Microbe Map interactive ideas
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Dan Hett
Aug 4, 2011, 11:08:07 AM8/4/11
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Hi folks.
Been thinking some more about the interactive/visualisation side of
this. This is a reasonably small dataset (even if we get it all down),
and the geography is obviously the key factor, so I see this as a
super-enhanced version of the Google map. It would be filterable, by a
wide number of categories, to allow users to investigate possible
patterns in the data.
There are instinctively some bits of data that I'd want to see: which
locations gave the most microbes, which areas gave the least, whether
routes "in" or "out" yielded different results, that kind of thing.
I propose a map similar to the Google one, but simplified down so it
shows roads and big features, but none of the clutter of the full map.
All the markers would be on at the same time, each of the ten teams
colour-coded. Hovering over a marker would show the exact details
(long, lat, name, and thumbnail of the sample with a numerical sample
count and more details of the samples maybe?)
The map would have a load of controls at the top that would allow the
user to highlight stuff like:
- single teams routes
- all the "in" or "out" points
- the sites that gave off the most microbes
- the sites that gave off the least microbes
etc etc
The markers could also be clicked again to show a nice full high-res
image of the sample too.
I also like the idea of having a view that just shows all the samples
in a big grid, so people can browse through. Like the Flickr page but
sexier!
Does this sound like it would be useful?
Chip in some ideas if you have 'em, and if your team hasn't put their
data into the document then get to it!
For science!
Dan
Been thinking some more about the interactive/visualisation side of
this. This is a reasonably small dataset (even if we get it all down),
and the geography is obviously the key factor, so I see this as a
super-enhanced version of the Google map. It would be filterable, by a
wide number of categories, to allow users to investigate possible
patterns in the data.
There are instinctively some bits of data that I'd want to see: which
locations gave the most microbes, which areas gave the least, whether
routes "in" or "out" yielded different results, that kind of thing.
I propose a map similar to the Google one, but simplified down so it
shows roads and big features, but none of the clutter of the full map.
All the markers would be on at the same time, each of the ten teams
colour-coded. Hovering over a marker would show the exact details
(long, lat, name, and thumbnail of the sample with a numerical sample
count and more details of the samples maybe?)
The map would have a load of controls at the top that would allow the
user to highlight stuff like:
- single teams routes
- all the "in" or "out" points
- the sites that gave off the most microbes
- the sites that gave off the least microbes
etc etc
The markers could also be clicked again to show a nice full high-res
image of the sample too.
I also like the idea of having a view that just shows all the samples
in a big grid, so people can browse through. Like the Flickr page but
sexier!
Does this sound like it would be useful?
Chip in some ideas if you have 'em, and if your team hasn't put their
data into the document then get to it!
For science!
Dan
Asa Calow
Aug 5, 2011, 4:39:43 AM8/5/11
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Hi folks.
Been thinking some more about the interactive/visualisation side of
this. This is a reasonably small dataset (even if we get it all down),
and the geography is obviously the key factor, so I see this as a
super-enhanced version of the Google map. It would be filterable, by a
wide number of categories, to allow users to investigate possible
patterns in the data.
There are instinctively some bits of data that I'd want to see: which
locations gave the most microbes, which areas gave the least, whether
routes "in" or "out" yielded different results, that kind of thing.
Definite!
I propose a map similar to the Google one, but simplified down so it
shows roads and big features, but none of the clutter of the full map.
All the markers would be on at the same time, each of the ten teams
colour-coded. Hovering over a marker would show the exact details
(long, lat, name, and thumbnail of the sample with a numerical sample
count and more details of the samples maybe?)
Sounds good – I've not checked out how rich the Cloudmade API is in terms of overlaying your own data, but it does let you set your own colours so it would be straightforward to do a super simple colour scheme that just shows the major details.
Also, I don't know if there's enough data in there to make a meaningful heat map but might have a go at that over the weekend too just to see.
The map would have a load of controls at the top that would allow the
user to highlight stuff like:
- single teams routes
- all the "in" or "out" points
- the sites that gave off the most microbes
- the sites that gave off the least microbes
etc etc
The markers could also be clicked again to show a nice full high-res
image of the sample too.
I also like the idea of having a view that just shows all the samples
in a big grid, so people can browse through. Like the Flickr page but
sexier!
Does this sound like it would be useful?
Sounds like a win to me :-)
Chip in some ideas if you have 'em, and if your team hasn't put their
data into the document then get to it!
I've sufficiently recovered from inputting the last set of data so will do a bit more over the weekend, try and get another one or two sets done. Of course, if anyone else fancies diving in, that would be good too ;-)
A
Dan Hett
Sep 7, 2011, 12:24:37 PM9/7/11
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Right, I'm back from my honeymoon, and will be taking a look-see at
our data this week :D
our data this week :D
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Dan Hett
Sep 10, 2011, 11:35:16 AM9/10/11
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Hi all
Here's a very very quick and dirty mockup of what I had in mind, the
map part would function exactly like Google Maps except we'd have our
own markers on there. The hovering box would appear when you rolled
over the map points, and allow you to view the results and image (if
applicable).
The map is filterable using the controls on the left, so for example
you could view all of the "in" routes, or all the "in" routes for
certain teams, whatever.
What else functionality-wise would people want to add to this? It's
reasonably stripped-down, but there's not *that* much data in this
thing really. Any other variables people might want to screw with?
http://i.imgur.com/9gs4p.jpg
Dan
Here's a very very quick and dirty mockup of what I had in mind, the
map part would function exactly like Google Maps except we'd have our
own markers on there. The hovering box would appear when you rolled
over the map points, and allow you to view the results and image (if
applicable).
The map is filterable using the controls on the left, so for example
you could view all of the "in" routes, or all the "in" routes for
certain teams, whatever.
What else functionality-wise would people want to add to this? It's
reasonably stripped-down, but there's not *that* much data in this
thing really. Any other variables people might want to screw with?
http://i.imgur.com/9gs4p.jpg
Dan
Martyn Amos
Sep 10, 2011, 2:12:33 PM9/10/11
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That's pretty much *exactly* what I had in mind, personally...
M
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Reader in Novel Computation
School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology
Manchester Metropolitan University
WWW: http://www.martynamos.com
Dan Hett
Sep 11, 2011, 6:38:21 AM9/11/11
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Excellente!
What I'm going to do is build a quick prototype, and then throw it out
there for people to play around with, I think.
It'll be relatively easy to add and remove features, so if there's a
particular way that people would want to see the data then I can
definitely work around it.
Shall post back at some point in the next few days!
Dan
On Sep 10, 7:12 pm, Martyn Amos <martyn.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's pretty much *exactly* what I had in mind, personally...
>
> M
>
What I'm going to do is build a quick prototype, and then throw it out
there for people to play around with, I think.
It'll be relatively easy to add and remove features, so if there's a
particular way that people would want to see the data then I can
definitely work around it.
Shall post back at some point in the next few days!
Dan
On Sep 10, 7:12 pm, Martyn Amos <martyn.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's pretty much *exactly* what I had in mind, personally...
>
> M
>
Hwa Young Jung
Sep 12, 2011, 4:19:59 AM9/12/11
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Wow Dan!
That looks amazing!
Asa Calow
Sep 12, 2011, 5:09:14 AM9/12/11
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Second that :-)
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