BBC Local Election Map (Results)

BBC Local Election Map (Results)

BBC now updating their interactive election map every few minutes, London Mayor results are due in the evening of 2nd May 2008.
*Map based in flash.

This post delayed from yesterday due to no data on the election Map. In this case it was more useful with data representing the elected politcal parties.

For a more in depth view and constant updates please visit the BBC Election Website.

BBC Jam Cams using Ordnance Survey Maps

BBC Website using Ordnance Survey Maps

"View our Jam Cams by using our new interactive map"

The map is dynamic (generated in flash) and shows clusters, the larger the circle the more cameras are available to view.

Quick Video showing the Ordnance Survey 1.1million (Miniscale) 1:250,000 & 1:50,000 Colour Rasters in thier flash application.


Now you would think nothing of this, until you realise the cost for this.
A Corporate Licence. It must be very expensive to do this.


[Now in the UK every household that has a TV tuner requires a TV Licence, now that can be seen as a 'tax'. This tax then is used to fund the BBC and all it's programme making and anything to do with the BBC. Including the very successful iPlayer.]

It's nice to see this data finally and freely accessible on a very large UK website other than the Ordnance Survey's own site.

Though if you are looking for Free Access to Ordnance Survey data and the use of these products mentioned you can provided you have no adverts on your site or making money via the access of the data. OpenSpace API is the route for you.

BBC School Report Map 2008

BBC School Report Map using Microsoft Virtual Earth


"This is a map of schools taking part in School Report 2008. Navigate and zoom by using the buttons at the top left of the map. Click on a marker to find out about that school."

and in 3D...



Map Feedback
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/7293814.stm

(Currently locations in 3D do not display the info window correctly)

*3D View requires Virtual Earth 3D (Beta) plugin pre-installed

BBC Correspondents Map (v4.0)

update: 02/02/2008
The BBC Correspondents Map gets an Official blog post from Google Lat/Long
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/02/
all-news-thats-fit-to-map.html

1 February 2008 [v4.0]

• Moved up to new version - with shiny new photos and RSS links to the latest three articles on the BBC News website. Enjoy!

31 January 2008 [v3.2]

• Fixed layout bug in Firefox - thanks to it being entirely developed on BBC computers (and therefore in non-compliant Internet Explorer 6), it didn't display in browsers which are standards-compliant. This issue has now been fixed.
• Design change to move the black bar to the top of the page instead of the bottom.

30 January 2008 [v3.1]

• Fixed bug where correspondents based in bureaux were not displayed in the list.

30 January 2008 [v3.0]

• Changed info bubbles to tabs - one for each correspondent - in preparation for future features.
• Added links to BBC News search in order to find stories from the city, country and correspondent.

update: 31/01/2008
The BBC has taken a liking to this site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/01/
bbc_reporters_mashed.html

"For more great news and maps mash-ups, take a look at this blog."
blog post by Darren Waters

Mapperz hopes that the BBC takes this on, as Geo-Spatial content is and will be a powerful media representation for BBC News.
maybe add latitude and longitude to RSS feed to get GeoRSS - http://www.georss.org
google already support this functionality
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/03/
kml-and-georss-support-added-to-google.html

"News has location and can be mapped." Mapperz


BBC Correspondents Map (v2.5)


Version 2.5 of the BBC Correspondents sees new features based on user comments & feedback

A Great Mashup a few days old and moves on at a great pace...

Todays changes:

• A distinction between correspondents and stringers, as requested by users


• A full list of correspondents, stringers and bureaux, for users who have a name but not a location


• 4 RSS feeds for others to mash up


• Still to come: - More info on each correspondents- Links to correspondents' work on the BBC News Website from their location bubble


• More as I (Stuart) thinks of features

Version History:
29 January 2008 [v2.5]
Added a full, clickable list of correspondents, stringers and bureaux.
Introduced 4 RSS feeds which makes use of all the data.
Added an information link to explain more about the map.
Added this version history!
27 January 2008 [v2.0]
Added a comments link for feedback.
Added stringer distinction following feedback on the comments.
Databased the correspondent data up, to make it easier to update and in preparation for future features.
Slight redesign of the bottom bar to accommodate new feature links.
22 January 2008 [v1.2]
Added plenty of new correspondents to the map.
21 January 2008 [v1.1]
Added key to the map and the 'Jump to' section to go straight to a specific region of the world.
20 January 2008 [v1.0]
Map launched.


The Mapper - Stuart Pinfold, Media Co-ordinator, Newsgathering Traffic.

"works in the department (unique to the BBC) which intakes calls from every BBC correspondent and either records their despatches for use across all radio and TV outlets (including the World Service) or connects them to the TV or radio studio for live two-way interviews with the anchor."

The Map Link:
http://www.stuart-pinfold.co.uk/bits/corrmap/
(and look out for new features, see 'Version History')

other useful links:
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2008/01/google-maps-mania-links-for-2008-01-27.html

'At-Risk' Post Office Outlets Mapped

last update:
Yorkshire area
http://mapperz.googlepages.com/yorkshire_post_offices
_at_risk_name.html

Outreach Post Offices Planned (replacing these Post Offices)
http://mapperz.googlepages.com/outreach_post_offices_named.html

data from...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/02_10_07_po_total.pdf
so if that is wrong so will the location on the map

update:
Midlands is Mapped now.
http://mapperz.googlepages.com/Midlands_post_offices
_at_risk_named.html
*Starkholmes, 133 Starkholmes, Road Matlock E4 5JA was not mapped due to an incorrect postcode.

Kent 'at-risk' Post Office Outlets Mapped

"The Post Office has announced the first 180 branches earmarked for closure under its plan to shut 2,500 by the end of next year."

based on the pdf on the BBC website - Mapperz mapped them. In 15 minutes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7023244.stm


How was this done so quick?

• Copy and pasted addresses and postcodes from the PDF into notepad, save as .txt

• Rename as .csv

• Open this in OpenOffice (or Word) as comma delimited.

• Adjusted the Postcodes into one column

• Copy and pasted to a batch geocoder

• Appended the lat/lng to the Post Office 'at risk' in OpenOffice

• Saved as .xls

• Uploaded to google spreadsheets (view the spreadsheet)

• Published this as 'public' (will not work if your don't)

• Used the google maps/spreadsheet wizard
  

*to create the link between the spreadsheet and google map via the Public Spreadsheet Key.
**the wizard does do a lot of things, icons sizes, colours, viewport, map extent based on data.
The Mapperz modified a little html to make the map centre on Europe before zooming to the Kent era.

View the 'At Risk' Post Offices in Kent Map

Mismatched postcodes with the geocoder
Kent had one Postcode that was incorrect replacing the 'I' for a '1' worked.
TN13 IHZ should be TN13 1HZ

Mission accomplished - Long Way Down

Mission accomplished - The Long Way Down (there is a Map)

"Long Way Down is the most recent motorbike adventure with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Leaving on 12 May 2007, they travelled through Europe, and then Africa – from Tunisia to South Africa, via countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Namibia - a total of 15,000 miles. The team arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on 4 August 2007. It is a follow-up to the Long Way Round trip in 2004, where the pair rode their motorbikes from London to New York, travelling east across Europe, Russia and the United States. As on Long Way Round, they were accompanied by Executive Producers/Directors Russ Malkin and David Alexanian."



http://www.bbc.co.uk/longwaydown/map.shtml

Well done!

Retro Map - BBC Ceefax Map Live

Retro Map - BBC Ceefax Map Live


See old style Ceefax (from analogue signal) live on the internet.
(click the 400 at the bottom then 401 for the Weather Map)

Also available for mobile devices

Ceefax (wiki)

Ceefax TV
© Ceefax is a registered trademark of the BBC Corporation
© Aertel is a registered trademark of RTE

Map 24 Supports GeoRSS Feeds

Map 24 now supports GeoRSS feeds



"GeoRSS in general is a technology for distributing news feeds with corresponding location attributes among a great variety of clients. Geographically encoded news feeds may be organized thematically in channels and visualized in web mapping solutions like Map24 Portal. Since GeoRSS is evaluated by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), it is a prospective standard in the geospatial domain."

A large amount of Weather GeoRSS feeds are now available from the BBC Weather Service.
search a region or enter a city (any large city in the world will have a feed)
copy the link (.xml) from clicking the

View Feed for this Location
http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/rss/5day/id/3366.xml (London Bridge, UK)

paste into the Maps24 demo.