Beyond Google Maps - FOWA 2008 LondonPresentation Transcript
Beyond GoogleMaps
Andrew Turner, Mapufacture & FortiusOne
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Evolved Maps,
desconstructed
A Brief History
of Mapping *
*IANAH
StoryMapping
Emphemeral Maps http://maps.google.com
Meaning
Meaning
Navigation
Compass
1492 - Columbus sails
the ocean blue
Cartographic Renaissance
So geographers, in Afric maps,
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And o’er unhabitable downs
Place elephants for want of towns.
- Jonathan Swift
Ortelius Atlas
Exploration
Travel Guides
Driving Guides
GIS
Internet Maps
2005 - Google slips the
map
urban renewal
participatory web
2005 - Google slips the
map
mobile computing
GPS becomes
ubiquitous
HousingMaps http://housingmaps.com
Slippy Maps
&
Spinny Globes
GoogleMaps http://maps.google.com
Interactivity http://maps.google.com
Design
Usability
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Cape+Town&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.938803,18.486214&spn=0.182293,0.331306&z=12
Data Coverage and
Quality
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Cape+Town&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.938803,18.486214&spn=0.182293,0.331306&z=12
Data Coverage and
Quality
http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.9377&lon=18.4745&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF
Brighton, UK
Brighton, UK
Data Ownership and
Access
Data Ownership and
Access
Technology Limitations
Technology Limitations
Where Next?
http://flickr.com/photos/loupiote/25426957
Storage
id name rating lat lon
10045 Vibe Bar 4.3 52.81 0.295
10046 Half Moon 3.8 53.432 0.312
Pub
10047 Windmill 2.6 50.982 0.256
10048 Marquess 1.7 51.023 1.24
oAnglesey
Grange
10049 4.5 52.110 0.4562
Pub
Coopers
10050 3.5 50.862 0.821
Arms
Old
10051 3.2 52.591 0.312
Queens
Oxo
10052 1.3 51.93 -0.351
Head
Tower
10053 Riverside 3.9 52.18 0.62
id name rating lat lon
10045 Vibe Bar 4.3 52.81 0.295
10046 Half Moon 3.8 53.432 0.312
Pub
10047 Windmill 2.6 50.982 0.256
10048 Marquess 1.7 51.023 1.24
oAnglesey
Grange
10049 4.5 52.110 0.4562
Pub
Coopers
10050 3.5 50.862 0.821
Arms
Old
10051 3.2 52.591 0.312
Queens
Oxo
10052 1.3 51.93 -0.351
Head
Tower
10053 Riverside 3.9 52.18 0.62
RSS / Atom
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KML Extended Data
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congrats. 4 years ago