Digital maps & data mash ups

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Digital maps & data mash-ups

Geo data visualisation for everyone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoghal/2385281058/

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The Highland Apple Map

• Highland council study on biodiversity • Location and variety • Crowdsourced • http://bit.ly/MIECFq

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Missed opportunity?

• Static • Difficult to interact with • Can't drill down into the data • No public access to data

What happened on Friday 11th March at 14:46 local time?

What happened on Friday 11th March 2011 at 14:46 local time?

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http://breathingearth.net

http://g.co/maps/rcwkn

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Educational value

• Making sense of complex data • Turning data into stories • Better understanding of place • Research skills • Potential for collaboration

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Geocommons

• Free service • Upload or search for existing open data • Geocode data • Maps are scrollable & zoomable • Turn layers on and off • Change the backgrounds • Share and embed

http://geocommons.com

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Some examples

• The Apple Map redux • Nuclear power stations • GPS data

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