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About Creative Maps Compiled by Chris Watson & Various Inspired by Laura Mansfield & MMDC Publicity Press Kit

 


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Bradford  |  Edinburgh  |  Dundee  |  Huddersfield  

Leeds  |  London  |  LA  |   Manchester & Salford 

Newcastle  |  New York  |  Paris  |  Sheffield  |  York    Zurich   

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Contributors

 

London | Mag Culture 

 

Manchester | Logan Holmes Laura Mansfield Shrieking Violet   & MMDC 

 

LA | Stefan G Bucher Alissa Walker & Denis Wood

 

Leeds & Bradford | Rowan Grant

 

Barnsley & Rotherham | Make.Shift

 

UK | Craft Council


Dundee | 
Gillian of creativedundee.com 

 

Edinburgh | Janine Matheson & Lynsey Smith of creative-edinburgh.com 

 

Paris | Much Literary content from Lonely Planet written by Steve Fallon, Chris Pitts and Nicola Williams. Additional literary research from Dale Berning & Guardian & Many Bookshops from Vivien Ayroles, heymann-renoult.com

 

World | Many banal musuem's found from the book 'Strangest Museums in Britain - and the best worldwide - ' published by:StrangestBooks.co.uk

creative maps by vism.ag


About

What are Creative Maps? 

 

They are interactive online google maps, styled to show you the creative economy of a city or location. Sharing knowledge of creative facilities in the world, or more specifically your local area to help you in your creative and innovative endeavors. 

Be it Galleries, Museums, Theaters, Bookshops, Arts Centers, Magazines, Studios, Design Companies, Craft Shops

They are far richer as an interactive use like at the website to aid creatives then static prints..

They touch on data visualisation, re-interpreting the cities landscapes simplifying to facilitate a new perspective with specific data (little gems) that would otherwise be hidden. Their style, beauty and simplicity in design is so that this aspect can be revealed and not hidden in its salient ability. 

Therefore its data visualisation and cartography revealing the paths that data can form and function effectively.

The google pins depict different categories according to their colour and facilities. More Locations to come. 

 

iPhone app coming soon...

 

 

Press Kit

That's Great you want to share! Many thanks, please quote & reference any text you use on the site and feel free to get in touch chris [at] visualisationmagazine.com





Feel free to use these images but again, reference this site and me as their creator. 

Sheffield

London



Placemark Information

 

Developments



10/10 Started Google Maps adding pins for Sheffield in discussion with colleagues

11/10 Made a Custom Ground overlay image loading pins from georss layer feed

 

Version 1


02/11 Developed a map that could 'Hyperlink to a specific kml marker, through the rss item?' and so changed to using geoxml3 to have a pin link list


Version 2 

 


03/11 Developed the link list into a bottom bar with 4 columns using geoxml3

03/11 Overlayed Styled map image using ProjectedOverlay

03/11 Attached pin colour images alongside marker links in bottom bar

03/11 Made a sidebar with check box category display list

03/11 Fixed hiding the overlay image using setOpacity & {percentOpacity:100}

03/11 Made transparency % overlay using set opacity

03/11 Attached address details to bottom bar links

03/11 Fixed 'Show All' pins link at bottom of sidebar

03/11 Made name and anchor to link bottom bar pins links to re-orientate you back to the map on click to see where pin is using function GoToAnchor, #mystory & onclick="kmlClick()">name</a>

 

07/11 Eventually, using map.setCenter & span class can reposition from Lat Lng the location in the map through html/javascript onClick's 

07/11 Utilised an array to hide all overlay images var overlays = []; and overlays.push(overlay); let us use:function setOpacities(desiredOpacity) 

07/11 Made the map 
GeoLocate (if user allows) so you see what creative pins are near you 

07/11 Added a search input to map to 
Geocode so you see what creative pins are in an area 

07/11 Changed the GeoLocate icon to my own customised 'You Are Here' adapting the poster 'Your army needs you' 

07/11 Fixed the
 GeoLocate so it doesn't trigger when ...vism.ag/index.htm#mystory is activated, can just use ...vism.ag/#mystory 

08/11 Added Scale to the map with scaleControl: true, in my map options

 

08/11 Added Keyword Search input that uses fusion tables & kml as the database to searc

 

08/11 Fixed fusion table map continuously displaying search results to only display when query found & hidden when showAll is clicked with layer.setMap(null); in the right place 

 

08/11 Added onKeydown="Javascript: if (event.keyCode==13) changeMap();" so that return/enter key submit search instead of clicking

 

08/11 Worked out how to use autocomplete through jquery in search box, still tweaking before implement

 

09/11 Branding added with the 'discover little gems' and a diamond. 

 

09/11 Extended the LA white terrain overlay to cover new enlarged map canvas size

 

10/11 Collaborated to map Edinburgh and made white terrain overlay

 

10/11 Used co-ordinates to make a specific url to places .../?lat=55.95266&lng=-3.213844&zoom=13

 

10/11 Extended and change zoom level of New York white terrain to cover new enlarged map canvas size

 

10/11 Made the white terrain overlay for Paris

 

 

 

 

Links to other useful maps for creative inspiration:

 

http://poetryatlas.com - A google map of poetry about places around the world

 

http://newspapermap.com - a google map of newspapers in circulation around the world

 

http://historypin.com - a google map collaboration where users can submit old images of places

 

http://deaddrops.com - a open street map collaboration where users can un-cloud their files in cement! 'Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space.

 

 

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100+ places added! 18/02/2012