Comments on: Interactive Map Helps Describe British Floods http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/25/interactive-map-helps-describe-british-floods/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Robinson http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/25/interactive-map-helps-describe-british-floods/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Brian Robinson Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:55:07 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/25/interactive-map-helps-describe-british-floods/#comment-1741 These are nice things to have, and it's a testament to how new technology can enhance these stories, but I questions whether this is really new. Brit papers have been publishing reports, printing maps etc. alongside reader comments for decades, and especially during crises of these kinds. The local papers have been particularly good at that. What the Web technologies provide is a way to do that in a far faster and more interesting way, and thanks for that. But it's not a new concept. Far from it. These are nice things to have, and it’s a testament to how new technology can enhance these stories, but I questions whether this is really new.

Brit papers have been publishing reports, printing maps etc. alongside reader comments for decades, and especially during crises of these kinds. The local papers have been particularly good at that.

What the Web technologies provide is a way to do that in a far faster and more interesting way, and thanks for that. But it’s not a new concept. Far from it.

]]> By: Simon Dickson http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/25/interactive-map-helps-describe-british-floods/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Simon Dickson Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:16:44 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/25/interactive-map-helps-describe-british-floods/#comment-1740 Just to note that Sky News did a very similar map (on a slightly larger scale) using their installation of our Puffbox Newsmap application. Exactly the same principle, albeit with a bit more customisation. And inevitably for a commercial organisation, some ads round the outside. Not something the BBC has to worry about, of course. Well done to them for using the built-in 'My Maps' function, though. I'm guessing that was someone who really didn't know the technology at all, but knew how to work the interface. Just to note that Sky News did a very similar map (on a slightly larger scale) using their installation of our Puffbox Newsmap application. Exactly the same principle, albeit with a bit more customisation. And inevitably for a commercial organisation, some ads round the outside. Not something the BBC has to worry about, of course.

Well done to them for using the built-in ‘My Maps’ function, though. I’m guessing that was someone who really didn’t know the technology at all, but knew how to work the interface.

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