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A Very Detailed and Interesting Look at NYC from Oasis Map
Found via the LICNYC blog and created by The Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, Oasis Map might be one of the most interesting NYC mapping services I’ve seen to-date. The Oasis Map offers a variety of criteria for viewing including a neat look back all the way to the year 1609!
You can search by block, ZIP code, neighborhood, community district and county/borough. Once you have selected a location, there are a few hundred layers you can apply to the map. Some of the layers include:
- Land use (parking/commercial/industrial/etc)
- Social services – education, housing
- Population characteristics
- Water and wetlands
- Parks and open space (golf, baseball, cemeteries, federal land, etc)
- Transit and roads (my favorite) – they show all of the subway lines in the city on the map
If you click on a building, an aerial view appears via Microsoft Virtual Earth. There is also a tab for very detailed information on the building you have selected and the neighborhood.
Even if you aren’t from NYC, it’s worth checking out the Oasis Map.
Thanks for your blog post. I wanted to let you know we’ve enhanced the OASIS map site in several ways since you blogged about it, and we’ll be adding some other new features shortly. Recent updates include:
- permalink feature for any lot or address on the map (such as City Hall at http://urbanresearchmaps.org/oasis/map.aspx?zoomto=lot:1001220001);
- Yahoo Local search results for each property (so you can find out what’s happening there, not just what the land use or zoning codes);
- a print feature (and you can use this to save your map image as a PNG file); and
- an OASIS Twitter account @oasisnycmaps.
Soon we’ll be adding:
- new data from NYC agencies such as zoning maps, landmark sites and historic districts, and soil conditions;
- Flickr feeds of community garden photos, pics of combined sewer overflows, and more; and
- shortcut searches: we plan to add a third “tab” (right next to the Legend and Location Report tabs — this one will provide quick search options for community gardens, local environmental stewards, parks, and other key features.
Glad you like the site!