tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159823411121109095.post5260417521126756668..comments2019-11-21T08:36:50.548-07:00Comments on GIS Web Maps: The New York Times gets it rightGIS Web Mapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17738849355679297188noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159823411121109095.post-10422468626560741062009-06-24T21:48:07.481-07:002009-06-24T21:48:07.481-07:00@CommunityGIS - agreed, any of extra level of data...@CommunityGIS - agreed, any of extra level of data openness is always welcomed.GIS Web Mapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738849355679297188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8159823411121109095.post-82842512105962446602009-06-24T07:14:34.608-07:002009-06-24T07:14:34.608-07:00I agree with the majority of the comments here. I ...I agree with the majority of the comments here. I believe that they have done an admirable job of reporting data in a fashion that enables the viewer/reader to determine and derive their own connection to the data and the story.<br /><br />On the negative though, there is a story published with this map. In that story are descriptions of trends that are not only not shown in the map, they are derived from data not representable in the map. <br /><br />It is a detractor for me to be invited to look for trends in the data and then to not be provided with access to the data that indicate the trends they have found. For example they indicate that most homicides are perpetrated in the heat of summer or on a weekend evening. The individual records have a date field as one can see easily from the info popup (A nice touch btw). It would have been moderately easy to upgrade to allow users to querry by weeknight or by season or even both more effectively allowing the data to reinforce their story.<br /><br />Overall I like it a lot and think this is a good step in the direction that web maps should go. But given the lack of tie to the simultaneously published story, I would downgrade this to a B+<br /><br />-CommunityGISAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com