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Map mashups, Web 2.0 and the GIS revolution

Michael Batty Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew Hudson-Smith Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, London, UK
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Richard Milton Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, London, UK
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Andrew Crooks Center for Social Complexity, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Pages 1-13 | Received 31 Jan 2010, Accepted 08 Feb 2010, Published online: 19 Apr 2010

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Figure 1. The OSM Crowd-sourced Map of Baghdad, May 2007 (from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Baghdad).

Figure 1. The OSM Crowd-sourced Map of Baghdad, May 2007 (from http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Baghdad).

Figure 2. MapTube and Crowd-Sourcing: The Credit Crunch Mood Map. (a) Radio 4 iPM Web Page on the Mood Map for the Credit Crunch, (b) The User Web Questionnaire, (c) Early Response Distribution, (d) After 23000 User Responses.

Figure 2. MapTube and Crowd-Sourcing: The Credit Crunch Mood Map. (a) Radio 4 iPM Web Page on the Mood Map for the Credit Crunch, (b) The User Web Questionnaire, (c) Early Response Distribution, (d) After 23000 User Responses.

Figure 3. London Maps Imported into MapTube.

Figure 3. London Maps Imported into MapTube.

Figure 4. Three-dimensional Mashups Using Google Earth. (a) Conventional Import of a KML file of GDP (b) Exporting 2D Thematic Maps from a Land Use Transport Model into Google Earth.

Figure 4. Three-dimensional Mashups Using Google Earth. (a) Conventional Import of a KML file of GDP (b) Exporting 2D Thematic Maps from a Land Use Transport Model into Google Earth.

Figure 5. Importing Mashups Made Using GMapCreator into Second Life.

Figure 5. Importing Mashups Made Using GMapCreator into Second Life.

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