Category Archives: Maps/Apps/Charts/Data

Salary and Housing Prices

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How high does your salary need to be to comfortably buy a house in your city?  In LA, it looks like you need to be making $92,091.89.  The mortgage database HSH put together this map that analyzes the salary needed to buy a home in different parts of the country.  The map is based on the median home prices in metro areas including the surrounding suburbs, and assumes you will have a 30 year fixed rate mortgage with a 20 percent down payment and be able to afford the base cost of owning a home (principal, interest, taxes, and insurance).

Forget about food if you buy in San Francisco!

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Finding Government Publications

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The US government is one of the world’s largest publishers, both in paper and on the web.  More than 200 years ago Congress authorized the sending of free copies of certain government publications to libraries around the country.  This developed into the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), with more than 1,100 public, academic, and government libraries as members.  Each of these libraries receives government materials for free, and is required to make them available to the public.

The Federal Depository Library Program is run by the Government Printing Office (GPO), which recently changed it’s name to Government Publishing Office in order to indicate it is now more involved with electronic data rather than paper.

If you are looking for government publications and other federal information, give these online sources a try:  Continue reading →

Lyft Added To Google Maps

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Last week Google announced that is has added support for Lyft and Gett to Google Maps for Android and iOS.  Google Maps now displays ridesharing options from nine partners in over 60 countries:

  • Gett in the UK (and now New York City)
  • GO-JEK in Indonesia
  • Grab in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines
  • Hailo in the UK and Spain
  • Lyft in the U.S.
  • mytaxi in Germany and Spain
  • Ola Cabs in India
  • Uber around the world
  • 99Taxis in Brazil

The feature works in the same way as other transportation options in Google Maps. For example, Continue reading →

1979 California Water Atlas

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The California Water Atlas, published by the State of California, was a landmark atlas with the first comprehensive look at California’s extensive water system in a geographic context. The atlas itself measured about 18.5 x 16 inches and had hundreds of maps and infographics that told the story of California water in different ways.

The goal of the atlas was to “introduce Californians to the complex and compelling issues of water in the state, giving them the information they need to participate more actively in the decisions that governmental agencies make”. Continue reading →

DeLorme Paper Maps Will Keep Living

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Many of you are probably familiar with DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer maps.  There was concern that the Swiss company Garmin that bought Delorme in February was going to discontinue the paper map books.  However, they announced that the map books will continue to be “enhanced” and revised/updated and the company will make additional investments in “resources and cartography staff based in the Yarmouth facility.”  Good news for those of you that use those maps!  Click below to read the story.

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New California Maps

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California Geological Survey. Fault evaluation report for Apple Valley North, Cougar Buttes, Fairview Valley, Fifteenmile Valley, and Lucerne Valley quadrangles, San Bernardino County, California. 5 maps, scale 1:24,000. Sacramento: California Geological Survey, Fault evaluation report no. 262. Web access: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/ap/Pages/official_release.aspx

California Geological Survey. Fault evaluation report for the Echo Lake and Emerald Bay quadrangles, El Dorado County, California. 2 maps, scale 1:24,000. Sacramento: California Geological Survey, Fault evaluation report no. 261. Web access: http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/ap/Pages/official_release.aspx

De Long Company. De Long wine map of California. 2 maps on 1 sheet, scale ca. 1:720,000. North Las Vegas, Nevada: De Long Company, pub. 2015. Web access: https://www.delongwine.com/products/california-wine-map

DeLorme (Firm). California: detailed topographic maps : back roads, recreation sites, GPS grids : family outings, boat ramps, campgrounds, places to explore. 1 atlas (160 pages), scale 1:200,000. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 4th edition, pub. 2015. ISBN: 9780899333830

Kappa Map Group. Northern California: city, state & regional maps. 1 atlas (64 pages), scales differ. Blue Bell, Pa.: Kappa Map Group, pub. 2014. ISBN: 9780762584611

National Geographic Maps (Firm). Death Valley National Park. 1 map, scale ca. 1:165,000. Evergreen, Colo.: National Geographic Maps, Trails Illustrated map 221, pub. 2014. ISBN: 9781566953214

National Geographic Maps. Los Angeles, DestinationMap: city map & travel guide : points of interest, additional inset map, transit system, travel information, top attractions, 3D buildings, airport terminal maps, regional map, photos. 1 map, scale ca. 1:240,000. Evergreen, Colo.: National Geographic Maps, pub. 2015. ISBN: 9781597750929

National Geographic Maps. Southern California guidemap: road map & travel guide. 1 map, scale ca. 1:2,050,000. Evergreen, Colo. National Geographic Maps, pub. 2015. ISBN: 1597750158; 9781597750158

O’Callaghan, Aaron. Sacramento Valley breweries. 1 map, scale not given. Sacramento Area Brewers Guild, 2016. Web site: http://sacbeerweek.com/breweries/

One Tam (organization). One Tam, many friends. 1 map, scale not given. Tamalpais Lands Collaborative, pub. 2016. Web access: http://www.onetam.org/map-and-trails

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. California public lands, national system of public lands: Inside, About BLM California, 2016 California public lands facts, BLM California priorities. 1 map, scale not given. Sacramento: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, pub. 2016.

U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area. 1 map, scale ca. 1:150,000. El Centro, CA: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, pub. 2016.