See the World Through Stimulus-Colored Glasses

Katherine Mangu-Ward | November 3, 2009

Wondering where all that stimulus money is going? Now you can see for yourself, infographic-style, which bits of your daily life are afloat in government moolah as you walk the mean streets of America.

The makers of the app say:

Layar is an application that overlays your view of the real world with waypoints representing your favorite coffee place, the movie theatre you're trying to find, or in this case, where some of that $787 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going. If you have an iPhone 3GS or Android device you can install the Layar app for free and then search for "recovery" or "sunlight" within Layar to find this layer. The layer works best near large cities where you are most likely to find recovery contracts.

Via Gizmodo

Comments

|11.3.09 @ 4:35PM|#

The layer works best near large cities where you are most likely to find Democratic party voters and Democratic party donors.

Citizen Nothing|11.3.09 @ 4:42PM|#

Just gave it a twirl and got 50 hits within a .9 mile radius of my office.

Citizen Nothing|11.3.09 @ 4:44PM|#

It's showing something called Vista Mesa Villa ($372,033)located on the lawn of the Ohio State Capitol.

Citizen Nothing|11.3.09 @ 4:45PM|#

...just about where the These are My Jewels statue is located. Coincidence?

Citizen Nothing|11.3.09 @ 4:48PM|#

Also, there are no mesas, and damn few vistas, in Ohio.

Art-P.O.G.|11.3.09 @ 5:17PM|#

I concur.

|11.3.09 @ 5:36PM|#

It's like QuestHelper for real life. Just need to integrate it with those twitter / hookup dating apps.

Number 6|11.3.09 @ 5:51PM|#

Once again, William Gibson turns out to be prescient.
(I'm talking about the augmented reality thing, not the stimulus.)

TP|11.3.09 @ 6:09PM|#

That does it. I'm getting rid of my Windows Mobile 6.1 for a Droid. Anybody want to buy an HTC Touch Diamond on Sprint?

jeff|11.3.09 @ 6:32PM|#

Is there a similar app that creates overlay maps of where the "stimulus" money comes from?