The future of maps & storytelling

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1. THE FUTURE OF MAPS & STORYTELLING @ANDREWXHILL
2. who am i?
3. BIOLOGIST
5. DEVELOPER
8. MAPPER
11. BUILDING TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND COMMUNICATE INSIGHTS FROM DATA
12. USING DATA VISUALIZATION TO COMMUNICATE
13. LOOK DATA!
14. you Your team your boss The amount that people can understand your work with data
16. MAPS ARE INCREDIBLE TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATING COMPLEX DATA
17. http://bit.ly/livingcities
18. BUT WHY MAPS?
19. THE CURIOUS POWER OF THE MAP
25. HOME POOL
26. Guided by salient features
29. Distance
30. Scale
31. Cardinality
32. Directionality
33. Geometry
34. Symbology
36. http://bit.ly/ZaqMZY
40. EVERYBODY LETS GIVE THE POWER OF MAPS TO
43. http://lat.ms/1u1tzNr
45. http://bit.ly/1EVwboO
46. http://bit.ly/islamstate
47. http://bit.ly/1ts3TPQ
48. DOING CRAZY THINGS THAT WEREN’T DONE BEFORE
49. AN EXAMPLE
53. source: bing
54. WITH  hgrid              AS  (SELECT  Cdb_rectanglegrid(Cdb_xyz_extent(8,  12,  5),                                    Cdb_xyz_resolution(5)  *  4,                                                          Cdb_xyz_resolution(5)  *  4)  AS  cell)     SELECT  x,                  y,                  Array_agg(c)  vals,                  Array_agg(d)  dates     FROM      (SELECT  St_xmax(hgrid.cell)                                                                                        x,                                  St_ymax(hgrid.cell)                                                                                        y,                                  Count(i.cartodb_id)                                                                                        c,                                  Floor((  Date_part('epoch',  built)  -­‐  -­‐10418716800  )  /  32837875)  d                    FROM      hgrid,                                  us_po_offices  i                    WHERE    St_intersects(i.the_geom_webmercator,  hgrid.cell)                    GROUP    BY  hgrid.cell,                                        Floor((  Date_part('epoch',  built)  -­‐  -­‐10418716800  )  /  32837875)                  )  f     GROUP    BY  x,                        y
62. credit: @javisantana http://bit.ly/enriquerollo
64. http://bit.ly/downeymap
65. http://bit.ly/downeymap
66. http://bit.ly/gdeltmap
67. WE THINK WE’RE ONTO SOMETHING
68. SOME NEAT FEATURES OF CARTODB
69. Data support
70. Live data, import API, and remote sync
71. Privacy, sharing, collaboration
72. Privacy, sharing, collaboration
73. Easy integration
74. Easy integration
75. SQL API
76. Dynamic
78. OUR TAKE ON THE FUTURE OF MAPS
79. THE FUTURE IS NOT STATIC
80. http://bit.ly/1wAs0Zy
81. YOU CAN NOW TELL A DIFFERENT STORY TO EVERY VIEWER…
82. IT’S A DANGEROUS POWER FOR ONLY ONE PERSON TO HOLD
86. WE CAN’T BUILD IT ALONE
87. “The future of geo isn’t a single app with hundreds buttons. The future of geo is hundreds apps with a single button.” @jatorre
90. WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
91. http://blog.cartodb.com/
92. http://academy.cartodb.com/
95. We are hiring!!! http://www.cartodb.com/jobs
96. Thank you! @andrewxhill andrew@cartodb.com