Maps API - Historic Map for use in Mashups This seamless historic map can be: embedded in your own website used for research purposes used as a backdrop for your own markers or geographic data used to create derivative work (such as OpenStreetMap) from it. The mapping is based on out-of-copyright Ordnance Survey maps, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s. View more information on: How to display the historic map in your mobile device or phone (including the Apple iPhone, iPad or Android mobile) The map can be directly opened in a web browser by opening the Internet address: The map is ready for natural zooming and panning with finger pinching and dragging. Instead of typing the address you can also point your mobile's camera to this QR Code: How to install a QR Scanner on an iPhone If you open the address: You can also create an icon for this historic map in an iPhone. How to embed the historic map in your website How to use the map in a mashup <html><head> ... Licence and terms of use
Information visualization projects so awesome they’ll turn your I had the distinct pleasure and honor of taking the Information Visualization class this semester at the University of Michigan’s School of Information (where I’m completing a Masters of Info, specializing in HCI). For the class each project team created a visualization to help aid user comprehension of a large data set. The very talented students in the class showcased their impressive final projects last week…and here they are (in the order they were presented), projects so extraordinary they’ll make you cry for mercy Where The Money Goes wherethemoneygoes.org Where the Money Goes This political visualization, according to its website, “makes it easier to visualize the contributions that political action committees (PACs) make to your members of Congress, and to each other. Tacoma Crime Visualization tacomacrime.orgProject blog Tacoma Crime Visualization ARMuseumleannagingras.com/ARMuseum/ ARMuseum Tabvistabviz.org An early tabvis prototype VIEWconomyVIEWconomy project website GiantBomb mockup
HOW TO: Make Your QR Codes More Beautiful Hamilton Chan is CEO and founder of Paperlinks. With the free Paperlinks iPhone app, featured previously by Apple as the #1 New & Noteworthy app, consumers can scan and view QR code content with a native app experience. Paperlinks also provides a powerful platform for generating QR codes, hosting content and tracking their performance. The QR code: A thing of beauty or an eyesore? The magical barcodes that can be scanned by a smartphone to launch an offline-to-online experience are often criticized for their black and white checkerbox appearance. Those who doubt that QR codes will go mainstream are quick to point out that the look of QR codes will deter marketers and advertisers from using them. Fortunately, QR codes are malleable and can be redesigned in truly extraordinary ways, while still maintaining their scanability. 1. The easiest way to add branding power to your code is to add color to it. 2. One of the QR code’s greatest aesthetic flaws is its numerous hard edges. 3. 4.
Ubigraph: Free dynamic graph visualization software UbiGraph is a tool for visualizing dynamic graphs. The basic version is free, and talks to Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, C, C++, C#, Haskell, and OCaml. Download Version alpha-0.2.4 Version alpha-0.2.4 is distributed as two separate components. The server application, which renders graphs, is distributed as a compiled binary. The client bindings, which use XMLRPC, are distributed under an open source license. Download now ➠ Watch demonstrations The demonstrations on our Demos page illustrate the underlying technologies and some example applications. Watch demos ➠ Applications Algorithm Visualization UbiGraph can be used to visualize and debug complex algorithms and data structures... Ad Hoc Networks UbiGraph's ability to visualize dynamic, distributed graphs makes it ideal for visualizing wireless ad hoc networks, in which the network connectivity is changing. Real-time profiling Epidemiology Visualize the spread of a disease through a social network... Mailing list Get notified of new releases.
Education Eye - Mapping Innovations RANDOM WALK on Datavisualization Daniel Becker has published his 2009 diploma thesis RANDOM WALK at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany. What does randomness look like? RANDOM WALK asks this question and presents experiments in mathematics and physics, showing the mysterious interaction of chaos and order in randomness. The project RANDOM WALK simulates randomness in visualizations, which are easy to understand. In this way, it delivers insight into a phenomenon, which has so far remained unexplained. Daniel investigates randomness in various topics. The project and it’s documentation are created with much love to detail and a distinct look & feel. Hat tip to @herrstucki
HootCourse 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information. And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy. Tuneglue is another music visualization service. MusicMap is similar to TuneGlue in its interface, but seems slightly more intuitive. Digg, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr Internet Visualizations
Twitter StreamGraphs By: Jeff Clark Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 I just posted a new application in my projects section called Twitter StreamGraphs. It is an interactive tool to let you create StreamGraphs from the latest tweets containing a given word or from a particular user. A few examples are shown below. The application shows a StreamGraph for the latest 200 tweets which contain the search word. The default search word is 'interesting' but a new one can be typed into the text box at the top of the application. The StreamGraph shows the usage over time for the words most highly associated with the search word. Credits go to Lee Byron for the visual ideas behind the StreamGraph (although I'm using a simpler symmetrical form), to Processing for the development tools, to Martin Porter for the Porter Stemming Algorithm, to Vaga for the two small icons, and to Summize for building a great API into the Twitter data.