Friday, May 30th, 2008

Mapping the News 2 (TED talks 1:Why we know less than ever about the world)

We are probably all familiar with maps of the world with the south pole at the top, or showing relative size per capita income or use of global resources etc: they act as an immediate visual paradigm shift in our perceptions in a way that simple raw data on a subject can’t match.

In the same [...]

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

mapping the news 1

Mashing up google maps and news events is a potentially killer app for delivering a better understanding of events on both a local and global scale. Ushahid is a very interesting site that was set up during the post election violence in Kenya to act as an incident reporting and tracking monitor for acts of [...]