links for 2007-08-11

David Lord’s Bridge Map mashup displays 700,000 bridges by combining the National Bridge Inventory database found on the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration website with Google Maps.

“The Speaker of the House of Commons has spent thousands of pounds of public money employing a law firm to defend him from criticism.”

Peter Brantley: “[Recent journalism grad Kara Andrade''s] work … is innovative, almost fearless in its use of social software and new media, and covers interesting subjects. Most recently, Kara created a conversation about “God, Sex, and Family” in Seco

“Ever the risk-taker, Rupert Murdoch may be planning to gamble the newspaper’s significant Web subscription revenues on the growing Internet ad market”

“The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has introduced new guidelines which will prevent members of the armed forces from using blogs, or posting video footage on the internet.”

“One of the most encouraging signs that media companies understand the expanded role they need to play is the growing use of databases to provide answers about communities”

“Click the points on the map to see the locations of where the city of Orlando plans to place cameras to catch and fine red-light running motorists.”