Fortune 500 Women CEOs and Gender Pay Gap in America

Here's Google Maps View of Women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies (source Fortune).

Also a Google Maps View of Gender Pay Gap in America. I found this in the May 7th, 2007 Issue of Time Magazine (page 20).

Louisiana had the highest pay disparity. (A College Educated women would earn 64% of what the male counterpart would earn, whereas in West Virginia a women would earn 89% of what the male counterpart would earn.

Hottest Jobs in 2007

Fortune Magazine makes use of Google Maps to show where the hottest jobs in America are for 2007.

Chernobyl disaster - 04/26/1986

Chernobyl disaster - the world's worst accident ever in the history of nuclear power, occured today April 26th, 1986. (more at wikipedia)

Google Maps View of Chernobyl accident location:



Related: Some incredible pictures (found in the comments for this post)

Business of Baseball on Google Maps

Google Maps view of Baseball's most valuable teams as mentioned in FORBES

A Cool Sick Google Maps Mashup

Interested to find out whether the flu in your family, school, office is something that is going around then check out this cool/useful Google Maps Mashup from whoissick.org. You can filter the data by sickness, symptoms. (found at GoogleMapsMania)

Tragic week in US History (April 15-21)

April 15th. 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater, Washington DC (Google Maps View)


April 16th, 1947 - Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, (Google Maps View) to catch fire, killing almost 600.


April 16th, 2007 - Virginia Tech Massacre: A gunman goes on a shooting rampage killing 33 at the Virginia Tech Campus in Blacksburg, Virginia (Google Maps View).


April 18th, 1983 - United States Embassy Bombing in Beirut, Lebanon (Google Maps View) where 63 people died.


April 19th, 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, (Google Maps View) is bombed, killing 168.


April 20th, 1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves in the Columbine High School massacre (Google Maps View).

British Airways Pilot too sleepy to fly

Passengers from a British Airways flight to London, UK were offloaded at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (Google Maps View) as the Airline crew felt that it did not have enough rest. So after a 13 hour delay which gave ample time for the British Airways Flight crew to rest the passengers were on their way to London. (more here)

Deadliest Shooting in US History at Virginia Tech

A gunman walked into (04/16/2007) a dorm and then into a classroom at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) and killed 32 people in what is now the Deadliest shooting rampage in US History. (more at CNN, CBS, BBC)

(Note: The shooting Monday at Virginia Tech occurs in the same week, eight years ago, as the shooting at Columbine on April 20, 1999)

Here's the timeline of World Wide School shootings on Google Maps (source InfoPlease)

Oklahoma City - Fast Food Capital of America

Oklahoma city (Google Maps View) gets the distinction of being named the fast food capital of America for 2007. (Source CNN)


Quoting CNN:

What's behind Oklahoma City's propensity to purchase Big Macs? For starters, Oklahoma City ranked No. 15 in the latest survey of "America's Fattest Cities" by Men's Fitness magazine, which based its results on things like gym memberships and the amount of time spent sitting in traffic. That's up from No. 17 last year, but this is not a list you want to move up on.

The city also houses the headquarters of fast food chain Sonic, which has 268 locations across the state. (By comparison, Sonic has only 34 restaurants in all of California.) A quick search of McDonald's locations in the Oklahoma City area turned up 50 Golden Arches in and around the city, so its residents are certainly not wanting for fast-food options.

Geography Quiz Google Maps Mashups

Here are couple of cool Google Maps Mashups which tests your World Geography Knowledge

World Geography Quiz: This quote from the website:

You'll be asked for the locations of various randomly selected national capitals and cities with a population over 100K. Pan and zoom (with the left mouse button and the on-map controls) then drag the marker to where you think it is. How far off you are will then be displayed.

TerraClues: Quoting TerraClues Website

TerraClues is a puzzle game where the objective is to find locations on the world map by solving a set of clues. Each time you solve a clue, the next clue will be unlocked until all clues have been solved. (via GoogleMapsMania)

Aircrafts in a holding pattern over Manchester, NH

Passenger to Air Hostess on a SouthWest Flight 1187 to Machester, NH (Google Maps View): "Hello Miss why is this aircraft not landing, what's the problem".

Now how would you react if the Air Hostess replies "Sir, the Air Traffic Controller at Manchester, NH is on a potty break. As soon as he is done with his thing, we will be at the gate in no time - Here would you like some peanuts!".

The incident did really occur (except the conversations which I made up). Not only did the the potty break delayed the aircrafts in the air it also delayed the takeoff of a Plane carrying lungs for transplant. For more on this story check out CNN

Sanjaya Malakar on a roll

Sanjaya Malakar moves in to top 7 of American Idol. Haley Scarnato was voted out.

Here's Google Maps view of Sanjaya Malakar and the rest of the American Idol Contestants.

America's One Trick Towns

Quote from money.aol.com

As America's economy has shifted away from the Heartland, smart small towns have transformed themselves into kitschy tourist destinations. So where can you find a second Eiffel Tower and the world's biggest ball of twine?

Check the locations of "America's One Trick Towns" in this Google Maps Mashups!

(UPDATE! This Google Maps Mashup made it to "Mashup of the Day" at ProgrammableWeb.com on April 13th, 2007)

Hey Cabbie! We need a ride to Sedona, Arizona!

No problems Sir! its going to cost you $3000 plus Gas, plus Food, plus lodging.
It's a Deal!
A retired couple moving from New York to Sedona, Arizona did not want their cats to travel in the cargo hold of the plane and like many in New York they don't drive a car so they decided to catch a cab to Arizona. (Source: CNN)

To help the couple and their cab driver out, here's the driving directions via Google Maps from New York to Sedona, Arizona (a 2339 mile journey).

Twitters of Note: 04/08/2007

Here are some of the twitters I ran into this weekend at my twitter Google Maps page.

Follow Tom Gurry


Follow Rochelle Hartman


Follow Michael Zole

New Home for Sex Offenders in Miami, FL

Google Maps View of Julia Tuttle Causeway, Miami, FL - the new home for Sex Offenders in Miami, Florida.

CNN is reporting:

Five men -- all registered sex offenders convicted of abusing children -- live along the causeway because there is a housing shortage for Miami's least welcome residents.

The Florida Department of Corrections says there are fewer and fewer places in Miami-Dade County where sex offenders can live because the county has some of the strongest restrictions against this kind of criminal in the country.

Florida's solution: house the convicted felons under a bridge that forms one part of the causeway.

The Julia Tuttle Causeway, which links Miami to Miami Beach, offers no running water, no electricity and little protection from nasty weather. It's not an ideal solution, Department of Corrections Officials told CNN, but at least the state knows where the sex offenders are.

Twitters of Note - 04/05/2007

Here are some of the twitters I ran into today at my twitter Google Maps page. Let me know if you come across any notable and not so notable twitters (send me a screenshot).

Twitter Screen Name: SantaClaus

















Twitter Screen Name: jspepper














Twitter Screen Name: fazbalaph

America's Most and Least Tax Friendly States

Here' a Google Maps View of America's Most Tax Friendly State - Alaska and the Least Tax Friendly State - Vermont. (Source CNN Money)

Sanjaya Malakar in Top 8 of American IDOL

Sanjaya Malakar moves on to Top 8 of American IDOL. Here's Sanjaya Malakar and the rest of the American IDOL contestants on Google Maps. (Red Markers - Contestants voted out!)

Twitters I noticed this morning

Here's a interesting Twitter post I noticed this morning.



Related:Twitters on Google Maps

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee is located at 450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, TN. This museum is built around Lorraine Motel where on this day in 1968 (April 4th) Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

Here's the Google Maps View of Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TN.

Google Maps again showing post Katrina Satellite Imagery of New Orleans

After the firestorm of criticism over Google Maps showing pre Katrina Satellite Imagery, Google Maps now is showing post Katrina Satellite Imagery of New Orleans.

Here's what New Orleans Superdome looks like (Images look much sharper now)

I have circled the area in the top left corner which reads "Re-Opening 9-24-2006 GO SAINTS".

In Google Earth it looks like this:


Blue Tarps covering the Roofs (Google Maps View)

CBS News Top Stories on Google Maps

Here's a Google Maps Mashup of CBS News Top Stories (via CBS News KML Feed).

(Note: Mike Pegg's post on KML and GeoRSS data sources in Google Maps motivated me to create this mashup)