interactive maps and image 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

paul.bradshaw@bcu.ac.uk