La nueva revolución de la información: el periodismo de datos - lanacion.com Vivimos en un mundo en el que los productores de contenidos se multiplican en varias áreas del conocimiento; por eso, diferentes actores están repensando su rol y aportando un diferencial en el proceso de generar información. Al mismo tiempo, los ciudadanos son cada vez más exigentes sobre la calidad de los contenidos que reciben, demandan más transparencia y diálogo. La tecnología y las herramientas gratuitas de Google, tales como Fusion Tables o Google Refine, permiten procesar grandes volúmenes de datos y presentarlos de manera más atractiva para su mejor interpretación, pero también hacen posible aumentar la interacción entre el equipo productor de noticias y cada ciudadano que forma parte de la audiencia. Se están produciendo cambios importantes. "Desde este punto de vista, la creencia de que la tecnología desplaza al periodista está lejos de la realidad. Y añadió: "La misión de Google es organizar la información del mundo y hacerla útil y accesible para todo el mundo.
Infographics old and new: top data visualisations, in pictures | News There is an infographic boom going on out there - with the internet flooded with data visualisations of the way we fight war, how we use Twitter, what music we like and how we use the, er, internet. But new as these are, there's a long tradition of telling stories using graphics. Information Graphics from Taschen, which includes work from the Guardian such as our public spending chart, tells the story of how information graphics came to rule our world. We've selected some of those from the past - to contrast with some key infographics from the past few years - albeit missing out hundreds of examples we could have chosen from the years inbetween. These are some of the images. Information Graphics from the Guardian bookstore at a discount price of £35.99 1858 Histoire Universelle This Table of Universal History was published in Paris. 1926 Kahn In his educational books on health and anatomy, german physician Fritz Kahn repeatedly drew on the old analogy of human body and machines. 1940 Geis
Tracking homicides in Chicago - Tracking homicides in Chicago | RedeyeChicago.com Herrenhausen Poster: Historians and Web Archives | Ian Milligan I meant to post this earlier, but the winter holiday interfered and I decided to actually take a week and a half away from work. This was the poster that accompanied the lightning talk that I gave at the Herrenhausen Digital Humanities conference in Germany, which has already been posted on my blog. Giving a poster was a completely new experience for me, but it was extremely useful in distilling down my thoughts and experimenting with a new format. If you have any questions about this, as always, don’t hesitate to touch base with me. Like this: Like Loading... 40 maps that explain the world By Max Fisher By Max Fisher August 12, 2013 Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to. So when we saw a post sweeping the Web titled "40 maps they didn't teach you in school," one of which happens to be a WorldViews original, I thought we might be able to contribute our own collection. Some of these are pretty nerdy, but I think they're no less fascinating and easily understandable. A majority are original to this blog, with others from a variety of sources. [Additional read: How Ukraine became Ukraine and 40 more maps that explain the world] Click to enlarge.
OS mapping data: a new landscape unfolds | Technology The Free Our Data campaign has scored a major victory, with the announcement by the government that it intends to make Ordnance Survey maps free for use online by any organisation – including commercial ones – at resolutions more detailed than commercial 1:25,000 Landranger maps from April next year. The announcement of the opening of a consultation on the plan by Gordon Brown at Downing Street on Tuesday, as part of a seminar on making public data public – set in the wider context of public service reform, under the "Smarter Government" umbrella – indicates that the ideas underpinning the campaign have now been taken on board at the highest levels of government. "Mid-range" maps, with resolutions from 1:10,000 upwards, will be made available for re-use, under the plans announced by the prime minister, along with information on postcode areas and electoral and council boundaries. The issue appears to have gone to the top of government to be resolved.
Los Angeles Murders and Homicides - The Homicide Report - Los Angeles Times the preservation of favoured traces We often think of scientific ideas, such as Darwin's theory of evolution, as fixed notions that are accepted as finished. In fact, Darwin's On the Origin of Species evolved over the course of several editions he wrote, edited, and updated during his lifetime. The first English edition was approximately 150,000 words and the sixth is a much larger 190,000 words. In the changes are refinements and shifts in ideas — whether increasing the weight of a statement, adding details, or even a change in the idea itself. The second edition, for instance, adds a notable “by the Creator” to the closing paragraph, giving greater attribution to a higher power. This project is made possible by the hard work of Dr.
Big Data Imagine standing at an intersection. Every time the lights change, you count and record the number of cars that drive through. Over a day, you collect some basic data. It’s this idea, collecting data on a huge scale and analyzing them, that may help us see new opportunities to solve big problems. Let’s say that instead of you recording cars at one intersection, we put sensors at every intersection in the U.S. and they all report data. Hidden in this big pile of growing data are important clues that could help commuters save time. That’s the goal of big data – turning all these data into useful information. Big Data is really huge and complex data. Second, we have to handle lots of incoming traffic data, which may come from multiple sources and in different formats. But we also need to handle data about relevant and changing conditions, like weather or gas prices. Consider the enormous amount of data produced by the healthcare industry, weather organizations and social networks.