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8/6/2019 Datamapper Proposal - Business Brief
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Datamapper
a curated open-source platform for geographically
analyzing local political & economic data
business brief
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Maps Are Critical to a Stories:
Whether Internationally
Aug-Sept 2011
Drought and famine in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya ² August 2011
Source: AFP Source: Edward Carr
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Or, Nationally or Locally
School quality in the Acton, Littleton, andMaynard,MA
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But, Making Maps Online Is Hard
� Require extensive effort
aligning data points organized
by Census tract, zip code, local
political boundary, or political
district
� Require advanced knowledge
of GIS, KML, Flash/Flex or any
number of other acronyms(1)
� Rely on expensive or clunkydesktop software
� Maps are underused
� Especially in online journalism, where
they could be most
powerful in
capturing the reader
(1) Examples: ESRI Shape (.shp), E00 ArcInfo Interchange (.e00), ArcInfo Coverage (.adf)
Current methods are incredibly expensive:
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Datamapper to Fix Two Key Problems
Create a curated, open-source
database of linked Census tracts,
zip codes, local city and town
boundaries, and political districts
o Similar to the Music Genome Projectthat powers Pandora(1)
Seeking partnerships with newsorganizations and civic
technology leaders
Provide user-friendly mapping
framewor k based on modern web
standards
To be developed through a seriesof Hacks/Hackers hackathons
(1) Also inspired by Ushahidi and the OpenStreetMap
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We·re Looking to Collaborate to Begin Developing
Such a Platform
Hacks/Hackers, open-source developer
community
Data visualization experts from around
the world like Prof. Andrew Beveridge at
Queens College
Leverage existing open mapping
framewor ks like d3 and Polymaps
Would like to partner with several major
news organizations as partners and test
clients
Would like to leverage some of the
existing mapping datasets from news
organizations
Open-source community News organizations
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Source: IEA April 2011 oil mar ket assessment report
We Get Better Stories, and
Everyone Wins
Libya: oil fields and regions of conflict
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