Improving health worldwide

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Maps:from vital to virtual

Chris Grundy

John Snow’s map of the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak

Map shows the number of deaths at each address

Charles Booth

Maps Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-99

Each street is colour according “socio-economic status” of inhabitants

The digital revolution

• Maps have gone digital– As technology advances so does digital mapping– Maps incorporated into every day life– New ways to use maps / technology

• Computer mapping Vs Computer games

1970sComputers gaining power, graphics available, first program languages.

Games: space invaders

Computer mapping first started

Limited to very simple graphics

Early 1980sFirst home computers, better graphics, “spatial relations” developed

Games: Pac-man

Graphics improved

Start of spatial analysis

Late 1980sBetter programming languages, faster more powerful computers.

Games: Super Mario

Mapping software commercially available

First 3D maps

Great analysis capabilities

Early 1990sInternet takes off, Windows takes hold, graphics, speed, power continue to increase

Games: Sonic

Graphics take another step

Spatial analysis and modern GIS is developed

Late 1990sMobile technology, emails

Games: Tomb Raider

Start of 3D modelling

Mobile mapping

Global Positioning Systems

Early 2000sMobile phones, online communities

Games: World of WarCraft

User friendly systems

Better mapping data

Late 2000sCloud technology, 3G phones, Google

Games: Grand Theft Auto

Photo realistic graphics

Online mapping

Satellite images

Am Timan town, Chad

Stratum 1

Stratum 2

Stratum 3

Early 2010sOnline, joined up data

Games: Second Life

Google Earth

Mobile mapping

Your life online

Facebook

Home insurance

Twitter

Online banking Tesco Clubcard

Mobile Phone

From virtual back to realCommunity spaces designed online

SmartPlanet

Architects & community design online

Most popular design built

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