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Andrew W Hill
March 19, 2015
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What is a Map
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Andrew W Hill
March 19, 2015
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Transcript
Map? What is a the progress and future of the
popular map
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A little background
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BIOLOGIST
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DEVELOPER
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MAPPER
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BUILDING TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE GAIN AND SHARE INSIGHTS FROM
DATA
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BUT WHY MAPS?
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HOME POOL
HOME POOL
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http://bit.ly/ZaqMZY
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HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE IS THIS GOING?
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come
to the end: then stop. Lewis Carrol
10 minutes 3 hours 8000 years
THE MAPS AS REPRESENTATION OF PLACE
8000 years ago
2500 years ago
GEOGRAPHY AND MATH
Eratosthenes Eratosthenes
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POWER & MONEY
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“DISTORT PREDICTABLY” BECOMES THE MOTO OF MAP MAKERS EVERYWHERE
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distort predictably
1569
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THE RACE IS ON
More indigenous territory has been claimed by maps than by
guns. This assertion has its corollary: more indigenous territory can be defended and reclaimed by maps than by guns Bernard Nietschmann
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MAPS JOIN DATA
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1870
1855
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DATA DRIVEN MAP
1946
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1973
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
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GIS
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2004 SLippymap!
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http://libgmail.sourceforge.net/googlemaps.html
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“Mashup”
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Crazy Geo gone
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WTH MAPS?
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE MAP TODAY THAN THE MAP
5, 50, OR 500 YEARS AGO?
1. MAPS AND PLAYFUL DESIGN
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WEB DESIGN CARTOGRAPHY
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Eric Fischer
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peter desmet
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2. MAPS ARE MOVING BEYOND HISTORY
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3. A DIFFERENT MAP FOR EVERY VIEWER
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Same address, same boundaries no matter what service is providing
the tile credit Alan McConchie & Beth Schechter
Crimea What you see in Russia What 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
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In CartoDB, the tile can change 100% per request What
you see What I see
SQL API
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4. DISAPPEARING ACT
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all joking aside
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FINALLY
WELCOME TO THE NEW AGE OF MAPS
Thank you! @andrewxhill
[email protected]
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