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Collaborative Open Geospatial Data
Andrew Turner - @ajturner
Data is important
Data
...but users want answers
data is an abstraction,
d i k w
data is an abstraction,
information data that are processed to be useful
d i k w
data is an abstraction,
information data that are processed to be usefulknowledge application of data and information; answers "how" questions
d i k w
data is an abstraction,
information data that are processed to be usefulknowledge application of data and information; answers "how" questions
d i k w
- Russell Ackoffhttp://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
wisdom evaluated understanding
Organizations
Science
MediaDevelopers
Enterprise
Citizens
Different questions
Different lenses
flickr: developmentseed
Everyone will be a ‘Data Analyst’
We wanted to enable analysis ...but there wasn’t any data (2004)
People love stories
Location can be special
Created a super-simple mapping tool
http://geocommons.com
http://geocommons.com
15m+ maps served
100k+ unique datasetsbillions of features.
4m+ downloads
1m+ geographic attributes
Variations
Variations
Possible Comparative Analysis Combinations?
Variations
Possible Comparative Analysis Combinations?
Variations= 499,999,500,000
Possible Comparative Analysis Combinations?
Variations= 499,999,500,000
Possible Comparative Analysis Combinations?
well... close enough
Get back to answering questions
flickr: fred_del
...and Telling stories
Simple analysis tools
Simple analysis tools
Simple analysis tools
Simple analysis tools
Extensible analysis
Trackable Analysis
Share these on the web
Data is Petrol
flickr: dharder9475
Journey & Destination matter
flickr: lassi_kurkijarvi
flickr: oddboy
who is at destination with me?
Jalalabad, Afghanisan
start mapping now - answer your own questions
Andrew Turner - @ajturner