[Editor’s note: This is my third map that refines the mashup template I’ve been developing for The Washington Post. Data is loaded via XML so the producer doesn’t need to edit the HTML. Option to enable the auto-generated legend below the map (the pop-menu above the map is part of the “legend”). MouseOver tooltip behavior tells the user what the markers are called before they click on them to get full details. Option to zoom in on marker click and get satellite map when the info window is called up.
My favorite feature: on close of the information window that resulted from that marker click the map pans / zooms back to it’s prior location. No more “where was I” moments so common with mashups! Goes with an investigative piece, read that here.
WEB EDITOR: Juana Summers — washingtonpost.com. REPORTERS: Cheryl W. Thompson and Mary Pat Flaherty — The Washington Post. Interactive by Nathaniel V. Kelso — The Washington Post. First published June 6, 2008.]
Since County Executive Jack B. Johnson took office in December 2002, his administration has agreed at least 11 times to sell public land to people with ties to Johnson, including a former business partner, a current business partner and several campaign contributors. Johnson said he has not been involved in awarding any of the contracts and has ordered a review of county procedures for selling public land. Those who won the deals said they were not given special treatment. The projects are mapped below.
Interactive graphic mirrored below. Original available here.
