The folks at Gothamist launched our latest Faneuil Media
project last week. It’s a map of breaking news in
In addition to being plain cool, I think the map highlights some of the benefits of automatically updated content. Think about it: Readers have a new way to find out what’s going on that’s constantly updated with fresh events. Meanwhile, the folks at Gothamist don’t have to do anything. They just sit back and watch people use the page.
One other thing: The icons for this package were designed by Coryanne Sharer. I think they make the map. Way to go, Cory.
Nice work. I saw this last week and didn't realize it was you guys who'd done it.
If I may make a suggestion: How about listing the source of the information? When I first saw this, I was wondering whether this data was coming from official sources or being reported by people (like Gawker Stalker).
Posted by: Adrian Holovaty | October 09, 2006 at 10:40 AM
Good point. Jake mentioned that the data comes from the Breaking News Network in the original post about the map: http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/10/03/map_of_the_day_75.php
It would be good to add that information to the page where the map is now living.
Posted by: Rick Burnes | October 09, 2006 at 11:05 AM