Networked geojournalism
Bobbie Johnson at the Guardian points us to a Google map cadged together by the BBC that delivers incredible information about the UK floods: rivers that are under warning, and pins taking us to text, photo, and video information on locations. I’m not sure how the citizens add their reports but that’s possible through Google maps mashups like Platial. What a valuable tool for networked reporting on any local story. And this requires no great feat of organization: just make the tool available.
July 26th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Seen this Jeff??? For once a lumbering, unwieldy organisation reacts in an agile, inclusive way . . .
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July 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
[...] pointers and see photos sent in by BBC viewers. Cheer up Mark, you could be online… Thanks to Jeff Jarvis for pointing out the latest in Networked [...]
July 27th, 2007 at 5:13 am
Thanks for the mention above
We’re using the skills we have to help in a difficult situation and the response has been outstanding. The blog was a quick decision made in a crisis. We’re raising awareness and giving our community support. Thanks for watching.
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July 30th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
[...] Amen. But important as hell. Let’s look at the front page of NowPublic right now. Here’s a story about a Caracas metro crash. Now I’m very sorry for the victims of this tragedy, but it doesn’t touch my life. It’s not local to me. It touches lives in Caracas. It’s local to them. Here’s a story about a fire in the Jersey pinelands. I’m in Jersey but that’s not local enough for me. But to the folks who can smell the smoke, it matters. It’s local. The UK floods story is international — at least on this end of the world — but it’s also a different story locally (see what the BBC did with maps in networked geojournalism). [...]