Heatmaps are the Heat

INFORMATION INTO INSIGHT

Heatmaps 101

Things are Heating Up in Geo:

Abe Usher, CIOabe@thehumangeo.com703.955.1540@abeusher

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Our Menu of Subtopics

Big data requires new approaches.

WHY HEATMAPS?Who am I? What is HumanGeo?

A LITTLE HISTORYA new organizing construct for information analysis.

DATA GONE WILD

New ways to combine internal data with external new media for maximum insight.

KITCHEN MODELConcrete take-aways.SPECIFIC EXAMPLES

Treats for making it through another presentation.

EASTER EGG

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What’s in it for you?

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But wait, there’s more!

https://www.shamwow.com/

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What’s in it for you?

Make custom heatmaps Twitter mashups New spatial data-analysis

framework

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Whoami?

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Whoami?

People Data Beverages

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A rose by any other name

“Discrete & continuous methods of kernel density estimation”

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A rose by any other name

“Discrete & continuous methods of kernel density estimation”

Gaussian Quartic Exponential Triangular Uniform Epanechnikov

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A rose by any other name

“Discrete methods of kernel density estimation”

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About

Predictive models of social drift & human behavior

Streaming media analytics Micro-demographics

Big Data (Digital) Human Geography

We’re hiring! info@thehumangeo.com

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Why Heatmaps?

Too much data

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Why Heatmaps?

Too much data Trust in Internet data

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Why Heatmaps?

Too much data Trust in Internet data They look cool

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Why Heatmaps?

Too much data Trust in Internet data They look cool

Heatmaps provide us with a concise, summary understanding of spatial data.

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Trust and Internet Information

Tracy Morrow aka “Ice T”

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Trust and Internet Information

“Game knows game, baby.”

Tracy Morrow aka “Ice T”

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Trust and Internet Information

“If you have expert knowledge, then you are capable of recognizing expert knowledge.”

[paraphrased]Tracy Morrow aka “Ice T”

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Trust and Internet Information

Can we actually trust this Internet stuff?

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Trust and Internet Information

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Trust and Internet Information

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Trust and Internet Information

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Salami Slicing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salami_slicing

Salami slicing: series of minor observations, resulting in a larger observation that would be difficult to perform

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1. OpenStreetMap data2. Flickr3. Panoramio4. Geonames.org5. Twitter6. Wikimapia7. 4Square

Seven Layer GLT

* Geospatial Lattice of Trusted Data

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1. OpenStreetMap data2. Flickr3. Panoramio4. Geonames.org5. Twitter6. Wikimapia7. 4Square

Seven Layer GLT

Spatial Temporal User Finds From the Field (STUFFF)

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Putting it Together

OpenStreetMap(OSM)

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Spatial Temporal User Finds From the Field (STUFFF)

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Putting it Together

OpenStreetMap(OSM)

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Spatial Temporal User Finds From the Field (STUFFF)

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Awesome Stuff

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Kitchen Model for Spatial Analysis

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Kitchen Model for Spatial Analysis

Chef

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Kitchen Model for Spatial Analysis

Chef Ingredients

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Kitchen Model for Spatial Analysis

Chef Ingredients Utensils

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Kitchen Model for Spatial Analysis

Chef Ingredients Utensils Presentation

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Kitchen Model for Spatial Analysis

Chef Ingredients Utensils Presentation

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Types of Heatmaps

Turnkey GeoCommons SpatialKey MapBox/TileMill ArcGIS Desktop QGIS

Custom Python R Javascript

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Types of Heatmaps

Turnkey GeoCommons SpatialKey MapBox/TileMill ArcGIS Desktop QGIS

Custom Python R Javascript

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Heatmap: Recipe One

“OSM Style”

Get Python http://python.org

Get the sethoscope libraryhttp://www.sethoscope.net/heatmap/

Get datahttp://bit.ly/geotweet_schttps://dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-api/methods#locations

Command line: heatmap.py -g portland.gpx -o output.png --height 800 --osm

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Heatmap: Recipe One

Stitch it together in an MP4 movie!

Get the CLI app:http://ffmpeg.org/

Command line:

heatmap.py -g portland.gpx -o output.png --height 800 –osm –a

ffmpeg -i frame-%05d.png OSM_is_awesome.mp4

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Heatmap: Recipe One

Props to

Seth Golub from Googlehttp://www.sethoscope.net/

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Heatmap: Recipe Two

“GE Style”

Get Pythonhttp://python.org

Get the heatmap.py libraryhttp://jjguy.com/heatmap/

Get datahttp://bit.ly/geotweet_sc

Enjoy!

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Heatmap: Recipe Two

Props to

J.J. Guy from Mantechhttp://jjguy.com/

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There is a heatmap in your future.

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Contact Us

info@thehumangeo.com | 703.341.0863 | www.thehumangeo.com

HumanGeo NY HumanGeo DC1221 Avenue of the AmericasSuite 4200 | New York, NY 10020

2500 Wilson BoulevardSuite 310 | Arlington, VA 22201

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Easter Egg

http://bit.ly/geotweet_sc