Eric Frost
02-14-2008, 07:37 PM
This is from MSNBC.com by Phil Zepeda --
QUOTE: "About a week and a half ago we published an investigative report on bridge inspections. I was part of the team that worked on the related Bridge Tracker, an interactive map tied to a database that provides specific information on bridges that you would cross along any given route within the continental U.S. For you geeks out there, we had a proxy specially built to pass info from Virtual Earth to MapPoint, which contained a bridge database that we got from the government through a FOIA request. And yes, it’s all harder than it sounds."
URL: Building the Bridge Tracker - Alpha Channel - msnbc.com (http://alphachannel.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/14/665498.aspx)
There's also a cool screenshot of the application.
APP: Bridge Tracker: Check the bridges you cross - Bridge inspections - MSNBC.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21840954)
best,
Eric
QUOTE: "About a week and a half ago we published an investigative report on bridge inspections. I was part of the team that worked on the related Bridge Tracker, an interactive map tied to a database that provides specific information on bridges that you would cross along any given route within the continental U.S. For you geeks out there, we had a proxy specially built to pass info from Virtual Earth to MapPoint, which contained a bridge database that we got from the government through a FOIA request. And yes, it’s all harder than it sounds."
URL: Building the Bridge Tracker - Alpha Channel - msnbc.com (http://alphachannel.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/02/14/665498.aspx)
There's also a cool screenshot of the application.
APP: Bridge Tracker: Check the bridges you cross - Bridge inspections - MSNBC.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21840954)
best,
Eric