Map of the Day: GeoIQ Heatmaps

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Where are all the rich, single guys in Manhattan? Why, the East Side and Chelsea, of course. We figured that out using GeoIQ's heatmap technology, which displays information using futuristic gradient shading. They've released two sample maps: a New York vs. San Francisco demographic comparison (rich, single men in SF seem to congregate near Union Square!) and a traffic map, which you can use to compare congestion in various cities. For instance, here's NYC vs. LA-- aren't you glad we have a working subway?

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Via OgleEarth, a great maps blog. Thanks, Stefan!

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way to help me pick up the rich hotties!

Thanks for the nice writeup, Jake!

I suppose it's also worth noting that in addition to being able to just locate the rich, single people, there's also a little search box on the NY vs. SF example mashup that allows you to include search results from Yahoo! local in the heat maps. So you can actually find rich, single women who are ALSO close to bars. :)

Always good to see a positive response to our stuff, but what we're really excited to see is what people come up with using the API that we released alongside the mashups (you can sign up for a free API key on the GeoIQ website). I'm pretty sure that the masses will end up coming up with something far more creative than locating rich, single people close to bars ;)

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