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jedierikb
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geographic map data available for p5
« on: Dec 10th, 2003, 12:26am » |
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hi
I am researching how to help local communities be their own historians, and have built an online geographic map where communities can upload historical photographs.
This online map uses the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER map data, which I have parsed into a mySQL database and render into web pages at:
http://imagemaps.mle.ie/
I can also spit this data out as xml, and it is therefore readily available for p5 projects! I have just about the entire U.S. available (minus Montana, but we can stick him in there if there is enough interest). In the future, it would be neat to integrate p5 applets with the imagemaps website.
Here is where to get some sample xml data (of melrose, massachusetts):
http://www.media.mit.edu/~erikb/imagemaps/map.xml
And here is some sample java code which can render this data (and instructions on how to get more data):
http://www.media.mit.edu/~erikb/imagemaps/maproce55ing.java.html
I am not a terribly strong p5 hacker, so if someone can help to get this data into p5, then we can all start playing with it. finally, here is some more information on the project:
http://www.media.mit.edu/~erikb/imagemaps/
map on,
ERIK!
http://www.media.mit.edu/~erikb/upload/proce55ing.mov
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| « Last Edit: Dec 11th, 2003, 7:17pm by jedierikb » |
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forkinsocket
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #2 on: Dec 13th, 2003, 8:24pm » |
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That's rad. How generous of you to offer data for us to work with.
Displaying photos tagged by geographic location is an interesting design challenge. This could be an opportunity for Processing people to produce a portfolio piece, if they are thinking about branching out into info vis.
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Koenie
 
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #4 on: Dec 15th, 2003, 9:16pm » |
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whoa thats really nice! this is a great start for your project, I think. I really like how you can hover over a street and it highlights.
Koenie
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http://koeniedesign.com
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mKoser
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #5 on: Dec 16th, 2003, 12:59am » |
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nice
i must say, i particularly enjoy the transition of the map when you click on an image... i only wish there also would be a transition going back... great job so far though!
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mikkel crone koser | www.beyondthree.com | http://processing.beyondthree.com
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forkinsocket
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #6 on: Dec 17th, 2003, 5:30am » |
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this is a good first try.
visualisation is often about communicating macro and micro level views of information. macro is important for seeing large themes at a glance. micro is important for seeing focused details. you have concentrated on the transition between these two.
let's think about the macro view. what are the important elements of the composition? what would happen if you only presented photos? would it change the way you composed these elements on screen?
perhaps the photos are less important than the text. erik's project is meant to be a tool for historical documentation: first hand accounts are an important part of the story we wish to tell. how might you use typography to tell this story?
a personal footnote: i find that it's helpful to make drawings on paper (or in illustrator if i am working with type) before beginning a sketch in code. this may or may not be for you.
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jedierikb
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #7 on: Dec 17th, 2003, 6:44pm » |
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here is another one i threw together. kind of silly.
[just changed the interaction model from click+hold to just click]
http://web.media.mit.edu/~erikb/imagemaps/streetVis/
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| « Last Edit: Dec 17th, 2003, 8:04pm by jedierikb » |
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Koenie
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #8 on: Dec 17th, 2003, 8:17pm » |
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Those little cars are funny!
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http://koeniedesign.com
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barikan
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #9 on: Dec 22nd, 2003, 7:06pm » |
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Because the information resolution is high at first sight(default screen or macro level), rather than displaying thumbnails on the map, harmonious signifiers such as color spots or tiny icons may be useful.
I liked the clean highlight on the roads in the first version. also the red cross is efficent to follow the location.
+ Shadows on the fonts make them hard to read.
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preetha
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #10 on: Dec 31st, 2003, 5:27am » |
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Hi
I am trying to build an application with this XML map. Could you help me with information on how I can get Latitudes and Longitudes of any address that is given as input,
This is because Im trying to display pictures taken at specific addresses
Thanks in advance
Preetha
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Preetha Appan
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Re: geographic map data available for p5
« Reply #11 on: Mar 31st, 2004, 9:38am » |
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Hi
I was using your server http://imagemaps.mle.ie for some map visualization , but I find that the site no longer works. I was wondering if this is a temporary problem , because it has been so since more than a week.
Please let me know .. Thanks
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