2. Problems, not solutions
-Andrew Leimdorfer, BBC News Specials team
YES: "Can we show people where the best
schools are?"
NO: "I need a map for my story about schools"
27. More advanced "bespoke" work
Requires from several hours to several weeks
Up to 10 people on a project
Multiple disciplines
Expensive data
Specialist knowledge
31. Example one: School league tables
Data downloaded, cleaned with Google Refine
MySQL SET used to merge spreadsheets
Geocoded using Google Maps API
Uploaded to Google Fusion tables
Visualised/built using Raphael, Javascript
34. Example two: Assad emails
Thousands of emails downloaded and read
Added to Gephi
Exported to PDF
Designed in Illustrator
Made interactive in our Hotspot tool
37. Example three: Repossessions
Asked PR for the spreadsheet
Had spreadsheet, but also had Fusion Table
gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
Redesigned font hierarchy, ColorBrewer,
annotation layer