Basic slides for a presentation to the RSC East Midlands efair 2012.

1. www.netskills.ac.uk
Digital maps & data mash-ups
Geo data visualisation for everyone

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoghal/2385281058/

3. Presentation title (change in layout master)
The Highland Apple Map
• Highland council study on biodiversity
• Location and variety
• Crowdsourced
• http://bit.ly/MIECFq
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4. Presentation title (change in layout master)
Missed opportunity?
• Static
• Difficult to interact with
• Can't drill down into the data
• No public access to data
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5.  What What happened on 11th March
 happened on Friday Friday 11th March 2011 at
14:46 local time?
at 14:46 local time?

6. also…
…and…
…and

9. http://breathingearth.net

10. http://g.co/maps/rcwkn

11. Presentation title (change in layout master)
Educational value
• Making sense of complex data
• Turning data into stories
• Better understanding of place
• Research skills
• Potential for collaboration
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12. Presentation title (change in layout master)
Geocommons
• Free service
• Upload or search for existing open data
• Geocode data
• Maps are scrollable & zoomable
• Turn layers on and off
• Change the backgrounds
• Share and embed
http://geocommons.com
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13. Presentation title (change in layout master)
Some examples
• The Apple Map redux
• Nuclear power stations
• GPS data
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Links for today
http://bitly.com/bundles/netskills/k
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