The system was developed as a quick and easy way to view maps of census data without having to go through a slow cumbersome list of drop down boxes only to be left with a .shp or .csv file to download. Future versions will include direct links to the raw data and the possibility to directly query the fields.

Of note in the development cycle of MapTube, each map is now created dynamically, this is in preparation for a new ‘mapping service’ which will be open to beta testers in early 2010.

You can take a look at the maps via http://www.maptube.org/census/

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The system was developed as a quick and easy way to view maps of census data without having to go through a slow cumbersome list of drop down boxes only to be left with a .shp or .csv file to download. Future versions will include direct links to the raw data and the possibility to directly query the fields.

Of note in the development cycle of MapTube, each map is now created dynamically, this is in preparation for a new ‘mapping service’ which will be open to beta testers in early 2010.

You can take a look at the maps via http://www.maptube.org/census/

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Our first of many outputs is to visualize the UK Census data via MapTube and we thought we would share some of our first results as they make for quite intriguing images – such as the screen grab below detailing Population Density of the Isle of Wight:

The work is ongoing with the ability to ‘click’ on areas and view the underlying data as well as data streaming and varying levels of detail all forthcoming. Countywide, zoomable down to local level Cenus data is hard to come across, for a quick view is provides quite a good way to identify pattens in the urban landscape. Below is Central London:

Our back end system under development means that the output is not limited to the UK Census, it would be interesting to make this a global tool, more on this in future posts…

You can see our sample map of Population Density direct via MapTube.

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Our first of many outputs is to visualize the UK Census data via MapTube and we thought we would share some of our first results as they make for quite intriguing images – such as the screen grab below detailing Population Density of the Isle of Wight:

The work is ongoing with the ability to ‘click’ on areas and view the underlying data as well as data streaming and varying levels of detail all forthcoming. Countywide, zoomable down to local level Cenus data is hard to come across, for a quick view is provides quite a good way to identify pattens in the urban landscape. Below is Central London:

Our back end system under development means that the output is not limited to the UK Census, it would be interesting to make this a global tool, more on this in future posts…

You can see our sample map of Population Density direct via MapTube.

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In short, its clickable Google Maps at a large scale without any slow down compared to other solutions, take a look at the GENeSIS blog for more info…

This build will be integrated into our MapTube site as soon as ready for wider use. As a side note MapTube is now includes the option to view your data on top of OpenStreet Map layers.

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A new feature to MapTube is the ability to include clickable data ontop of the map, each ‘i’ link contains more detailed information about the rules governing MPs’ allowances and how much can be claimed for in each of the 8 categories.

The total expenditure for all 646 MPs is £86,781,20;

The mean is £134,544.5;

The maximum claim was for £167,306 by Ann Keen of Brentford and Islewort;

The minimum claim was for £40,433 by Philip Hollobone of Ketterin;

The data for the Crewe and Nantwich constituency (Edward Timpson) and the Glenrothes constituency (Lindsay Roy) are missing from the original dataset.

Note the information does not show members’ travel expenses, which are in a separate table to the allowance expenditure.

You can view the map direct via MapTube.

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An up and coming feature of MapTube is the ability to carry out near real-time geographic surveys, the latest of which is the new Credit Crunch Survey by the BBC Radio 4 PM show.

Key to public surveys and getting enough inputs to get a nationwide view is exposure, thankfully our latest survey is currently featured on the main BBC frontpage, significantly increasing traffic and thus survey results.

See the BBC iPM page for full details on the survey.

On a more regional level we are also running a survey to map peoples views on job security in association with BBC Look East. See the BBC Look East page for more details.

If you would like to know more take a look at our online publications page as we talk about MapTube in a number of the latest papers..

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Thanks go to our funders on the project – the National Centre for e-Social Science at Manchester University for setting this one up. Its nice to see maps used as part of a news item, MapTube was developed as part of our GeoVue grant at CASA (home of digital urban) to develop a free and easy way to share, mix and match professional maps online via the Google Maps interface.

Secondly Radio 4’s PM show is running an update to their Credit Crunch Survey – see the iPM post Credit Crunch: The return of the map.

Finally, although not a survey, MapTube also has a new map online detailing the money invested by UK councils following the collapse of the Icelandic banks.

View the Iceland Banks Money Invested Map.

Take part in the BBC Radio 4 Credit Crunch Survey.

Have your say on the Manchester Congestion Charge via BBC North West.

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Thanks go to our funders on the project – the National Centre for e-Social Science at Manchester University for setting this one up. Its nice to see maps used as part of a news item, MapTube was developed as part of our GeoVue grant at CASA (home of digital urban) to develop a free and easy way to share, mix and match professional maps online via the Google Maps interface.

Secondly Radio 4’s PM show is running an update to their Credit Crunch Survey – see the iPM post Credit Crunch: The return of the map.

Finally, although not a survey, MapTube also has a new map online detailing the money invested by UK councils following the collapse of the Icelandic banks.

View the Iceland Banks Money Invested Map.

Take part in the BBC Radio 4 Credit Crunch Survey.

Have your say on the Manchester Congestion Charge via BBC North West.

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Abstract

The paper first develops the network paradigm that is currently dominating the way we think about the internet and introduce varieties of social networking that are being fashioned in interactive web environments. This serves to ground our arguments about Web 2.0 technologies. These constitute ways in which users of web-based services can take on the role of producers as well as consumers of information that derive from such services with sharing becoming a dominant mode of adding value to such data.

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