1. Geospatial Visualization of Government Data
Andrew Turner - @ajturner
CTO FortiusOne / GeoCommons

2. People live and interact with Place
flickr: qwertyuiop

3. Geography is a
Common Pivot Point

4. The role of maps
Maps Reflect & Define Reality

5. “Americus”
The role of maps
Maps Reflect & Define Reality

6. GIS is moving from being map-centric...

7. flickr:thomashawk flickr:ayula
...to being Citizen-Centric

8. Google Maps & Google Earth

9. ‘Slippy Maps’ & ‘Virtual Globes’

10. Ubiquitous,
Inexpensive
Locative Devices

11. Neogeography

12. Geospatial Visualization in role of maps
The Government

13. Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA)
“ The purpose of the FEA is to
transform government such that it
becomes citizen-centered, results
oriented, and market-based. ”
OMB Circular 30

14. Geo-Enablement: Potential
“The coupling of geospatial data, services and
technologies with conventional data, services
and technologies can be one of the most
significant enablers of improved decision making
within business operations.
It increases performance of key mission
requirements across all levels of governments. ”
FGDC FEA Geospatial Profile

15. Federal Enterprise Architecture
Business Reference Model
Citizens
74% geospatial
63% geospatial
Government

16. Free and Open Data
U.S. Census
TIGER/Line

19. Mean Center Population of the US (1790-2000)
1790: 23 miles east of Baltimore (MD) • 1910: in the city of Bloomington (IN)
• 1800: 18 miles west of Baltimore (MD) • 1920: 8 miles south-southeast of Spencer (IN)
• 1810: 40 miles northwest by west of • 1930: 3 miles northeast of Linton (IN)
Washington, DC • 1940: 2 miles southeast by east of Carlisle (IN)
• 1820: 16 miles east of Moorefield (VA, now WV) • 1950: 8 miles north-northwest of Olney (IN)
• 1830: 19 miles west-southwest of Moorefield • 1950: 3 miles northeast of Louisville (IL)**
(VA, now WV)
• 1960: 6-1/2 miles northwest of Centralia (IL)
• 1840: 16 miles south of Clarksburg (VA, now
• 1970: 5 miles east-southeast of Mascoutah (IL)
WV)
• 1980: 1/4 mile west of DeSoto (MO)
• 1850: 23 miles southeast of Parkersburg (VA,
now WV) • 1990: 10 miles southeast of Steelville (MO)
• 1860: 20 miles south by east of Chillcothe (OH) • 2000: 3 miles east of Edgar Springs (MO)
• 1870: 48 miles east by north of Cincinnati (OH)
• 1880: 8 miles west by south of Cincinnati (OH)
• 1890: 20 miles east of Columbus (IN)*
• 1900: 6 miles southeast of Columbus (IN)*

20. Mean Center Population of the US (1790-2000)
U.S. Dept of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau

21. GeoEnablement

22. Geographic Context Example Elements
address event point station
(physical) facility port street
address geography position suburb
(postal)
house post terrain
area
household property territory
bearing
incident region topography
bearings
latitude reservation town
city
locale residence tract
community
locality river reach venue
compass
locate route vicinity
country
location scene village
direction
longitude site watershed
distance
neighborhood situation where
district
pinpoint space whereabouts
domicile
place spot ZIP code

23. GeoReferencing: Geocoding

24. GeoReferencing: Spatial Join

25. 3D Thematic
Types of
Mobile Visualizations Analytic
Temporal
links: http://delicious.com/tags/ogi09

26. 3D Thematic
Types of
Mobile Visualizations Analytic
Temporal

27. Transparency &
Accountability

28. Unemployment

29. MultiLayered Thematic

30. 3D Thematic
Types of
Mobile Visualizations Analytic
Temporal

31. Spatial Correlation

32. “Heat Maps”

34. 3D Thematic
Types of
Mobile Visualizations Analytic
Temporal

36. Daytime Crime

37. Nighttime Crime

38. 3D Thematic
Types of
Mobile Visualizations Analytic
Temporal

39. AreYouSafe DC

40. 3D Thematic
Types of
Mobile Visualizations Analytic
Temporal

41. uuorld

42. Citizen Driven Exploration

43. Engagement
through Participation

44. Engagement
through Participation

45. Citizen Driven
Visualization

46. Citizen Driven
Visualization

47. Citizen Driven
Visualization

48. Citizen Driven
Visualization

49. Citizen Driven
Visualization

50. Citizen Driven
Visualization

51. Citizen Driven
Visualization

52. Participation, Collaboration & Feedback Loops

53. Agency
Agency
Agency
Transparency

54. Agency
Agency
Agency
Transparency

55. Agency
Agency
Agency
Citizen
Transparency

56. Agency
Agency
Agency
Citizen

57. Agency
Agency Citizen
Agency

58. Agency
Agency Citizen
Agency

59. Agency
Agency Citizen
Agency

60. Agency
Agency Citizen
Agency

61. Agency
Agency Citizen
Agency
Participation

62. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Participation

63. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Participation

64. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Collaboration

65. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Collaboration

66. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Collaboration

67. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Collaboration

68. Agency Community
Agency Citizen
Agency
Collaboration

69. Maps as Social Objects

70. Analyzing Usage
Education
Environment
Population
Health

71. Analyzing Usage
Education
Environment
Population
Health

72. Crisis Response: San Diego Wildfires

73. Crisis Response: San Diego Wildfires

74. Crisis Response: San Diego Wildfires

75. Key Points of Geospatial Visualization

76. Key Points of Geospatial Visualization
•Open Data in Open Formats
•User-Centric, Domain-Centric, Easy to use interfaces
•Encourage Exploration and Collaboration

77. Key Points of Geospatial Visualization
•Open Data in Open Formats
•User-Centric, Domain-Centric, Easy to use interfaces
•Encourage Exploration and Collaboration
FGDC FEA Geospatial Profile - January 27, 2006

78. Thank you
Andrew Turner
e: andrew@fortiusone.com
b: http://highearthorbit.com
t: @ajturner
m: 248-982-3609
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