The hexagons of accessibility

A beautiful geovisualization of accessibility and other transport related variables of UK cities.

http://luminocity3d.org/Transport.html#rail_network_&_activity_density_2011/10/51.5527/-0.3646

Immigration infographic

Still GI but is it a map?

http://qz.com/192440/where-everyone-in-the-world-is-migrating-in-one-gorgeous-chart/

More transport visualizations

Iain Kirkpatrick produced a Wellington Public Transport geovisualization inspired by Richard Law's previous viz.  The geoviz uses GitHub.  Iain is also a PGDipGIS graduate.

Mapping Wellington Public Transport

Check out: https://vimeo.com/album/2763946

Richard Law, MGIS student, has created a neat visualization of Wellington's Public Transport network for different days.  Richard uses Google Transit Data Feed to nab the data and some code to automatically generate the different geovisualizations.  Keep an eye on his Vimeo channel to see updated geoviz.

mapping update

http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/08/a-history-of-protests-mapped-1979-to-today/

Great use of animation - Where have there been protests since 1979?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/27/the-one-map-that-shows-why-syria-is-so-complicated/

The one map that shows why Syria is so complicated - Not great to look at but interesting subject

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-08/05/slum-mapping-google-maps-cartography
Interesting article on google's stance for a perfect world map - nice to see agendas questioned

A random round up of geo-news

Mapping children's chances
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22688596
Some interesting patterns here from the BBC on world adoption of parental leave and education for children with disabilities, etc.

ESRI story map on endangered languages
http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/endangered-languages/
Not a great map, but a wonderful idea

Ecologists map the benefit of our eco-systems
http://www.sensorsandsystems.com/news/top-stories/ecosystem-services/30874-ecologists-map-the-benefits-of-our-ecosystems.html
This isn't a surprize for the VUW peeps developing LUCI

Growing importance of citizen science in map making
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23808-citizen-cartographers-fill-the-gaps-in-maps.html#.UexgytJT6So

72 hours of earthquakes for Wellington (until Sunday 21 July)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktnn8Ii9cFU

Not strictly speaking Geo-news, but usability issues are common
http://mashable.com/2012/12/16/google-analytics-real-life/

Great use of Lidar to discover more details about Cambodia's ancient city of Angkor Wat
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10891465

Making Sense of Spatial Data - a public lecture by moi

Enquiries: L.Singh@paradise.net.nz

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/

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

Linking data to geography - the demise of privacy?

A rather grand title, but a topic which constantly comes up when I get into rather too detailed discussions with friends and random strangers at parties.

I'm woeful with names so the Whitepages Neighbors site sounds like a good idea.  They've launched an app which lists names and numbers for your neighbours overlaid on a map of your local area.  But my cynical side can already see particularly unsavoury uses for this - phoning to check if someone is at home before you break into their house.

Joining data to geographic locations, which was possible for individuals previously on a manual and labourious basis, can release a lot more information about individuals and families than they might care to make public.  The power of joining through geography is a double edged sword.

 

http://neighbors.whitepages.com/

Colour and how you perceive it

Colour is always an interesting topic for those interested in the visual communication of information. Cartography in particular relies on colour (hue, chroma and lightness) to relay information to its audience.  A colleague of mine pointed me to this BBC programme on the perception of colour - how its affected by your moods, your use of descriptions, your language, etc.