Conveyor Blog

Last night I stumbled across a neat little web application called Wordle. It creates graphics based on whatever text you supply. Words that appear more frequently appear larger than those that appear less frequently.

When I ran the text from our Conveyor Selection Guide through the Wordle system, I was impressed with the image it came up with. It sums up what we do here perfectly, so I thought I’d share it with our blog readers.

Click on the image above to see it in its full glory. If you create your own Wordle, we’d love to see it in the comments.

Last week, Google Maps added street view imagery for a whole host of cities, Cincinnati included. We’re proud to be based in Cincinnati, so I’d like to show 10 of the best sights around town as seen by Google’s cameras.

Click any of the images to see it in Street View and start your own “driving” tour of the city.

1. Cincinnati Union Terminal/Museum Center

I consider Cincinnati Union Terminal/Museum Center to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the country. It was the last of the great “union” railway terminals to be built and features stunning art deco features. Inside are a series of mosaic murals depicting the history of the area. The original concourse featured mosaics honoring prominent Cincinnati companies such as Proctor & Gamble and Baldwin Piano; when it was razed, those murals were moved to the Cincinnati airport.

2. Roebling Suspension Bridge

The Roebling Suspension Bridge spans the Ohio River from Cincinnati to Covington. It was designed by John Roebling, who took what he learned from this bridge and applied it to his later Brooklyn Bridge. You can see the obvious similarities in the supports of the two bridges.

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Microsoft has released an update to their Live Search Maps product. For the first time our headquarters are included in the Bird’s Eye Imagery. You can see 360° views of our building and others in the area.

They obviously flew over our area on a very cold day. There’s a little snow left on our roof and the pond is partially frozen.

See if you can find your office in their new imagery and post a link in the comments. You can get a link by clicking the share button at the top of the maps and choosing “send in email.” We’d love to see where our readers are working.