Civic Web Mapping

Andy Eschbacher — Map Scientist, CartoDB

10 YEARS AGO

Google Maps Beta, Feb 8, 2005

5 YEARS AGO

WHY MAPS?

http://bit.ly/ZaqMZY

LEVERAGING THE TECHNOLOGY WAS HARD!

LET’S GIVE EVERYBODY A BETTER TOOL!

Platform

Your projects

Services & support

Editor

Introduction to the technology

Open Source Software as a Service Freemium to Enterprise Incredible Community World Class Technology

THE EDITOR

Create a map in minutes

THE PLATFORM

Javier Arce’s Japan Crowdsourcing map http://japan.javierarce.com/

SQL API

Dynamic

Easy integration

Easily extensible

FROM:

LET’S HELP PEOPLE MAKE MAPS

TO:

CrazyGeo gone

A STORY EVERY DAY

Civic hacking examples

Chris Whong former betaNYC Brigade Captain

https://cwhong.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql?skipfields=sbbl,cartodb_id,created_at,updated_at,name,description&format={{type}}

&filename=pluto&q=SELECT * FROM plutoshapes a LEFT OUTER JOIN

(SELECT bbl{{fields}} FROM pluto14v2) b ON a.sbbl = b.bbl WHERE

ST_INTERSECTS({{{intersects}}}, a.the_geom)

The heart of PlutoPlus

SQL API call: https://cwhong.cartodb.com/api/v2/sql

Query: q=SELECT * FROM plutoshapes a LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECT

bbl{{fields}} FROM pluto14v2) b ON a.sbbl = b.bbl WHERE ST_INTERSECTS({{{intersects}}}, a.the_geom)

The heart of PlutoPlus

Bookkeeping: skipfields=sbbl,cartodb_id,created_at,updated_at,name,descriptio

n&format={{type}}&filename=pluto

The heart of PlutoPlusSELECT * FROM plutoshapes a LEFT OUTER JOIN ( SELECT bbl{{fields}} FROM pluto14v2 ) b ON a.sbbl = b.bbl WHERE ST_INTERSECTS({{{intersects}}}, a.the_geom)

Chris Henrick amirentstabilized.com

http://largelots.org/

AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOMETHING VERY EXCITING

MAPS & THE RETURN OF PLAYFUL DESIGN

WEB DESIGN CARTOGRAPHY

Eric Fischer

peter desmet

USER DRIVEN MAPPING OR

NEVER THE SAME MAP TWICE

Same address, same boundaries no matter what service is providing the tile

credit Alan McConchie & Beth Schechter

CrimeaWhat you see in

RussiaWhat you see in

Ukraine

We work to provide as much discoverable information as possible so that users can make their own judgments about geopolitical disputes

In CartoDB, the map can change 100% for every viewer

What you see What I see

http://academy.cartodb.com/

THANK YOU@MrEPhysics

Workshopbit.ly/cdb-cfa