The town of Waltham Forest in the UK has a fine example of combining Google's mapping tools with its place data. You can use the map to find 31 categories of information including polling stations, parks, post offices, and road works. All information useful in an average person's day. Now compare this to South Kingstown's map which contains none of this information.
It is good that South Kingstown has an online map. This is a first step towards more citizen awareness but more needs to be done. More data is needed. More browsers need to be supported (Macintosh users can't access it with Safari). More standards and de facto standards need to be adhered too. And, above all, the "GIS Web Site Disclaimer" needs to be removed.
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