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Translating data to the visual
Here
is yet another great blog on maps and spatial visualisations. This
time from James Cheshire Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London and his
blog is called Spatial Analysis.co.uk. I must thank our geography
colleague Bridget Fleming from South Africa for passing on this amazingly rich spatial
blog. Just enjoy and wonder at what the representation shows us that
raw data never can.
One
of the really good things about many of these visualisations is their
currency – of the latest phenomenon (Twitter, Facebook), events, disasters
and daily commuting and happenings - all extremely relevant to the life’s of
young people. Although very UK and to a lesser extent United
States–centric, the maps are a great resource to get over the message
about the power of visualisations to provide instant analysis.
The
visualisation of a dataset which contains digitised information from the
log books of ships (mostly from Britain, France, Spain and The Netherlands)
sailing between 1750 and 1850.
Also have
a look at the Map Gallery on the site and see fascinating maps of things
such as the Twitter languages of London, travel distances on London
Underground, Muslim populations by countries,
If
you want to look at these maps and their background in more detail, the
site provides that opportunity as shown below.
Brilliant maps of “generic” terms
for rivers in the United States and UK. These map shows how different
cultural and linguistic factors have influenced the naming of geographic.
For example French settlers named the streams they encountered “bayous”.
On
the topic of naming, settlement names also have a clear geography as they,
like rivers in the US, reflect the different settlers (or invaders!) of the
British Isles over millennia. The map below (taken from my thesis) shows
the different naming influences on settlements in Britain.
Amazing
visualisations produced for the BBC’s
Britain from Above
series. The taxis in London create a fantastic impression of the diurnal
rhythms within the city. The air traffic over Britain animation (below) is
just as impressive. I was especially taken by the amount of “stacking” that
takes place over British airports.
Two other links of interest on the Spatial Analysis site.
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