Updated Map: Historic Sites. ALL Sites in KY and IN

The Historic Sites Map now includes every site in Kentucky and Indiana, over 5,000 monuments, buildings, districts, and areas. If you want to search an area outside of Louisville, use the "Center of Map" tool to zoom and drag the map to any location in Kentucky or Indiana; your search will be centered around that point.

In addition, we've plotted the outlines of historic areas, like the Highlands in Louisville. These areas are the red points and have an associated red boundary and shading. Single historic places are marked with a blue point.

Enjoy!

Updated Map: Derby 2007 Events and Routes

The First Annual Kentucky Derby Map has been updated to include charity and commerical events, as well as a detailed route of the Mini Marathon and Full Marathons.


More events will be added as they become publicized, including all Chow Wagon locations. Also, we'll be overlaying more routes, like the Pegasus Parade, and Triple Crown of Running. If you know of an event that is not listed on our map, please contact us.

New Map: Derby 2007

The 2007 Kentucky Derby events are now all together in a new map! With only a few weeks left before the 133rd running of the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs, Metro Mapper has launched its First Annual Derby Map.



Now you can see where the dozens of official and un-offical events are taking place in the beautiful city of Louisville. We'll be adding more events and details in the coming days. We think it's great to see the diversity of events and locations spread over the city. Show it to your local friends and out of town visitors.

Updated Map: Traffic

The Traffic Cam map has been updated to include lots more useful information. In addition to the cameras, you can also see the live messages on the traffic signs and the current highway speeds! The highway speed overlays go from green to yellow to red depending on the delay.

Enjoy the new features and let's hope it gets you to where you are going quicker.

Sierra Interactive Real Estate Maps

I've been working on a new real estate company project, called Sierra Interactive. From the site, "Sierra Interactive provides brokers and agents with a fully integrated marketing and lead-generation system that is seamlessly integrated into a new or existing web site."

I developed the mapping part of this web application, and the time devoted to it had left me little time to update Metro Mapper. However, I do hope to use some of the knowledge gleaned from this project to improve Metro Mapper in the coming months. In the meantime, take a look at the Sierra Interactive application, and contact them or contact me if you're in the real estate business and are interested in the product.

New Feature: Center of Map

Now you can get results without typing in a street address! Select "Center of Map" on the left, then drag and zoom the map to your new location, marked by the "crosshair icon" .

This has been an often requested feature, and allows someone who's not familiar with the city to perform searches. Now you can check out a neighborhood or area of the city just by centering your crosshair over it and updating them map.

Maps Upgraded to Version 2

Today I've upgraded the Google Map code from Version 1 to Version 2 for all 6 maps, improving a number of key features:

1. If you use the Satellite or Hybrid views, you can now zoom 2 levels deeper so you can clearly see each and every building. In each popup there is a new "binocular icon" that lets you zoom in all the way.


2. The maps all work better in Internet Explorer, although the Firefox browser still displays the maps faster.


3. The Hide/Show feature on the left of the map works quicker and with a greater viewing area.


4. Popup display issues with the Opera broswer are now fixed.