NYCwiki:Maps

Maps, GIS, GPS, and other wayfinding mechanisms are fundamental tools for improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods. The NYCwiki Maps Project will create a variety of map resources for identifying places and aspects of life throughout the city's neighborhoods. Here we will initially present wayfinding systems that benefit neighborhood navigation, civic life, and economic development. Possible map content includes everything about the city that has a geographic component. As research identifies effective wayfinding mechanisms, examples and links will be presented.

Map Options
There are several mapping systems that might be immediately available for use in the NYCwiki.org.

CityMap
CityMap is the official map of the city of New York and provided by the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications.

CUNY Mapping Services
CUNY Mapping Service is provided by the City University of New York's Graduate Center.

Green Maps
Greenmaps Green Map System and Opengreenmaps is taking our mission of inclusive participation in sustainable community development to the next level with the Open Green Map (OGM)..

OpenPlans
OpenPlans efforts: specifically, NYC Streets Map, which we have been given permission to reuse, and NYC free content on StreetWiki (test import of Community Boards).

OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap - OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is a wiki-map made that allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.

This would potentially be in coordination with NYC OpenStreetMap enthusiasts and local 'mapping party ' events.

Learn more about OpenStreetMap's governance and operation via its wiki.

Which Hood
Whichhood offers an interface that closely matches our needs/goals.

Wikimapia
Wikimapia is similar to OpenStreet Maps. See this wikimapia viewof the New York region.

Other Options
See the maps talk page for other ideas.

Location Identifiers
With the arrival of the .nyc TLD the opportunity will arise for giving a name to every "thing" in the city. For example, Connecting.nyc Inc., on its Internet of Things wiki page, has proposed reserving domain names for the following things.

With the advent of smartphones and a thoughtfully developed Internet of Things, the near-future has geographic guidance provided by a variety of prompts, for example, arrows and audio messages. Location identifiers provide an alternative, and complementary, means of providing wayfinding assistance.
 * 1) ambulances
 * 2) basketball courts
 * 3) benches
 * 4) billboards
 * 5) blocks
 * 6) buildings
 * 7) buses
 * 8) bus routes
 * 9) bus stops
 * 10) cars
 * 11) data­bases
 * 12) dropcurbs
 * 13) fire alarm boxes
 * 14) fire hydrants
 * 15) fire trucks
 * 16) lots­
 * 17) mailboxes
 * 18) monuments
 * 19) parking meters
 * 20) parks
 * 21) police cars
 * 22) sewers
 * 23) sinks
 * 24) street lights
 * 25) street signs
 * 26) streets
 * 27) taxis­
 * 28) track
 * 29) traffic lights
 * 30) traffic signs
 * 31) ­toilets
 * 32) ­trees
 * 33) utility holes
 * 34) utility poles
 * 35) voters
 * 36) zoos