Pick some regions from the map on the left by clicking on them. This website will attempt to find an equivalent set of regions in the map on the right. You can change the maps you are comparing or the statistic you use to compare them. More details on how it works can be seen below.
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AboutThe purpose of Project Nebraska is to create small map applications for the amusement of developer and user alike. The intention is to release as much of the website source code under a permissive OpenSource license as soon as possible. See the Download page for details. For questions and comments try the Contact page. Compare Maps
The first application Compare Maps displays two maps, an input and an output map. Given a statistic, such as population or area, the user selects regions in the input map (usually states, provinces, territories or countries), giving the input map a certain weight (the sum of the values of the statistic for each region). The application then attempts to find an equivalent set of regions in the output map that has approximately the same weight. There are various algorithms which may be tried:
The weight of each is displayed under each map. The weight of the output map is colored depending on how close it got the application got to the target weight.
If you move your mouse over the target map's weight you can see the exact distance from the target, and the percent of the input map's weight that it is off by. If you mouse over the regions in either map you will see the name of the region, and the value of the statistic for that region. Trip JournalTrip Journal lets you keep track of the states, provinces or countries in a region that you have been to, and share your thoughts, photos and videos from these places with your friends and family. First select a map using the map selector above the map (if you want to work with something other than the default). Next select regions in the map that you have been. For each region you select, you will get a small info display to the right of the map. Click on the button I've visited here to mark it as a place you have been. From there you can add a comment about this place in the text box under the region's name and factoid. If you are logged on you can also attach a YouTube video or a photo from your Flickr account (currently you can only attach photos if you are logged in using your Flickr account). Once you are done adding regions in the map that you have visited, you can share your trip journal with your friends and family by clicking on the Share button under the map, and cut and pasting them URLs provided into your Facebook, Twitter or blog. Currently there is not way to automatically post to any of these social networks. Note that you need to be logged in to permanently store your visited places or attach Flickr photos and YouTube videos. You can login using either your Facebook, Twitter or Flickr account. These credentials are used to authenticate you and store your settings without requiring you to create an account on the Project Nebraska website. For the most part it does not matter which service you use to login with, except that for the moment at least you can only attach photos to your map if you are logged in using your Flickr account. This may change in the future. (about privacy, contact information and terms of service) |
And in the news... (for more check the News page) Trip Journal4 october 2010 02:21pmThe Project Nebraska Team is excited to announce Trip Journal, a new application for the Project Nebraska website. It is our first app since the Compare Maps app which we used to launch the website. You can find out more on the About page, but in short, Trip Journal allows you to keep track of places that you have been for the obsessive compulsive types who want to visit every state in the US, Australia or want to visit every country in Africa or Europe. Even if you aren't that ambitious, you can use it to keep track of and visualize some of the places you have been. It also allows you to make a comment on each place you have been, attach a photo or video, and share your trip journal with your friends and family. Trip Journal is part of the upgrade to version 0.09 of the Project Nebraska source code. There have been may internal changes, but a few of the more obvious external changes include:
We are already working on a third application, so watch this space for new and exciting things! |