interactive maps and image maps
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Week 8 lecture from Paul Bradshaw's Online Journalism module on the BA (Hons) Media & Communication (Journalism) degree at Birmingham City University (edited - section on using Flash removed)TRANSCRIPT
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
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