Google creates API for using Flash on its maps
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under Flash, Mapping, google | Leave a Comment
Google has introduced a API that will allow developers to use Flash when building Google Maps.
Aside from creating a speedier and smoother operation as users move around maps the new interface creates the opportunity for a more creative approach to map building and use. Have a look at the nice example on the Google Maps […]
MSN mashes blogs and entertainment maps
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under msn, Mapping | Leave a Comment
MSN has created two new mapping tools using content from its blogging and entertainment channels.
The SpacesVision map displays updates from bloggers on the site’s Live Spaces platform in almost real-time.
It describes itself as the latest stage in the ‘vision map genre’ following established mapping services FlickrVision and TwitterVision.
Meanwhile the Celebrity Spotter tool mashes up a […]
Threats to Zimbabwe’s voters mapped by campaigners
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Politics | Leave a Comment
As part of their Zimbabwe Election Watch campaign, website Sowanele.com has mapped data of conditions affecting last month’s election (thanks to a tweet from Paul Bradshaw for the link).
Users can see where different factors or issues, including violence, state propaganda and press freedom, have had an impact on the election process.
The map below shows areas […]
BBC uses Ordinance Survey maps for traffic jam mashup
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, BBC | Leave a Comment
The BBC is using Ordinance Survey maps to display traffic hotspots based on info from its Jam Cams.
Clicking through the flash-generated map takes you through to a live Jam Cam video feed which is updated every 10 minutes. The bigger the circles on the map, the more cameras are available in that area.
The BBC formerly […]
Backpacker.com joins Web 2.0
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, magazines, launch, multimedia experiments | Leave a Comment
Backpacker magazine has relaunched its website, which now contains new multimedia and GPS supported content.
The site features an interactive map containing more than 1200 GPS-supported hikes, expert blogs and on-the-scene video.
“Our primary focus was to create the ultimate outdoor adventure renaissance experience on the web” said editor Anthony Cerretani in a press release.
“We wanted users […]
Online Journalism Scandinavia: “Computer programming is journalism”
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Online Journalism Scandinavia, Data journalism, Geotagging, Europe, Online Journalism, Citizen journalism, multimedia experiments, Journalism | Leave a Comment
Online Journalism Scandinavia this week looks at innovate use of Google mash-ups and online databases by the Norwegian press.
“Computer programming is also journalism,” Espen Andersen, the man charged with bringing the current affairs flagship of Norway’s public broadcaster (NRK) kicking and screaming into the internet age, told Journalism.co.uk.
He should know. Andersen is one of Scandinavia […]
iPM: mapping the credit crunch
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Geotagging, Editors' pick, BBC | Leave a Comment
iPM is working with the CASA (Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) - developer of a website for sharing maps - to use the technology more closely for journalistic ends.
Aside from this (and in a totally non-scientific way, they say) iPM wants to create a mood map of the credit crunch, assessing how people the length of the country feel about possible financial choppy waters ahead that it can use it to inform journalism.
Read More..>> Full story...Press Gazette: Telegraph developer weekend: The possibilites of Google Earth
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Linking, google, Geotagging, Handy Technology, Editors' pick, Journalism | Leave a Comment
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Read More..>> Full story...Innovations in Journalism - live geo-tagged video broadcast from Seero
Posted on April 21, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Broadcasting, Data journalism, Innovations in Journalism, MoJo, Video, Mobile, Geotagging, Digital video | Leave a Comment
We give developers the opportunity to tell us journalists why we should sit up and pay attention to the sites and devices they are working on. Today, live video streamed over the web with extra geographical information mapped in real-time from Seero.
1) Who are you and what’s it all about?
Hello, I’m Justin Cutillo, co-founder of […]
Telegraph adds local elections map
Posted on April 17, 2008 - Filed Under Mapping, Telegraph, Politics | Leave a Comment
The Telegraph has created another political map of the UK, this time giving a regional breakdown of local politics.
The interactive map makes use of local council data, such as council tax figures, local services info and the political make up of the authority, which users can browse by area.
The paper says this is a long-term […]
