mapping Stanley Cup Champs Through the Years April 16, 2018 by Adam DuVander When the puck drops in the center ice of the Stanley Cup Finals, the two best teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) square off to crown a champion. While it was first awarded in 1893, it’s history with the NHL begins in 1927. Also called La Coupe Stanley in French, hockey’s top prize is […] Read more »
mapping Open Data and Open Source Geocoders April 9, 2018 / April 9, 2018 by Adam DuVander Converting addresses and place names to geographic coordinates—known as geocoding—is extremely useful. In order to plot points on a map, you first need to translate human-readable versions of a place to ones that computers can understand. There are many ways to make this happen, and entire industries built around supporting them. In this post, we […] Read more »
mapping Route 66 Map: Historic Locations You Can Still Find March 26, 2018 / October 14, 2024 by Adam DuVander Blazed across the middle of the United States is a path well-known to mid-1900s road trippers. Route 66, or “US 66,” as it was officially known, was a major thoroughfare for getting around the country prior to the modern highway system. It follows from the midwestern hub of Chicago, across the country to southern California. […] Read more »