Geo interfaces for actual humans by Eric Gelinas of Flickr February 6th 2012
Geo interfaces for actual humans
by Eric Gelinas of FlickrFebruary 6th 2012
Do we really need a map?
Why Flickr uses maps:
- Navigation
- To tell a story
!ere are a lot of photos on Flickr
- Navigation
Why Flickr uses maps:
- To tell a story
!is is an interesting photo
© Stefania Zamparelli, used by permission.
It’s more interesting with a story
© Stefania Zamparelli, used by permission.
Contacts ExplorersLikely familiarwith where youtake most photos
Might have no familiarity with thelocation of your photos
3-Step ZoomDefault
On hover of the map image
Hover over the center
http://open.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v3/getmap?size=300,100&zoom=6¢er=37.770019,-122.511377&scalebar=false&pois=blue,37.770019,-122.511377
bit.ly/three_step_map_zoom/
Most map interfaces are kinda awkward
!e placemark
“Slippy Maps”
Most methods to "nd:- Get map center
- Get current zoom level
- Set zoom level
- Get view type
- Set view type
- Get latitude longitude for current map XY
- Get map XY for latitude longitude
- Draw map and center
- Pan to XY
- Get bounding-box for points
- Get best zoom level for bounding-box
Useful events:- Pan*
- Double-Click
- Map Draw End
- Zoom Level Changed
- Mouse Down
- Mouse Up
- Focus Visibility Change**
* Pan equivalent in Bing maps tend to be out of sync with animations** Focus Visibility Change event usually has to be made custom.
A map which looks a lot more like Flickr
http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads
Location information is sensitive
!e future...
http://openstreetmap.org/
http://http://https://
github.com/mapbox/carto/
Behold: Carto
Tools make it easier to be awesome
Giants: i am on their shoulders...code.!ickr.com/blog/tag/geo
I thank you!ickr.com/standardpixel @standardpixel
DVD Extras:bit.ly/three_step_map_zoomgithub.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads openstreetmap.org mapbox.com/tilemill
Photo Credits:flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/377111497flickr.com/photos/jamieanderson/289649542flickr.com/photos/rubixdead/6710142943 flickr.com/photos/zamparelli/5460439463flickr.com/photos/dylanblake/5408360685flickr.com/photos/anilbhatt/5933391461flickr.com/photos/komljenovic/91970575flickr.com/photos/pupski/49705523flickr.com/photos/benheine/6225886421flickr.com/photos/c-reel/4771058154flickr.com/photos/paulhammond/2069195263