Metro Mapper at UofL Honors Lecture Series, Oct 29

I will be speaking at the University of Louisville Honors Lecture Series Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008 at 7pm.

I'll talk about maps, demo the current Metro Mapper site, give a technical overview of how it was made, show some cool maps and data, preview the new Your Mapper national prototype, discuss mobile location-based tools, speculate on the future of online maps, and take any questions.

And I'll discussing my big announcement from this coming Monday.

Before the event, post some questions here and I'll incorporate them into the presentation!

Become a fan of Metro Mapper on Facebook and RSVP to the event so they know how many seats to have. Space is pretty limited since it's in a classroom: RSVP for Event

Map of Estcorn Honors Center at Threlkeld Hall's Location on Campus: www.tinyurl.com/mmuofl

Thanks to the student organizers for putting it all together:

• Greer Waldrop
• Venkat Ramakrishnan
• Greg Shaw
• Amruth krishnamurty
• Michael Miao

Parking - For off campus people, you can use the Floyd St Parking garage, which costs a bit before 7, but after 7 is free. Also after 7, you can park on the streets in the area without worrying about being ticketed. I know the even starts at 7, but you should be alright if you arrive just before 7.

University of Kentucky Students Compete in Google's 3D Campus

The results for Google's 3D campus competition are now in, with nine international campuses winning out of 81. The winners seem to have been picked based on quality of the models and going the extra mile.


The most number of building modeled by any winner was 61, while the students at University of Kentucky modeled 322 buildings! Wow. UK did not place in the winners, but I have been admiring the students' effort for a while now.

Congrats to UK for their efforts and some stellar work! It looks like other universities in the state did not participate, including the University of Louisville.

Go ahead and find your university and download it into Google Earth to view the campus in 3D.

Download UK's campus here.