Mapping cyanobacterial blooms

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:21:36 +0000

Cyanomap is a small application I wrote to automatically compile and map outbreaks of cyanobacterial blooms and other associated news with the help of the Yahoo Placemaker and Yahoo News API services.

Latest news on cyanobacteria:

7/30/2010 – State announces plans to address algae-choked Grand Lake St. Marys
7/30/2010 – Strickland, State Directors Announce Action Plan for Grand Lake St. Marys – 7/30/2010
7/30/2010 – Park officials close Moon Lake due to algae bloom
7/30/2010 – Willow Lake algae test results expected
7/30/2010 – Algae may be killing pets
7/30/2010 – Genes to Make Hydrocarbon Fuels
7/30/2010 – Paleontologist Hans Hofmann filled an evolutionary gap by finding evidence of early life in ancient rocks
7/30/2010 – Lake’s toxic algae might be killing pets
7/29/2010 – No swimming, fishing advisory for Grand Lake St. Marys continues
7/29/2010 – LS9, Inc. Makes Major Scientific Breakthrough in Converting Sugar to Alkanes

Full details and map locations.

Skycam map using OS Openspace AJAX

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:57:25 +0000

We have been doing some work with AJAX methods provided by the OS Openspace API. To help anyone else out there working on this we have provided a simple example that loads a list of coordinates and URLs from a text file and uses these to add markers to a base map. In this example the marker, when clicked, reveals a live “sky cam” image, usually provided by a personal weather station website.

The application is created using the Ordnance Survey OpenSpace API including their loadurl AJAX method. Zoom in on the map and you’ll see it’s a real OS map! We also have a version using Google Maps.

Dr Alan Howard » ajax

Mapping cyanobacterial blooms

Skycam map using OS Openspace AJAX