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 -30-This project has ended. I am leaving the Star to pursue another opportunity, and my last day is today. Thank you for your interest, and your patience as I slowly figured out the technology. The blog itself had a total...
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 Nuclear explosions, 1945-1998Hat tip to the Map Room: a global map video of 2,053 nuclear explosions from the American desert tests in 1945 ('I am become death, the destroyer of worlds') to 1998. It is supposed to run at a rate of...
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 Map of the Week: Car ownershipTORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Map: Cars as a percentage of households These maps looks at cars as a percentage of households from the 2006 census. The map shows a large area of low car ownership stretching from about Jane and...
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 The Arctic sunI've gone back to the on again-off again project of learning the Google Earth touring and movie functions properly. Here we simulate what sun and sky look like at the summer and winter solstices in Igloolik, Nunavut. Each video represents...
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 Map of the Week: Transit spendingCARLOS OSORIO/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Map: Average annual household expenditure on transit This week's map looks at household transit spending on transit in the GTA by census tract. The basic pattern is familiar: transit spending is high in areas built...
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 Google's transit plannerGoogle's transit planner, which would be useful if it worked consistently, doesn't seem ready for prime time. Here we have a suggested transit route from the foot of Dufferin St. to the Logan/Danforth area. The reader is told to: -...
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 G20 map for mobile devicesHave a look at our G20 map for mobile devices, tentatively out of beta, produced with a lot of trial and error over the last few days. We will be updating it as events warrant. Please leave suggestions and comments...
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 Map of the Week: Distance from the subway, a radius map from downtown, and why drunk drivers live far from the subwayMap: 1000-metre radius from TTC stations This week's maps come out of discussions I've had with friends who are moving or are thinking about moving. At least in much of the 416, one thing to think about with a house...
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 Kites, reduxA reader passes on a link to the Facebook group for Go Fly A Kite - G20 Edition, set up by people who plan to make a point of flying kites during the G20.
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 A G20 mapMap: A world of security in the heart of the city I produced a map yesterday intended as an online equivalent of a graphic designed for the paper, showing various features of the security arrangements for the G20 (including a...
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 December's real estate numbersThe Toronto Real Estate Board released sales figures for December 2009 today, allowing a look at the whole year. Business reporter Tony Wong explains: Existing home sales in the Toronto area for 2009 eclipsed the previous year by 17 per...
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 Map of the Week: Changes in gun ownership ratesLUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR Map: Percentage change in firearms licences, July 2008 to Dec. 2009 Map: Firearms licences as a percentage of population, Greater Toronto Area One of our most popular maps has been one I produced last year showing gun...
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 Drunk driving map with all-Ontario coverage and videoTORONTO STAR STAFF Link to the map As I said in an earlier post, our tools for producing online maps have become much more sophisticated over the last year and a half, and it's tempting to go back to some...
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 Map: 2010 pedestrian deathsRICHARD LAUTENS/TORONTO STARLink to the map A series of pedestrian deaths in January has led to speculation about whether we are seeing a series of tragic coincidences or a sign of increased danger due to weather or light conditions. As...
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 Map of the Week: Day care spendingTONY BOCK/TORONTO STARLink to the map This week's map looks at average annual household spending on day care centres by census tract. The sharp, immediately recognizable pattern shows high spending in the high-income areas along the Yonge St. corridor roughly...
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