Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-19 Thread Ankur Nagar
Hi Sudhira, Thanks for this - yes USGS is a great source, also agree with Mapbox. Here is an example from Github that uses Mapbox to 'animate' earthquakes in Chile since 1900: http://pnavarrc.github.io/earthquake/ Also, USGS themselves has some good stuff - here is a neat Google Map that

Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-04 Thread Nisha Thompson
Hey Ankur, Do you have the data for this? Nisha On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Ankur Nagar ankur.na...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, A quick question - would you know anyone in India (elsewhere is ok too, India is preferable) who would be able to develop a short video that uses maps + open data

Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
On 4 June 2014 22:51, Ankur Nagar ankur.na...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, A quick question - would you know anyone in India (elsewhere is ok too, India is preferable) who would be able to develop a short video that uses maps + open data to highlight the earthquake risk in and around India.

Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-04 Thread Ankur Nagar
Hi Nisha - yes, we the data is available. Hi Gora, not sure if we have been introduced - there are a number of possibilities one can imagine here from a GIS interlace to JS-based visualization to an app and so on. Our objective for a video is to drive the message home in a quick, impactful way

Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-04 Thread Gora Mohanty
On 4 June 2014 23:48, Ankur Nagar ankur.na...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Nisha - yes, we the data is available. Great. Sounds interesting. What format are the data in? How does one get geographical information for the data? Hi Gora, not sure if we have been introduced - there are a number of

Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-04 Thread Ankur Nagar
Gora, data should be in CSV / TSV format - in terms of geo data: lat long coordinates. I totally get the point about an online interface - but that's not the primary output for this one. Consider this a quick, impactful communication piece for when you get a few minutes of someone's limited

Re: [datameet] Map + Data + Video

2014-06-04 Thread H. S. Sudhira
TileMill https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/ does this pretty well and has a crash course https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/docs/crashcourse/introduction/ on this. See here: https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/docs/crashcourse/point-data/ and https://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/docs/crashcourse/tooltips/ And