Think Place Not Space; There's More To Geo Than Just Maps
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"Think Place Not Space; There's More To Geo Than Just Maps"; presented on October 9th. 2009 at Yahoo! Open Hack NYC, New York
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- 1. “Think Place Not Space”There’s More to Geo Than Just Maps Gary Gale Yahoo! Geo Technologies
- 2. GEO USED TO BE DIFFICULT sea-turtle on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-turtle/198445204/
- 3. THERE WASN’T ENOUGH DATA wcouch on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcouch/3189880768/
- 5. SOMEONE SHOULD HELP Redvers on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/redvers/641201530/
- 6. PLACES, PEOPLE and THINGS atibens on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/atibens/2616899638/
- 7. Knowing where our users are, and the places that are important to them Knowing geographic locations, and the names of places We Connect Places, People and Things Knowing the geographic context of everything we index, manage and publish
- 8. MAPS ARE “EASY” (ISH) normanbleventhalmapcenter on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/normanbleventhalmapcenter/2674855383/
- 10. GEOCODING USED TO BE EASY inF! on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanbarrow/3339245753/
- 11. What? Where?
- 13. What? (Maybe) Where? (Maybe)
- 15. GEOPARSING IS NOT SO EASY szim90 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/szim90/272670479/
- 16. cheap flights from london to paris in october
- 17. cheap flights from londonto paris in october 1) Tokenize 2) Remove common words 3) Remove words not in gazeteer london! paris!
- 18. cheap flights from london to paris in october 1) Tokenize London 2) Remove common words 3) Remove words not in gazetteer Paris
- 19. THANK YOU & GOOD NIGHT brr7 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/18732924@N00/244974394/
- 20. STOP. REWIND adobemac on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/adobemac/294078052/
- 21. IN … INDIA? bodhitjal on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bodhithaj/361857780/
- 22. IN … INDIANA? OZinOH on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/75905404@N00/505688957/
- 23. TO … TONGA? j_buswell on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/j_buswell/3683814556/
- 24. MAY CAUSE FRUSTRATION paloaltosoftware on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/paloalto/3038701605/
- 25. Thé? a town in Burgundy, France IN? ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 for India To? a town in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan Is? another town in Burgundy, France IT? ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 for Italy AND? ISO 31660-1 Alpha-3 for Andorra You? a town in Yatenga, Burkina Faso Å? a town in NorlandFylke, Norway That? a town in Rajasthan, India
- 26. These are all the same place!
- 27. THIS IS PERU …
- 28. AND SO IS THIS (IN ARGENTINA)
- 29. AND SO IS THIS (IN BOLIVIA)
- 30. SEMANTICS REQUIRED dullhunk on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/3525013547/
- 31. Hilton, Paris Paris Hilton
- 36. WHO USES OFFICIAL NAMES ANYWAY? takomabibelot on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/234301712/
- 37. Museum of Modern Art, New York MOMA NYC paulamoya on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/40351463@N00/745012335/
- 38. Millennium Wheel London Eye hismith83 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/hismith83/200701961/
- 39. San Francisco City and County of San Francisco SF Brit on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/cnbattson/192162591/
- 40. PLACE BASED THINKING alxndr on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/alxndr/16750001/
- 41. 40° 45' 24.3648", -73° 59' 3.4506"
- 43. WOEIDs stevefaeembra on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevefaeembra/3567750853/
- 44. 12589342 44418
- 45. Unique Permanent Global Language Neutral London = Londra = Londres = ロンドン United States = États-Unis = StatiUniti = 미국 Ensures that geography can be employed consistently and globally straup on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/straup/3504862388/
- 47. postal codes, airports
- 48. admin regions, time zones
- 49. telephone code areas
- 50. marketing areas
- 51. points of interest
- 52. colloquial areas
- 53. neighbourhoodswoodleywonderworks on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/2222523978/
- 54. North America 24865672 Atlantic Ocean 55959709 Continent Ocean VereinigteStaaten United States 23424977 États-Unis Country アメリカ合衆国 New York 2347591 State Pennsylvania 2347597 State Earth 1 Supername New York 12696101 Town Town Manhattan 12589342 Queens 12589352 Town 10001 12761333 ZIP
- 55. HOW? laurakgibb on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/38299630@N05/3635356091/
- 56. DATA, DATA, DATA, DATA LaForge Picard Worf LOTS OF DATA dunechaser on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/163959411/
- 57. OPEN DATA Mag3737 on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/
- 59. MACHINE LEARNING agustina on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/cositasdeagustina/1372394032/
- 60. HUMAN EDITORIAL vicchi on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuddland/12747989/
- 61. “we can make the internet work better by making it understand how we talk in the real world” Billy V on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyv/352560572/
- 62. TOOLS PLEASE? docman on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/docman/36125185/
- 70. Sparrow & Voila!
- 78. MAPS
- 81. NOT TAKING NOTES selva on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/24604141/
- 83. THANKS FOR LISTENING Paul Keleher on Flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkeleher/1658311814/
Editor's Notes
- Maps are easyWe’ve been making them for 1000’s of yearsLots of established standards and principles
- And there’s lots of data
- illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist
- This is a WOEIDNot too much to get excited aboutIt’s just a number …But it’s not, it’s ManhattanAnd here’s another one, this is LondonWhat AM I talking about?