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Michal Migurski

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Jessica Hullman

Robert Kosara

Michael Gonchar

Sharon Hessney

Scott Murray

Hans Rosling

Scott McCloud

Ben Wellington

Manuel Lima

Marian Dörk

Ben Shneiderman

Matt Daniels

Tim Dwyer

Evan Peck

Cameron Beccario

OwlTail

Hi all, In this episode we talk about maps and map technology. How it evolved and revolutionized the way we think about geography. We have Michal Migurski with us! He is former technology head at Stamen and creator of multiple successful visualizations libraries and tools like Modest Maps and Crimespotting. Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:06 Our guest: Mike Migurski 00:04:45 How did Mike get started with computers? 00:06:16 Raving in the 90s 00:07:02 The beginnings of Stamen 00:13:49 Oakland Crimespotting 00:14:58 A short history of online mapping 00:17:04 Google maps 00:20:19 Open Street Map 00:24:31 Everyblock 00:26:51 Oakland Crimespotting pt.2 00:32:42 Tools and frameworks – modest maps 00:34:29 Polymaps 00:36:30 Cloudmade 00:38:23 Leaflet.js 00:39:57 Mapnik 00:43:12 d3.geo 00:46:17 How to make geo data accessible in a better way 00:49:56 Automatic labeling 00:51:39 @alignedleft: What is a map tile? 00:55:42 @janwillemtulp: Question on process and inspiration, future trend 00:58:07 @petersonGIS: time ratio data processing vs visualization 01:02:57 Wrapping it up Links Stamen’s Projects  Digg Labs Visualizations Oakland Crimespotting  The Atlantic’s article on maps: 12 Fresh Ideas for Transforming the Places We Live With Open Data Tools and Frameworks  openstreetmaps modestmaps unfolding (like modestmaps, but for processing) leaflet.js polymaps cloudmade kartograph.js mapnik mapbox tilemill cartodb d3.geo  Recent Mike’s Projects  Walking Papers Field Papers Green Means Go  Others  http://moveon.org http://fundrace.org http://www.everyblock.com/ http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/ http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/  — Lots of links! Have fun with maps  

Hi all, In this episode we talk about maps and map technology. How it evolved and revolutionized the way we think about geography. We have <a href="http://mike.teczno.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michal Migurski</a> with us! He is former technology head at <a href="http://www.stamen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stamen</a> and creator of multiple successful visualizations libraries and tools like <a href="http://modestmaps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Modest Maps</a> and <a href="http://oakland.crimespotting.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crimespotting</a>. Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:06 Our guest: Mike Migurski 00:04:45 How did Mike get started with computers? 00:06:16 Raving in the 90s 00:07:02 The beginnings of Stamen 00:13:49 Oakland Crimespotting 00:14:58 A short history of online mapping 00:17:04 Google maps 00:20:19 Open Street Map 00:24:31 Everyblock 00:26:51 Oakland Crimespotting pt.2 00:32:42 Tools and frameworks – modest maps 00:34:29 Polymaps 00:36:30 Cloudmade 00:38:23 Leaflet.js 00:39:57 Mapnik 00:43:12 d3.geo 00:46:17 How to make geo data accessible in a better way 00:49:56 Automatic labeling 00:51:39 @alignedleft: What is a map tile? 00:55:42 @janwillemtulp: Question on process and inspiration, future trend 00:58:07 @petersonGIS: time ratio data processing vs visualization 01:02:57 Wrapping it up Links Stamen’s Projects <ul> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVbxtfJBCk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digg Labs Visualizations</a></li> <li><a href="http://oakland.crimespotting.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oakland Crimespotting</a></li> </ul> The Atlantic’s article on maps: <a href="http://m.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/03/our-12-favorite-ideas-transforming-places-we-live-open-data/5083/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">12 Fresh Ideas for Transforming the Places We Live With Open Data</a> Tools and Frameworks <ul> <li><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">openstreetmaps</a></li> <li><a href="http://modestmaps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">modestmaps</a></li> <li><a href="http://unfoldingmaps.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unfolding</a> (like modestmaps, but for processing)</li> <li><a href="http://leafletjs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leaflet.js</a></li> <li><a href="http://polymaps.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">polymaps</a></li> <li><a href="http://cloudmade.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cloudmade</a></li> <li><a href="http://kartograph.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kartograph.js</a></li> <li><a href="http://mapnik.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mapnik</a></li> <li><a href="http://mapbox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mapbox</a></li> <li><a href="http://mapbox.com/tilemill/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tilemill</a></li> <li><a href="http://cartodb.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cartodb</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Geo-Projections" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">d3.geo</a></li> </ul> Recent Mike’s Projects <ul> <li><a href="http://walking-papers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walking Papers</a></li> <li><a href="http://fieldpapers.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Field Papers</a></li> <li><a href="http://mike.teczno.com/notes/green-means-go.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Means Go</a></li> </ul> Others <ul> <li><a href="http://moveon.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://moveon.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://fundraise.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://fundrace.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.everyblock.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.everyblock.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/</a></li> <li><a href="http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://gismaps.oaklandnet.com/crimewatch/</a></li> </ul> — Lots of links! Have fun with maps

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