Gibin, Maurizio and Singleton, A. and Milton, R. and Mateos, P. and Longley, P. (2008) An exploratory cartographic visualisation of London through the Google Maps API. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 1 (2), pp. 85-97. ISSN 1874-463X.
Abstract
This paper begins by reviewing the ways in which the innovation of Google Maps has transformed our ability to reference and view geographically referenced data. We describe the ways in which the GMap Creator tool developed under the ESRC National Centre for e Social Science (NCeSS) programme enables users to ‘mashup’ thematic choropleth maps using the Google API. We illustrate the application of GMap Creator using the example of www.londonprofiler.org, which presents a repository of choropleth maps across a range of domains including health, education and other socioeconomic datasets against a backcloth of Google Maps data. Our conclusions address the ways in which Google Map mashups developed using GMap Creator facilitate online exploratory cartographic visualisation in a range of areas of policy concern.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | GIS, Google maps, Visualisation, Cartography, Mashup, Web 2.0 |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2013 10:47 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:03 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/6588 |
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