http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 Simon Dickson Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:44:21 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/#comment-1569 For anyone who's interested, we've just launched a demo of the application on our website, puffbox.com. It includes the sequencing functionality (which wasn't used by Sky News) - and we've got an early visual of the polygon functionality we're working on. We've been delighted by the response to the app, and we're considering how we might take it forward. For anyone who’s interested, we’ve just launched a demo of the application on our website, puffbox.com. It includes the sequencing functionality (which wasn’t used by Sky News) – and we’ve got an early visual of the polygon functionality we’re working on. We’ve been delighted by the response to the app, and we’re considering how we might take it forward.

]]> http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Puffbox NewsMap demo site now available « I’m Simon Dickson. Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:40:40 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/#comment-1568 [...] imagined. I’m really grateful for the complimentary references and links from people like Dan Gillmor and Jeff Jarvis… and I’m sorry we didn’t have anything more tangible we could [...] [...] imagined. I’m really grateful for the complimentary references and links from people like Dan Gillmor and Jeff Jarvis… and I’m sorry we didn’t have anything more tangible we could [...]

]]> http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 Bryan Murley Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:14:17 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/06/10/newsmap-stories-that-move-in-space/#comment-1567 Sounds comparable to Atlas (www.fmatlas.com), a free, easy-to-use front end for Google Maps that came out in October last year, designed by Fanieul Media out of Boston and also aimed at the journalism crowd. I've been able to convince a number of college journalists to dig into maps using this software. The one difference - at least from what I read - is that it allows you to put things into a sequence. Not sure that atlas has done that. Sounds comparable to Atlas (www.fmatlas.com), a free, easy-to-use front end for Google Maps that came out in October last year, designed by Fanieul Media out of Boston and also aimed at the journalism crowd. I’ve been able to convince a number of college journalists to dig into maps using this software. The one difference – at least from what I read – is that it allows you to put things into a sequence. Not sure that atlas has done that.

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