SPJ Google Presentation

Google MyMaps | Fusion Tables Data Scraping

Mike Reilley mikereilley.com/google-news-labs

g.co/newslab | [email protected] @GoogleNewsLab YouTube.com/googlenewslab AGENDA

● Data scraping made easy ● Basic Google Maps ● Google Fusion Tables ○ Maps and charts ● Where to find data? ○ Google and some data search tools ● Other map and charts tools Google Fusion Tables: Need data? http://research.google.com/tables Resources site: http://bit.ly/geomedialab Johnny Cash Map Mashup

● “I’ve Been Everywhere” ○ Has he? ○ Watch to the end ○ Built during a weekend UK music hack ○ http://www.johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com/ Google My Maps: www.google.com/mymaps

Floods, fires in Argentina

Google Confidential and Proprietary Google My Maps: www.google.com/mymaps

Mudslide in Washington

Google Confidential and Proprietary Google My Maps: www.google.com/mymaps

Where to watch the World Cup

Google Confidential and Proprietary Google MyMaps Video: Building in MyMaps

Google Confidential and Proprietary Google My Maps: Embeddable on the web

If you have a responsive website, paste the iFrame into EmbedResponsively.com

Use the responsive code generated by the tool to embed in your website.

Map will resize itself to fit any device. Google Drive: Create and manage your maps Google My Maps: See tutorial at http://g.co/newslab Google Fusion Tables: www.google.com/fusiontables

Deaths and injuries during the Iraq war

Google Confidential and Proprietary Google Fusion Tables: Embeddable on the web Google Fusion Tables: www.google.com/fusiontables

Mapping ex-Soviet Union populations

Google Confidential and Proprietary Advanced: The Searchable Map Template

● DerekEder.com ○ Search map by data (location, ages, etc.)

○ Follow instructions on site

○ Needs your Google Table ID (File/About this Table) and Google API Key (in the Google API Console)

○ Export map to folder on desktop and move to a remote server Searchable Map Template

● Examples

○ Chicago homicides by police district beat

○ Chicago homicides by political ward

○ Chicago crimes near El train stops Other mapping and chart tools

● Datawrapper.de ○ $118 a year; free for college students ○ Maps and interactive charts

● StoryMap JS ○ From the Knight Lab (free)

● CartoDB.com ○ Build interactive heat maps and timelapse maps (free) Google Maps mashup

● The True Size

○ Mashup lets you select a state/country and compare its land mass to the size of others. Is Nebraska bigger or smaller than Great Britain?

○ http://thetruesize.com/ Evaluations: Win a $25 Starbucks Gift Card

Fill out evaluation at this address:

● http://tinyurl.com/spjgoogle ● Turn in business card in front of room ● Drawing at end of day for the winner ● Need not be present to win

Google Confidential and Proprietary