The DC Circulator Map is a live real-time map of the DC Circulator bus system in Washington, DC.

The map shows the system's bus routes and the bus stops on each route. It is possible to click on a bus stop marker and find out when the next bus is due. When you click on a bus stop's marker you can also find out about nearby points of interest, including how far they are from the stop and in which direction.

The map also shows in real-time the location of all the system's buses. The bus map markers are color-coded to show which route they belong to and include arrows to show the direction of travel.

Capital Bikeshare on Google Maps

The Capital Bikeshare Tracker is a Google Map that displays the locations of the 140 bike stations of the Washington, D.C. Capital Bikeshare.

The map uses dynamic map markers to show the current availability of bikes and dock spaces at each bike station. If you click on a marker you can get the exact number of available bikes and free dock spaces.

It is also possible to click through on each bike station to view the usage patterns of that station. Each station can be searched to view bike and dock space availability over different periods of time.

Also See

Montreal's BIXI - a map of Montreal's bike stations and current bike availability
Brisbane CityCycle - Brisbane's CityCycle bike stations and available bikes
Dublin Bikes -Dublin's bike stations and available bikes
Paris Velib - Paris' bike stations and available bikes
CityMapper London - London route planner that also shows you how many bikes are available at your nearest bike station.

Tour the White House with Street View

The Blue Room

Google Maps has released Street View imagery for the White House. Now in Google Maps you can take a virtual interactive tour of the official residence of the President of the United States.

Here are some quick links to take you to specific rooms:

The State Floor

Entrance Hall
The Entrance Hall (also called the Grand Foyer) is the primary and formal entrance to the White House.

The East Room
The East Room is the largest room in the White House. The picture to the right of the yellow curtains is the White House's oldest possession, the Lansdowne portrait depicting George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1797.

The Blue Room
The Blue Room is used for receptions, receiving lines, and is occasionally set for small dinners.

The Red Room
The Red Room has served as a parlor and music room, and recent presidents have held small dinner parties in it. The Madisons, Lincolns, Grants, and Kennedys all used the Red Room as a music room. A guitar, piano and music stands were kept in the room. Today a music stand beside the fireplace recalls that earlier use of the room.

The Green Room
The Green Room is one of three state parlors on the first floor in the White House. It is used for small receptions and teas. During a state dinner, guests are served cocktails in the three state parlors before the president, first lady, and visiting head of state descend the Grand Staircase for dinner.

The State Dining Room
The State Dining Room is the larger of the two dining rooms on the State Floor of the White House.


The East Room

The Ground Floor

The China Room
The White House's collection of state china is displayed in the China Room. The collection ranges from George Washington's Chinese export china to Bill Clinton's ivory, yellow, and burnished gold china. The room is primarily used by the first lady for teas, meetings, and smaller receptions.

The Vermeil Room
The Vermeil Room houses a collection of silver-gilt or vermeil tableware, a 1956 bequest to the White House by Margaret Thompson Biddle. Portraits of American First Ladies also hang in the room.

The Library
The Library is used for teas and meetings by the President and First Lady. John Adams, the first President to live in the White House, used this room as a laundry room; at that time it was said to have been filled with "Tubs, Buckets, and a variety of Lumber."

Information for each of the rooms comes from Wikipedia.

Washington DC's Trees on Google Maps

The DC Street Tree Map uses data from the Urban Forestry Administration with Google Maps to show trees that they have planted and maintain in Washington DC.

Five different map markers have been used to differentiate maples, oaks, elms, sycamores and others. If you click on a marker you can view details such as the tree's height and the date it was planted. The information windows also coantain a link to view the tree in Street View.

Also See

• Urban Forest Map - a Google Map of San Francisco's trees
• Greenprint Maps - a map of the trees of Sacramento

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Snowmageddon on Google Maps Part Two

Snowmageddon Clean-Up

The Ushahidi maps reporting system has been used to report election fraud, to help in times of natural disasters and during the Swine Flu epidemic. Now it is being used to report driveways covered by snow.

Snowmageddon Clean-Up is using the Ushahidi platform to allow Washingtonians to volunteer their help and assist their neighbours in digging 'out of Snowmageddon'. If you live in Washington you can submit a problem to the Snowmageddon Google Map by filling in a short form.

This map has come just in the nick of time as someone on Corcoran Street is 'Out of Booze!'. Head over now to the Snowmageddon Clean-Up website if you think you can help.

Hydrant Finder
We Love DC have created a fire hydrant finder with Google Maps. Chief of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services in Washington DC, Dennis Rubin wants the public to help to clear snow from around fire hydrants. So We Love DC have decided to help by showing you where the hydrants are located with Google Maps.

The map uses up-to-date GIS data from the District Water and Sewer website. You can search for the nearest hydrant by address or zip code or just pan the map around. Only District hydrants are mapped.

Also See

• NOAA Snow Map - map showing snowfall measurements
• District of Columbia Snow Repsonse - map of planned road snow treatments
• Baltimore Sun Snow Map - Snow totals and photos map from the Baltimore Sun

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Are You Safe? - iPhone Application

MapAList
MapAList, the Google map creation website, has added a number of cool new features to their wizard for creating and managing customized Google maps from Google Spreadsheets. The site has written a number of interesting tutorials to explain the new features:

• Add images & iframes to maps
• Add email & Skype to maps
• Add hyperlinks to maps
• Basic Advanced grouping

MapAList has also released three cool iPhone applications to let you know how safe you are at all times based on your current location within either Washington DC, Atlanta or Sacramento.

All it takes is a quick tap on your iPhone to see a threat meter of your safety level along with hyperlocal crime data broken down by type.

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Google Map of Eco Warriors

Power Shift 2009

From February 27 to March 2, 10,000 youngsters are planning to travel to Washington, D.C. to demand that the President and Congress rebuild our economy and secure our future by passing bold, just climate and energy policies that prioritise green jobs and renewable energy.

Power Shift have created a Google Maps mashup to show who has signed up to travel to Washington D.C.. The Green dots on the map indicate where people who have registered are coming from. Larger, darker circles show areas where larger groups are coming from.

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Street View Tour of the Inauguration

Ipoki Street View Tour

Ipoki have produced an automated Street View tour of the Inaugural Parade route. This means you can just sit back and follow the tour virtually with Google Map's Street View imagery.


News.com.au have also put together a great Street View "walking tour" of the Inaugural Parade route.

News.com.au have provided directions of the route so you can follow along using Google Map's Street View navigational tools.

Via: Google LatLong: Virtually experience the Inauguration

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WashingtonPost.com Google Maps Local Explorer

The WashingtonPost.com Local Explorer is a great new community guide powered by Google Maps which covers the Washington, D.C., area and various Maryland and Virginia communities. Mashed up on the map are recent area home sales, crime incidents and schools. You can also map fire and police stations, restaurants, bars, hospitals, movie theaters and more. It also has facts and figures, local news, classifieds and upcoming events within a great user interface!

WashingtonPost.com has long been an innovator of Google Maps applications. Past projects include: Faces of the Fallen and Clinton's Golden Voice, as well as the Washington Post's subway tabloid-daily Express which produces "MetroLinks" (very similar to Local Explorer).