To aid rescue efforts and asses the damage, satellite imagery companies GeoEye and Digital Globe stepped in to provide high-resolution imagery of devastated Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. The original imagery is available from the respective websites. To make the distribution (and sharing) of these maps easier, we’ve converted them into interactive maps.
GeoEye: Port-au-Prince - Jan. 13, 2010
This half-meter resolution satellite image shows Port-au-Prince, Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the area on Jan. 12, 2010.
We are going to keep this post updated and create additional maps as new imagery is made available. The maps above are free of advertisement, and we encourage you to grab the embed code and use them as you see fit.
If you would like to donate to Haiti earthquake relief fund, you can do it here or here.
Today we added 23 new icons to our default icon set. In addition to standard image icons we’ve added animated blinking bubbles. All icons are available with your account. Take a look at this tutorial to see how to add them to your map:
The full list of our icons can be found here, below are some of them:
These icons are a part of the open source Map Icons project and are available for download under the GNU General Public License v3. We strongly encourage you to download the source (Photoshop , Flash), contribute to the project and design some icons for UMapper!
The map we would like to feature this week it is rather sad. The map shows the route of a funeral procession honoring fallen police officer Cst. Eric Czapnik. Here is an excerpt from the article published on OttawaCitizen.com:
Thousands of police officers will march in honour of Ottawa police officer Cst. Ireneusz “Eric” Czapnik. Roads along the route will be closed off for the procession. This map will be updated with photos taken along the procession route.
Road closures are marked in red and procession route is marked in green.
After a month of testing, the first version of UMapper weather template is ready for prime time. This template makes it easier than ever to display real-time weather radar on your maps. The template is available to all of your current and future maps, here is how you access it:
Create a new map or Edit Info of the existing map
Under the Templates tab select Weather template and click Submit.
That is all you need to create a live weather map.
The weather data is brought through a partnership with iMap Weather, we look forward to releasing more weather applications in the future.
The usage of the weather template is limited to 5K views for UMapper Basic, UMapper Premium is unlimited.
One of the perks of UMapper premium is the ability to have a your logo on a custom map template. In addition to modifying colors and adding a logo, the template’s functionality can be tweaked to fit your specific needs while maintaining standard UMapper features.
Ever since the release of custom map templates we have deployed a bunch of good-looking templates, some of which are shown below:
YOU FM
USA Today
Twavl.com
You too can have a custom template. Just upgrade to UMapper premium, and send us your design guide.
