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Make Maps Better Together

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Hi, I’m @skalnik

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I write code at GitHub !

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Lets look at some past trends

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" Archie, Gopher, WAIS HTTP

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" XML JSON

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" SOAP REST

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" Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word Markdown #

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" ESRI Shapefile, Google KML GeoJSON, TopoJSON

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What have we learned?

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>

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> Silo’d labor Collaboration

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> Complex Simple

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> Perfect Pragmatic

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Dumb formats & Smart tools

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Upgrading tools is easier than upgrading a format

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So what?

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Story time

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First time in DC!

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Want to &

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Yelp, Foursquare, etc

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Asked @benbalter

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$ benbalter/dc-wifi-social

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$ leahbannon/dc-bars-sans-tv

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$ bennylope/rva-wifi-social

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$ niryariv/tiptipa

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OpenStreetMap is showing >

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Collaboration on everything

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Not just data, but higher level information

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Commit .geojson ??? Profit

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Diffs? We got dat

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GitHub supports the whole GeoJSON spec

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Cluster over 1,000 markers

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Custom markers

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Embeds

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Gists

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Treating data as code

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How do we encourage more?

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speakerdeck.com/ skalnik/make-maps- better-together

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