Axis Maps (Andy, Ben, Dave, Mark, and I) just released indiemapper, a sweet browser-based thematic and reference mapping application.
For some more indie maps, check out our gallery. To try it out, just head over to indiemapper.com: you can sign up for a free 30 day trial without entering a credit card; after your trial, [...]
For a while now, I’ve wanted to build geographic topology in Flash. Topology, as described in an ESRI white paper, is
a set of rules and behaviors that model how points, lines, and polygons share geometry. For example, adjacent features, such as two counties, will share a common edge.
For the applications I’ve had [...]
L.A.’s Cartifact recently released Cartifact Maps, a Flash-based tilemaps viewer with custom cartography and advanced map browsing tools. The historic overlays and beautiful cartographic design are perhaps of most interest, but I’m equally impressed by their implementation of a novel map browsing UI featuring a magnifying glass or “lens tool”.
I first saw this map [...]