Cartography
this page is a work in progress
Using the google maps api, I have put together a few maps for various bicycle paths & trails.
- New York City’s Bicycle Network Map
- Manhattan’s Waterfront Greenway Map
- New York City’s 5 Boro Bike Tour Map
- New York’s North & South County Rail Trails Map
- Georgia’s Silver Comet Rail Trail Map
- Alabama’s Chief Ladiga Rail Trail Map
- Geotagged Photo Map via Flickr
- Manhattan on Vacation Maps
Recent Posts
- Silver Comet Trail Map - SilverCometMap.com: The Silver Comet Trail is Georgia’s most ambitious rails-to-trails project. It was named for the Silver Comet passenger train that used the identical route from 1947 to 1968. Now it is a paved, multi-use recreational trail that currently begins in Smyrna, Georgia and runs west through Paulding and Polk counties, then into Alabama’s Chief [...]
- Chief Ladiga Trail Map - ChiefLadiga.com: The Chief Ladiga Trail is Alabama's first rails-to-trails project. The 33-mile trail stretches from the Alabama-Georgia state line to Anniston. The Chief Ladiga is on the same rail corridor as the Silver Comet Trail in Georgia. The two are expected to be joined after the Cleburne County section is completed. When the Chief Ladiga and the Silver Comet trails are connected there will be a 90-mile corridor available for non-motorized travel from just west of Atlanta, Georgia to Anniston, Alabama.
- Nantahala River Map - North Carolina: The Nantahala River is located in western North Carolina, near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and is the most popular river for whitewater rafting and paddling in the Southeastern United States. The word “Nantahala” comes from Cherokee meaning “Land of the Noonday Sun.” The river runs through a narrow and steep gorge [...]
- Manhattan on Vacation: What if the island of Manhattan left New York City to visit other cities? Where would it go and what would it look like? Inspired by Bill Rankin's "The Errant Isle of Manhattan" and kottke.org's "Manhattan Elsewhere" projects, "Manhattan on Vacation" takes the island of Manhattan to San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, and Hawaii.
- NYC Bike Maps .com: NYCBikeMaps.com took on the ambitious task of mapping New York City’s bike lanes, bike paths, and greenways using google maps and years of GPS data from bike rides around the City. NYCBikeMaps.com launched in April of 2006 and has been featured on Gothamist, Google’s Summer of Green, and numerous other blogs and websites. As of December 2007, NYCBikeMaps.com has been used by more than sixty thousand people.