I’ve been browsÂing through the links of Boston Weblogs by neighÂborÂhood, this weekÂend, and noticed that there are a lot of weblogÂgers in CamÂbridge… PerÂhaps CamÂbridge deserves to be split into neighÂborÂhoods, like Boston? (Where are all you Boston folks?)
Adam of Boston Common is putting this all together, and he is promisÂing a map for all those subÂurÂbanÂites out in the hinÂterÂlands. If you’re not listed, add yourÂself, already.
A couple of years ago, I was interÂested in creÂatÂing a Boston weblog ‘T’ map, but it never got off the ground. I still think it is a good idea – an interÂacÂtive map that disÂplays webloggers’ locaÂtions. Alas, I have no time…
If you enjoy maps as much as IÂ do:
UPDATE: Well, looks like Adam has been busy this weekÂend. As noted in his comÂment, Adam started the map: Weblogs by T stop. This is going to be fun…
OK, check it out:
http://www.boston-online.com/Blogs/stations/index.html
Wicked rough around the edges (like, right now, just two actual staÂtions, CenÂtral and Forest Hills), but the hard part is done - the image map (ugh, I hate doing ‘em).
Wow, man. That’s fast work! Was it relÂaÂtively easy to impleÂment into your existÂing CMS? It seems like you have a lot of manual editÂing and modÂerÂatÂing to do — but, that’s what makes a good comÂmuÂnity site, IÂ guess.
I couldn’t imagÂine doing the image mapÂ… they’re always tedious, but I’ve never done one so complex.
Heh, I just looked at the source code for NYC, and it is crazy — all absolute posiÂtioned DIVs, and stuff. SomeÂone spent an awful lot of time in Dreamweaver…