Amstel Gold Race tweetmap

This map shows live tweets on the Amstel Gold Race combined with the map of the race and most important slopes. A storymap has also been created with the pictures of the important places. Everything was published on the website of the Flemish Broadcasting Corporation (VRT): http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/matchcenter/mc_wielrennen/comp_voorjaar/1.1601497

Paris Roubaix cycling event in a storymap

Yet another cycling event storymap published by Flemish Radio and Television on Sporza:

Storymaps combine pictures and maps to tell a story

This is the most important cycling event in Flanders: Ronde Van Vlaanderen as published by the SPORZA team of the VRT (Vlaamse Radio en Televisie). The map shows all the different events of the cycling tour.

ArcGIS Online now also supports tile layers

Check out the map below. Nothing special? You're wrong, this map is just a tile layer map. The tiles are not served by ArcGIS Server or another GIS server, they are simple tiles on a webserver. Other than that this map is also very special with its water color design for the whole world based on open streetmap.
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Chelyabinsk meteorite social media map

The map below shows predominantly the youtube movies posted around the Chelyabinsk meteorite explosion. It gives indications on where particles have fallen on earth and where the explosion itself took place.

Mali news on the map

The map below shows the Belgian News (VRT) about Mali on a map. All points refer to news items on the conflict in Mali.
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Snow news on the map

Snow news on the map via social media. There was a lot of snow today in Belgium, this shows the information shared on the item in dutch.

Bus stops around Tienen

The bus stops of the bus company "De Lijn" are now open data and can be used to put on a map. The popup shows the streetview thumbnail but also provides a link to the realtime expected buses to pass by.

Churches in Flanders - ArcGIS Online major update

ArcGIS Online just got a major update. Amongst the many new features, a very interesting one is the filter you can now apply (and view table). In the example below,I filtered the VIOE dataset for all objects which have the word "kerk=church" in their name. The result is a nice map of all churches which are considered national heritage in Flanders. More information on the new release can be found here.
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AppsForAntwerp Application

With the title MapsForAntwerp we participated in the AppsForAntwerp event using open data from the city of Antwerp. Below you can find the powerpoint presentation as well as the web apps that were made to show data on schools and education in Antwerp. The full standalone gallery can be found here.

Wind turbine opportunities in the Netherlands

The map below shows the wind turbine opportunities in the Neterlands with regard to nature, airports and existing wind turbines. Click on the legend to see more information and zoom in to visualize the existing wind turbines.
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Realtime view on the weather in Belgium

The map below shows the webcam images of the Royal Meteorological Institute (KMI). A click on the images shows the recent temperature evolution. Clicking on the graph brings you to the original page of the KMI for that particular meteo station. The larger map is an application where all KMI tweets are shown as well. Panning will automatically refresh the images.
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GIS is also used for facility management

The map below shows how ArcGIS Online can be used for Facility Management. Map services for facility management will normally use large scale visualisation. Links to internal infrastructure such as electricity cables are visible. The map below was made in the framework of the web mapping conference of SIGGIS through input from participants.
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University Campus detailed in Open Streetmap

The University Campus Arenberg at the University of Leuven (KULeuven) is now shown in detail on Open Streetmap with all campus buildings. Open streetmap regularly shows more detail than any other map, especially when students are involved.
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Second price on the Flemish Government Hackathon!

Last Friday our team won the second price on the hackathon of the Flemish Government. This was achieved by combining several open data sources in a webmap and publishing the web map adding specific functionality. After the hackathon, a combination of the winning application (http://www.mijnlucht.be) was realized showing air quality for government offices. The applications that were developed live on that day using only 4 hours working time are shown below:

Historic map gallery

The historic map gallery below uses a new feature of ArcGIS.com: embedding several maps from one group. It enables the user a direct click through to the map from a thumbnail. To realise this, click on the share butten from the group.

Thermography of city of Ghent (Belgium)

In March 2010, the city of Ghent was thermographed during the night in order to show heat loss of rooftops. The data are made available through a website but also as a service which is combined here with the large scale basemap made available by the Flemish Government. Another interesting fact about this map is that has been published by a private portal for ArcGIS from the Flemish Government, not on arcgis.com.

Leuven 1649, historic map with modern legend...

Reviving a historic map by digitizing the old legend as map pins. This map has numbers on locations of public buildings, places and religious buildings which refer to a legend at the right op the map. On this web map the legend was redigitized as map pins on the map. Certain locations were also completed with a wikipedia picture and link to get more information on the item. The University town of Leuven has changed a bit in 400 years. It is remarkable on the map that most of the gullies around the town are shown as dry. This was probably a realistic situation since only the areas where the river Dyle is flowing in and out of town are shown with water. If you want to compare the old map with the current situation, this application shows you a synchronized view on both maps.


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Titanic: no one can escape the publicity...

This map was made in the wake of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. A complete web map application on the passengers can be opened here. The map below shows the icebergs, warnings and rescue ships 100 years ago.


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Tienen 1649 Atlas van Loon

This is probably the source of the two maps on the battle of Tienen described below. It is a beautifully detailed map which uses already some of our modern techniques to show different items on the map. Note the different roof colors which were used to indicate civilian houses or churches, chapels and public buildings.



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