After two weeks and countless emails and web searches I've given up trying to configure FXRuby on Snow Leopard and the good folks at Pragmatic Programmers have agreed to let me return and trade-in my book. I'll probably get something on Python or maybe hold on to it until FXRuby is supported for Snow Leopard.
Google Maps Tax Parcels
From Entchev
Google launched a massive map data update today, plus a number of other changes. On the data front -- parcel data are now available for some areas in the US (more on that later). Also available are "more detailed natural features like parks and water bodies, and new base map data types like bike paths and university campus maps." There is also a new feature on Google Maps that allows users to report map data problems and send feedback directly to Google. Which brings me back to the data -- "Google has decided to stop using Tele Atlas map data for the U.S. Google will now use its own map data." At this point it is unclear what the source of Google's "own" data is, and what happens to the user-generated updates.
Google Maps Tax Parcels
From Entchev
Google launched a massive map data update today, plus a number of other changes. On the data front -- parcel data are now available for some areas in the US (more on that later). Also available are "more detailed natural features like parks and water bodies, and new base map data types like bike paths and university campus maps." There is also a new feature on Google Maps that allows users to report map data problems and send feedback directly to Google. Which brings me back to the data -- "Google has decided to stop using Tele Atlas map data for the U.S. Google will now use its own map data." At this point it is unclear what the source of Google's "own" data is, and what happens to the user-generated updates.
Browsing the New Jersey map, I found that parcel data is available for some counties (Mercer, Ocean) and not for others (Middlesex, Passaic). These cursory findings did not match my (quite accurate) inventory of GIS parcel data availability in NJ. Developing...
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