http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/ I'm Matt Hampel, a student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Edward Vielmetti Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:43:19 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/#comment-517 You could have a lot of fun with the combination of hyperlocal + big pictures. Add in a dash of school sports and I can just see the car dealer ads and the real estate ads on the side of the page. You could have a lot of fun with the combination of hyperlocal + big pictures. Add in a dash of school sports and I can just see the car dealer ads and the real estate ads on the side of the page.

]]> http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/comment-page-1/#comment-438 William M. Hartnett Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:22:19 +0000 http://matth.org/2008/06/10/links-hyperlocal-sci-fi-predictions-whack-a-mole/#comment-438 More like a <em>neighborhood</em> directory in early beta, and not edited by anyone at the moment, with no plans for such in the future. Just two programmers and a GIS specialist, though we do get paid several moneys. I think we're as automated as EveryBlock, just with many fewer data streams, for now. (Not to mention built with the same stuff: Python, GeoDjango, PostGIS. Main difference is our geographic foundation is 100 percent custom, built in-house.) Our home sales update every weeknight while we sleep, and our entire half million-record parcel geodatabase updates itself every Friday night, for example. More like a neighborhood directory in early beta, and not edited by anyone at the moment, with no plans for such in the future. Just two programmers and a GIS specialist, though we do get paid several moneys. I think we’re as automated as EveryBlock, just with many fewer data streams, for now. (Not to mention built with the same stuff: Python, GeoDjango, PostGIS. Main difference is our geographic foundation is 100 percent custom, built in-house.) Our home sales update every weeknight while we sleep, and our entire half million-record parcel geodatabase updates itself every Friday night, for example.

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