getting data from stormpulse
Andy Carvin
And as I said in my last note, I need input asap on what google map should be on our ning page. The one we were displaying didn't seem to have much info related to texas so I took it down. Users are asking for a comprehensive map that focuses on texas.
thanks
ac
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Andy Carvin
andycarvin at yahoo com
www.andycarvin.com
www.pbs.org/learningnow
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----- Original Message ----
From: Andy Carvin <andyc...@yahoo.com>
To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:59:12 AM
Subject: Re: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
So which map should I now be displaying on the homepage? The one we currently have is too Hanna-focused. I need something that tightly focuses on the Texas Gulf Coast. Please let me know asap which map widget is most representative.
thanks,
ac
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Andy Carvin
andycarvin at yahoo com
www.andycarvin.com
www.pbs.org/learningnow
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----- Original Message ----
From: Earl McGehee <ejm...@gmail.com>
To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:49:33 PM
Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
Thanks for your continued work Edward.
We got a nice map today from Marie documenting damages from Ike in Cuba. I
loaded her data into the Ike Damages Map and added a link to the Ike page.
I am continuing marking up the evacuation routes in Texas. I have moved to
the Houston area tonight as the storm keeps turning more to the East.
Evacuations started today in coastal Texas and will be much more widespread
Thursday.
Still no news on the Ning home page revisions. We need to find a way to
help more people find all this good info on the wiki. The shelters team has
done a lot of work keeping their info up to date.
<> Earl McGehee
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Vielmetti [mailto:edward.v...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:29 PM
To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com; ejm...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
I've again updated the Utility Power Outage Map, this time
with a link to ERCOT, the grid operator for Texas:
I wasn't able to find any maps, but there's a lot of data
on that site that *could* be maps, in that they have real
time pricing for power and some considerable other
sets of data the reflect the health of the power grid.
I've adjusted the rest of Texas mapping accordingly,
if anyone goes in there there's a few overlapping regions
now which need pinpoints to make them easiest to read.
thanks
Ed
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Edward Vielmetti
<edward.v...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Earl -
>
> The Utility Power Outage Map has been updated with three systems in Texas:
> the Entergy coverage N of Houston, and the AEP Texas coverage in the
southern
> and central part of the state, and the AEP SWEPCO slice near Texarkana.
>
> I wasn't able to find outage maps from other parts of the state, in
particular
> Houston (Centerpoint).
>
> thanks
>
> Ed
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Earl McGehee <ejm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There is a Hurricane Gustav Damages map that is the most appropriate of
the existing maps. It's empty now.
>>
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=11589291775220852099
6.0004567fc3ea1c88e56b9&ll=31.372399,-91.538086&spn=14.475911,24.301758&z=6
>>
>> There is a Utility Power Outage Map that is also related and populated
with info from Gustav and :
>>
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=11393216585646115913
7.000455fd4a9e930f6b943&ll=33.979809,-87.670898&spn=28.005881,48.603516&z=5
>>
>> I'll be glad when Google lets us combine maps in layers so it will be
easier to add and remove data like this as it is valid.
>>
>> We need to add links to the map on the [[Gustav 2008 Maps]] page and the
[[Interactive Maps#Damage Reports Maps]] section (the utility outages map is
already there).
>>
>> Thanks for the continued work.
>>
>> Tonight I have been marking evacuation routes in South Texas - getting
ready for Ike. Things might start getting busy tomorrow if Ike stays on
it's current course.
>>
>> Earl McGehee
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
[mailto:hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Andrew Turner
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:53 PM
>> To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
>>
>>
>> Ok - I imported the feed into mapufacture - what map(s) should it be
>> added? Or do we want a new recovery specific map?
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Andy Carvin <andyc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not sure if this one's been mentioned yet, but the Louisiana emergency
management agency is mapping open gas stations:
>>>
>>> http://emergency.louisiana.gov/Releases/GasStations.html
>>>
>>> Would love to incorporate this into our primary map.
>>>
>>> ac
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> Andy Carvin
>>> andycarvin at yahoo com
>>> www.andycarvin.com
>>> www.pbs.org/learningnow
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Earl McGehee <ejm...@gmail.com>
>>> To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2008 1:05:37 PM
>>> Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
>>>
>>>
>>> We need people that with a little knowledge of Google Maps that can take
a
>>> web page of data from one of the Wiki pages and find and mark those data
>>> spots on a Google map.
>>>
>>> There are links in the TO DO section of the Map Team Page at
>>> http://www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Interactive_Maps_Team_Page
>>>
>>> I will update those TO DO links now to get more specific with these
links.
>>> I have been trying to get one or two sample links on the various maps to
>>> help get people started.
>>>
>>> Is someone staying on top of the Wiki Florida Shelters page. The link
there
>>> to the Red Cross shelters site only shows one shelter currently open in
the
>>> entire state. This sounds like a problem. Do we need to be finding
more
>>> shelters somehow?
>>> https://floridanss.communityos.org/zf/nss/shelterpublicreport/state/FL
>>>
>>> Earl McGehee
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> [mailto:hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Andy
>>> Carvin
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 11:39 AM
>>> To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
>>>
>>>
>>> Tell me what types of volunteers you need and I'll put out a request for
>>> some.
>>>
>>> ac
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> Andy Carvin
>>> andycarvin at yahoo com
>>> www.andycarvin.com
>>> www.pbs.org/learningnow
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Earl McGehee <ejm...@gmail.com>
>>> To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2008 12:35:21 PM
>>> Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
>>>
>>>
>>> The Hanna maps are probably not such a good example since it moved so
fast
>>> and turned out to be not so bad. I believe everyone is concentrating on
Ike
>>> now.
>>>
>>> Andrew is working on the fancy consolidated maps. Various others are
>>> working on specific subject maps. The Evacuation Routes map allows you
to
>>> click on a state and get links to official state evacuation maps and
other
>>> evacuation data. We are also highlighting routs on that map. Google
lets a
>>> user click a Traffic button to see conditions for all routs on the map
and
>>> they can easily search for hotels, restaurants, hospitals within that
Google
>>> map.
>>>
>>> The other important map now is the Evacuation Centers Map. This has
some
>>> points for North and South Caroliana and now we are starting to fill out
for
>>> Florida. This has map pens with the name, address and phone number of
>>> public evacuation sites and any user can click a button to get
turn-by-turn
>>> instructions from wherever they are to any marked shelter.
>>>
>>> There are also maps with links to Web Cams along roads and beaches to
see
>>> current conditions and another map to show links to local new sources at
any
>>> spot on the map.
>>>
>>> Lots of work and not enough volunteers. But much of what we are doing
on
>>> the above maps will be relatively static and will still be there for the
>>> next storm.
>>>
>>> Later we will start updating an Ike specific map to show where evacuees
>>> ended up. This is updated from Twitter reports and hopefully people
will
>>> login and enter the locations where they ended up or where their friends
and
>>> relatives found shelters. This will help people to know where hotels
are
>>> available.
>>>
>>> Earl McGehee
>>> Austin, TX
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> [mailto:hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Andy
>>> Carvin
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 10:53 AM
>>> To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Re: Getting readk for Ike
>>>
>>>
>>> could someone give me a quick summary of the types of data contained in
the
>>> maps we're building for Hanna and Ike? I may go on air at NPR at some
point
>>> to talk about it and want to make sure I get it right.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> ac
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>> Andy Carvin
>>> andycarvin at yahoo com
>>> www.andycarvin.com
>>> www.pbs.org/learningnow
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Earl McGehee <ea...@ejmnet.com>
>>> To: hurricane-info-...@googlegroups.com
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 6, 2008 11:09:22 AM
>>> Subject: [hurricane-info-center-maps-team] Getting readk for Ike
>>>
>>>
>>> As our focus turns to Ike I have worked with the Wiki team to get our
team
>>> pages to fit into their new structure with categories and a table of
>>> contents template on every page. Navigation should be easier for the
team
>>> and the public. There is a new page for each specific storm. There are
new
>>> pages that lists all the Google Maps we are maintaining and a list of
all
>>> the pages the map team maintains.
>>>
>>> See the Maps team page
>>> (http://www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Interactive_Maps_Team_Page) for a
list of
>>> To Do's in priority order.
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone for your continued work and please use this mail list to
>>> float new ideas and feedback about what is working and what is not
working.
>>>
>>> Notice there is a link on the team page to a list of the most viewed
Wiki
>>> pages and the Interactive Maps page is number three after Main and
Shelters.
>>>
>>> <> Earl McGehee
>>> <> Austin, TX, USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Turner
>> mobile: 248.982.3609
>> and...@mapufacture.com
>> http://highearthorbit.com
>>
>> http://mapufacture.com Helping build the Geospatial Web
>> Introduction to Neogeography - http://oreilly.com/catalog/neogeography
>>
>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Edward Vielmetti
> Ann Arbor, MI
> +1 734 330 2465
>
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>
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Edward Vielmetti
Ann Arbor, MI
+1 734 330 2465
Please remove eviel...@purevisibility.com from your address book.
Andrew Turner
http://crescentmaps.org/hurricanes/ike.html
It's map 2959 - so you can modify the embed code to use that as the src.
I'm working with GeoCommons to get the hurricane path cone. If
StormPulse exported a styled KML that would be great. What other
maps/KML files should I be including?
Edward Vielmetti
map now on Google:
I have no idea who maintains it and the map says it
cannot be embedded but it's featured on teh my maps
front page.
Ed
Edward Vielmetti
mostly storm surge:
http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/NEWS01/80911036
thanks
Ed
Earl McGehee
this map from the TX DOT that shows more-or-less live traffic info and road
status include which ones are contraflow at that moment. Not sure you can
easily embed it but it might deserve a prominent link.
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/GIS/HCRS_main/viewer.htm
There is a link to this on the Ike maps page in the Wiki.
Andrew Turner
http://crescentmaps.org/hurricanes/houston_cctv.kml