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Mapping out the digital crowd

As visual forms of communication become an increasingly important part of the 21st-century media landscape, digital mapping tools offer exciting possibilities with a range of applications.  Here are just a few recent examples — many of which are growing up in our own backyard.

Scientific research: “Clickstream Data Yields High-Resolution Maps of Science,” recently published in PLoS ONE, uses clickstream data from online research to create more complete and current science maps than can be created with citation data alone.

The Vast Reach of GhostNet

Public health: Toronto start-up Infonaut uses real-time or near-real-time hospital data to map infections with the goal of monitoring and containing outbreaks.  Their Infection Watch Live software, recently featured in the Globe and Mail, is currently being used to map the spread of the H1N1 flu.

H1N1 flu cases

Open government: At last month’s mesh conference, keynote speaker Mayor David Miller unveiled the Open Toronto initiative, which will put the city’s public records online.  Open Toronto, launching this fall, will allow residents to map data such as the real-time location of transit vehicles.

Want more?  Check out the pretty pictures at Visual Complexity.

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