the format…any chance of an update?

    • euicho 9:35 pm on 6/12/2011 Permalink

      Thanks for the comment! I just noticed this as well last week. Should be a quick fix, I’ll update it early this week.

    • euicho 11:24 am on 8/2/2011 Permalink

      Sorry I’ve been crazy busy, but I finally fixed it today!

  • euicho 5:59 pm on 1/11/2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , maps, , , wardriving   

    RDP, APs, JOBZ, and BMG 

    AP map

    Today I was 3 computers deep into remote desktop (RD to one computer, then use that one to get to another, etc). Navigate through that sort of setup long enough, and you start to question what is real, or at least what is actually the machine you are physically sitting in front of. Quite existential, that.

    At any rate, on the drive to work today I was doing a little casual geo-wardriving with my new bluetooth GPS receiver and netstumbler and I came across 2 access points within about 100 yards of one another that I found very interesting. They had two distinct names that told me a lot about the persons that set them up. (More …)

     

  • euicho 2:05 pm on 6/28/2005 Permalink
    Tags: google, maps,   

    Google Earth 

     

    Welcome to Google Earth.
    Google Earth is a 3D globe on your pc. It allows you to type in any address, or coordinates, and it zooms from space down to the address. On my PC (and 4Mbps cable connection) it takes several seconds for the image to come into focus as it streams the data from Google’s vast satellite image aquisitions, but it’s well worth it when done, especially in metropolitan areas where the resolutions allow you to make out the models of some cars on the streets (sort-of…).
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    • Jalbey 9:30 am on 6/30/2005 Permalink

      I love how you can get down to street level and “drive” around.

    • euicho 8:15 pm on 6/30/2005 Permalink

      me tooo!

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