Paul Bradshaw Senior Lecturer, Online Journalism, Magazines and New Media, School of Media, Birmingham City University, UK (mediacourses.com) Blogger, Online Journalism Blog Maps

www.spokesmanreview.com/stormstories/

www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/homicidemap/ http://journalistopia.com/2007/09/06/journalistopias-online-crime-maps-directory/

http://nyc.everyblock.com/

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/survey/

Grantham Journal heron map

http://geosearch.metacarta.com/

Sky’s Big Picture map

More… Telegraph’s A level results map BBC Berkshire’s flood map Hartlepool Mail’s ‘Plot the Pots’ and Plot the Grots’ maps Sky’s Suffolk Murders map , fuel prices , etc. Telegraph’s general and local election maps

Telegraph’s A level results map

BBC Berkshire’s flood map

Hartlepool Mail’s ‘Plot the Pots’ and Plot the Grots’ maps

Sky’s Suffolk Murders map , fuel prices , etc.

Telegraph’s general and local election maps

Tools Google Maps with… Mapalist.com (pulls from Google spreadsheet) Quikmaps (draw on a map) Visualpin.com (geocode video) Zonetag or Robogeo (geocode images) Spreadsheet mapper Nearby.org.uk – converts postcode to lat/long and lots else Umapper.com – embeddable flash maps Zeemaps – maps lists Maptube.org – share, mix and mash maps Openstreetmap.org – free, editable open source maps FMatlas HeatMapAPI.com Dipity Plazz.me – shorturls for locations Twibble – geotag tweets on a GPS phone

Google Maps with…

Mapalist.com (pulls from Google spreadsheet)

Quikmaps (draw on a map)

Visualpin.com (geocode video)

Zonetag or Robogeo (geocode images)

Spreadsheet mapper

Nearby.org.uk – converts postcode to lat/long and lots else

Umapper.com – embeddable flash maps

Zeemaps – maps lists

Maptube.org – share, mix and mash maps

Openstreetmap.org – free, editable open source maps

FMatlas

HeatMapAPI.com

Dipity

Plazz.me – shorturls for locations

Twibble – geotag tweets on a GPS phone

Do something now Brainstorm map ideas for your area … Go to Google Maps Log on and start your map Contribute to the map created by the editors

Brainstorm map ideas for your area

…

Go to Google Maps

Log on and start your map

Contribute to the map created by the editors

Image maps

ideas?

Flash

More More links: http://del.icio.us/paulb/mapping RSS feed of the week: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ Reading: Boczkowski: Digitizing the News, Chap 5

More links: http://del.icio.us/paulb/mapping

RSS feed of the week: http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

Reading: Boczkowski: Digitizing the News, Chap 5

Paul Bradshaw Course Director, MA Online Journalism, School of Media, Birmingham City University, UK (mediacourses.com) Blogger, Online Journalism Blog [email_address]