Tuesday 31 July 2012

Maps, maps and more maps

Looking for something to fill a bit of time?
Here's a few maps, I've been impressed by lately - some are just cool, others do things in interesting ways (but need a little more work!), but all are worth a look

Real time geo-located twitter feeds (tweets).  
Says a lot about time and resource dependent use of tech.
http://pure-waterfall-1016.herokuapp.com/


Print your own 3D model of part of the Earth
I CAN.NOT.WAIT to do this

http://www.landprint.com/

Geovisualization of time
Such an interesting example of how to map time and distance rather than space and distance.  Shows how far you can get from Amsterdam Central and makes use of train timetables.  Great job.
http://app.timemaps.nl/map


Interactive online ESRI/ArcGIS map
Shows whether current crop production can meet future demand.
The slider is a nice touch but not sure if it fully functions here - must remember for future though!
http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/feedingtheworld/


Tuesday 24 July 2012

Data visualization - Journalism in the Age of Data

Came across a wonderful example of visualization which touches on many areas of geovisualization but with a focus on the public communication of data.  - via Chris McDowall's seeing (data) blog