Google’s nonprofit program offers a variety of services your organization can leverage to the benefit of your community. If you... View Article
Continue readingTransparency’s Stimulus
Evan Ratcliff, writing at Wired, has an interesting take on the Stimulus Bill. He proposes that the government’s act of ... View Article
Continue readingGoogle Elections
Politicalwire.com highlights how Google layered county voting results from the last seven presidential elections on to Google Maps and Google... View Article
Continue readingA Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
One of Sunlight's resident creative geniuses (yes, there are many of them) have taken all the Defense Appropriations Earmarks and made them available for viewing within Google Earth. (You can only view this using Google Earth which you can download from this page.) The regular Google Maps version is available here.
And as they say: a picture really is worth a 1,000 words. One of our policy wonks loved the flight simulator that allows you to fly over earmark locations. It allows you to fly your choice of two aircraft anywhere around the globe, with custom layers visible from the aircraft. The simulator is hidden within the latest version of the program, and takes some getting used to controlling, but is certainly an entertaining way to experience the Earth's actual geography-and to educate yourself politically at the same time.
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