[ddj] Building a Visual Wiki

Chung Wong chungwong123 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 15:17:54 UTC 2013


Just so you know, i am still open to the idea of open source.  Our ultimate
goal is to provide a good home for the data -   5+ million words now.

For reference...here's our Nobel Prize related data:

http://jump2spot.com/nobelprize

http://jump2spot.com/NobelPeacePrize


On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Heather Leson <heather.leson at okfn.org>wrote:

> HI Cam, Gautam and others,
>
> While Jump2Spot [1] is not open source, I think Chung's work might inspire
> you. He has mapped over 86000 digital stories. Chung, please see the notes
> below. I think you and Cam have common interests.
>
> [1] http://www.jump2spot.com/
>
> (Disclosure: I'm one of the advisers on this project)
>
> Heather
>
>
> On 25 December 2013 06:36, Gautam Anand <me at gautamanand.in> wrote:
>
>> Its good but you may want to introduce broader abstraction like Geomaps
>> and Zoom for detailed info. Using D3?
>>
>>
>>  On 24 December 2013 02:11, Cam Urban <camurban at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi All,
>>>
>>> I'm in the early stages of building a visual wiki. It will take some
>>> time to get it off the ground, but the end goal is to be able to search for
>>> anything and make decisions quickly (and visually) using real data.
>>>
>>> Here are a few of our early examples that serve as a proof of concept:
>>> - NFL Quarterbacks <http://trynudge.com/cam/nfl-quarterbacks>
>>> - Nobel Prize Winners <http://trynudge.com/breck7/nobel-prize-winners>
>>> - Drugs and Happiness <http://trynudge.com/cam/untitled-107>
>>>
>>> Next our priority is to begin wiring up APIs and building out the tools
>>> necessary to edit, add, and suggest data.
>>>
>>> I would love to get some feedback on what we've currently built. Also,
>>> if there is any way we can help you with a visualization you would like to
>>> put together, please don't hesitate to reach out.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cam
>>>
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>> Gautam
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