This site consists of posts about Wesleyan research on Middletown, Connecticut. Some of the posts are original to this site, but many others are pulled in from elsewhere. The site is built on WordPress. Integration with Google Maps is provided by the Geo Mashup plugin. Syndication from other sites is managed by the FeedWordPress plugin. The FeedGeoMashup plugin handles the geo-data for syndicated content.
Below you can view some slides that offer some additional information about how it is done: