2007.11.30
You like maps. Really. You do.
The DataSphere site has been up for about a month and a week so far, and already some patterns for its use are emerging.
In the not-so-surprising category, our database of Virginia Tech football under Coach Frank Beamer leads all other sites within the DataSphere, and by a lot.
But in the last three weeks, we've begun posting interactive Google-based maps, and they have instantly proved to be a very popular way to "experience" data. There's our homicides map, our map of holiday lights displays, and most recently our map of black bear sightings, which in one day got so many hits it vaulted to third place all time on the list of most popular DataSphere items.
Not that I can grant all wishes -- know-how and resources are always an issue, especially for a start-up kind of enterprise like the DataSphere -- but I do wonder:
What else would you like to see mapped?
