[Irtalk] Using open data to map your world | Opensource.com

[Hilton Gibson]

As you've surfed the web, you've surely come across many sites using
embedded maps to display data. Humans are visual creatures, so presenting
temperatures, crime statistics, or population densities on a map often
makes quickly discerning patterns and spatial relationships easier than
presenting the same facts as a boring table. Visualizations based on maps
can be quite sophisticated and even show patterns across time as well as
space; Maps Mania is one blog showcasing many great examples of online maps.

But displaying data on an embedded map doesn't need to be a complicated
affair. You can do it using open source tools. In this post, I offer some
tips for getting started doing this.

http://opensource.com/life/15/7/open-source-mapping-primer
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