Faneuil Media

Yesterday we launched a project we’re very excited about. It’s called Crime Tracker, it’s published on KCRA 3 in Sacramento and you can see it here.
Crime Tracker makes Sacramento’s public crime data super-easy to access. Enter your address and you find out what’s going on in your neighborhood. Easy as that.
The cool thing about this […]

The folks at Gothamist launched our latest Faneuil Media project last week. It’s a map of breaking news in New York City. Check it out.
In addition to being plain cool, I think the map highlights some of the benefits of automatically updated content. Think about it: Readers have a new way to find out what’s […]

At Faneuil Media we often use maps to make data more accessible to readers. Because it’s so simple and people are familiar with it, we frequently use Google’s mapping platform.
Unfortunately, Google’s API doesn’t make it easy to map shapes and areas. It’s simple to map specific points, like the location of crimes, but not areas, […]