Pattern recognition in ghost map

According to the latest comes from Steven Johnson he shows off his new inventory ----Ghost map. And he creates his map in his blog. Using this map it will shows the most recent locations that a blog has covered. And this function has it’s own name----Outside.in.
Pattern Recognition - Plotting the data on the map was obviously key. Without it they would not have been able to center in on that single pump.
Today neighborhoods are still dense and geodata is becoming available (see GeoCommons for an example), but it is difficult to know who else is talking in your area. This realization is what led to the creation of Outside.in, a place for local amateurs to connect and potentially enable future Snow's & Whitehead's. Outside.in has a good start on this goal. They are building the framework of the site to fill out in the future with more data. As they start to aggregate more sources and expand to more cities they will start to become a valuable resource to locals and tourists. BTW, they're hiring.

link: http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/06/where_20_outsid.html