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