Comments on: Thames Valley Flood Map http://www.edparsons.com/2007/07/thames-valley-flood-map/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tony Hirst http://www.edparsons.com/2007/07/thames-valley-flood-map/comment-page-1/#comment-151052 Tony Hirst Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:10:06 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=504#comment-151052 Another related map shows the location of water bowsers in Gloucestershire: http://tinyurl.com/2m43m5 This was built by hand, with a view to identifying likely "issues" in automating the map production from scrappy bowser location info on the Severn Trent Water website (discussed here: http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/010494.html ) tony Another related map shows the location of water bowsers in Gloucestershire: http://tinyurl.com/2m43m5

This was built by hand, with a view to identifying likely “issues” in automating the map production from scrappy bowser location info on the Severn Trent Water website (discussed here: http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/010494.html )

tony

]]> By: Paul Clough http://www.edparsons.com/2007/07/thames-valley-flood-map/comment-page-1/#comment-151053 Paul Clough Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:35:13 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=504#comment-151053 I am a lecturer at Sheffield University in the Information Studies Department. I have also been using Google Maps to visualise recent flood data mined from the web including BBC News, YouTube videos, Flickr pictures and blog data. Colleagues and myself have developed techniques to gather this data from the web, extract locations, geo-code them and map them automatically. This work is ongoing and part of an EU project called Memoir which aims to investigate the use of technology for helping support our personal memories. My aim is to develop a public website which can be used to record a community memory of the recent flooding events (mainly in South Yorkshire). For more information please contact me (see http://ir.shef.ac.uk/cloughie/). I am a lecturer at Sheffield University in the Information Studies Department. I have also been using Google Maps to visualise recent flood data mined from the web including BBC News, YouTube videos, Flickr pictures and blog data. Colleagues and myself have developed techniques to gather this data from the web, extract locations, geo-code them and map them automatically. This work is ongoing and part of an EU project called Memoir which aims to investigate the use of technology for helping support our personal memories. My aim is to develop a public website which can be used to record a community memory of the recent flooding events (mainly in South Yorkshire). For more information please contact me (see http://ir.shef.ac.uk/cloughie/).

]]> By: James http://www.edparsons.com/2007/07/thames-valley-flood-map/comment-page-1/#comment-151051 James Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:36:43 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=504#comment-151051 Ed thanks for pointing this map out and Ollie, thanks for making it. Here in Surrey Heath ICT dept I've just started an internal blog to promote GIS through the organisation. Using the 'My Maps Plus' Service I've been able to simply embed your flooding map into my post. Chobham village in our borough had major flooding on Friday / Saturday so this information is particularly relevent to us. James Ed thanks for pointing this map out and Ollie, thanks for making it. Here in Surrey Heath ICT dept I’ve just started an internal blog to promote GIS through the organisation. Using the ‘My Maps Plus’ Service I’ve been able to simply embed your flooding map into my post. Chobham village in our borough had major flooding on Friday / Saturday so this information is particularly relevent to us.

James

]]> By: Ollie Williams http://www.edparsons.com/2007/07/thames-valley-flood-map/comment-page-1/#comment-151050 Ollie Williams Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:23:59 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=504#comment-151050 Ed - thanks for noticing the map. We're trying to keep it updated around the clock with the latest flood warnings for Berkshire alongside photos, video and audio from visitors to the site and our own reporters. Geospatial Technologist sounds like a hell of a job! May I say the Google Map is holding up remarkably well and serving exactly the purpose I had in mind - very flexible and brilliant for illustrating exactly which rivers are in trouble. My only gripe (and I highly doubt you're the person to tell but you never know) is that there's a limit of 100 markers before you get a second "page" of them. Then you have to move between pages to see the markers and that's less than ideal, so I have to keep the number below 100. But you can't have it all, especially when it's free! If anyone from Google's interesting in talking to us about how we're using the map, give the newsroom a call during office hours, 01189 464 200 and ask for me. I'll almost certainly be around. Cheers! Ollie Ed – thanks for noticing the map. We’re trying to keep it updated around the clock with the latest flood warnings for Berkshire alongside photos, video and audio from visitors to the site and our own reporters.

Geospatial Technologist sounds like a hell of a job! May I say the Google Map is holding up remarkably well and serving exactly the purpose I had in mind – very flexible and brilliant for illustrating exactly which rivers are in trouble.

My only gripe (and I highly doubt you’re the person to tell but you never know) is that there’s a limit of 100 markers before you get a second “page” of them. Then you have to move between pages to see the markers and that’s less than ideal, so I have to keep the number below 100. But you can’t have it all, especially when it’s free!

If anyone from Google’s interesting in talking to us about how we’re using the map, give the newsroom a call during office hours, 01189 464 200 and ask for me. I’ll almost certainly be around.

Cheers!

Ollie

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