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Cartography from Code...? or “how I learned to stop worrying and love coding in cartography” Barend Köbben ITC – Universiteit Twente [email protected] – @barendkobben
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Cartography from Code...?
or
“how I learned to stop worryingand love coding in cartography”
Barend KöbbenITC – Universiteit Twente
[email protected] – @barendkobben
A change in my world
My tools once were these:
A change in my world
...but now look like this:
A change in my world
Computers gave me this at first:
SYMAP line printer output (1965, by Howard Fisher)
A change in my world...but have been improving since:
A change in my world...and now allow me to do really nice interactivity:
http://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/D3tests/distancePerception/index_en.html
A change in my worldBoth were constructed using software
this one wasdigitally drawn
»»
this one wascoded (programmed)
...an oxymoron...?CARTOGRAPHY FROM CODE
Coding (programming) Maps
Nowadays especially in the browser
“browser as anapplication framework”
Much more then just an HTMLrenderer:
The Open Web Platform is the collection of open(royalty-free) technologies which enables you tocreate web applications without the need for
proprietary technology
HTML5 = HTML + SVG + CSS + JS
“browser as anapplication framework”
Much more then just an HTMLrenderer:
local storageSeperation of content and styling (CSS)Javascript APIs for the “business logic”
Coupling of data and visualisation (e.g using D3.js)
D3: Data Driven Documentshttp://d3js.org
connect data to the DOM => transform theDOM using the data
Result: Easy access to powerful tools & data➔ “Coding Cartography”
barendkobben.com/D3tests/
