Newspaper map
Monday, 16 May 2011, 08:30
Very impressive: "all online newspapers in the world" on one Google Map, by Great Name of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Google Maps Mania: Government Cuts on Google Maps
Friday, 1 April 2011, 13:27
Several attempts being made to plot local spending cuts on a map, including crowdsourcing efforts by Channel 4 and the Guardian.
maptd: Worldwide map of nuclear power stations and earthquake zones
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:31
Good global map of nuclear power stations vs seismic activity.
BBC News:- Broadband speed mapped for BBC Look East research
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 14:20
"BBC Look East is calling for people in the East of England to find out their home broadband speed, as part of the TV programme's week-long special. … Home broadband users can take part by plotting their speed onto an interactive map."
Daily Mail: Police crime map Home Office website crashed: 2 call centres hotspots
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 17:20
Beware the "default location" fallacy in crime data: "A Sussex Police spokesman said: ‘Sussex Police has been thorough in its recording and these high figures relate to hoax calls – mainly received by mobile phone – which have been…
Adrian Short: police.uk official crime maps — there should be a law against it
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 17:07
"Spatial visualisation and analysis is enormously difficult to get right and even thoughtfully-designed visualisations require a fair bit of understanding to interpret correctly. … The newspapers that have run lists of the most crime-ridden str…
National Geographic Magazine: What’s in a Surname?
Monday, 31 January 2011, 17:06
"America is a nation of Smiths, Johnsons, and Sullivans—but also of Garcias and Nguyens. Zoom in on the map below to see what surnames proliferate in your part of the country."
Flowing Data: Adults with college degrees, over time
Monday, 31 January 2011, 16:09
"The strength of the [Chronicle of Higher Education's] interactive graphic is in the filters. They let readers zoom in on the group they're most interested in. Narrow down by a variety of demographics such as gender or race, as well as s…
10,000 Words: 7 Innovative online maps
Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 16:25
"The technology that is paired with online maps is constantly improving, which means the ways media organizations are using them have become more diverse. Check out a few online maps that are furthering what’s possible with map mashups."
Brian Boyer — Hacker Journalist : Draft: Kick-ass news apps, part deux! More projects to inspire journos.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010, 21:20
"here’s my first whack at a list of recently inspiring projects"
Los Angeles Times: Databases, Lists, Maps, Rankings – Data Desk
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 16:23
The LA Times' data desk's server: "Maps, databases and other resources that help you dig deeper."
Thursday, 20 December 2007, 08:48
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iPM seems to be discovering that e-mail might not have been the best way to collect 20,000+ postcodes for a massive listener mashup…
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 00:32
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The significance, down near the bottom: "delivering localised adverts according to a consumers’ position is seen as a key part of advertising’s future. …"
Friday, 16 November 2007, 11:11
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"Two Oakland Tribune Web producers have won acclaim for their interactive community project, ‘Not Just A Number.’"
