[EN] Soweto (short for South Western Townships), the urban area in the City of Johannesburg, is at the center of a new campaign of the social network The Grid. They created the world’s first geo-tagged documentary for mobile phones: Mobikasi. Users can explore youth culture in a 25-minute documentary split into 25 inserts of one minute each covering a different topic that is relevant to the people in Soweto and is geo-tagged to the location where it was shot. Members of the social network can virtually “travel” through a mobile streetmap of the township and stop off at various locations to enjoy the one-minute video clips, featuring street fashion, music producers, hair braiders and popular hangouts. The visuals remind me Rize by Lachapelle. ———– [IT] Soweto (sta per South Western Townships), l’area urbana di Johannesburg in Sud Africa è al centro della nuova campagna del social network The Grid. Hanno infatti creato il primo documentario geotaggato per cellulari dal titolo
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50 years of global warming / 50 anni di riscaldamento globale
(EN) The first documentary to denounce the problem of global warming celebrates its 50th birthday in 2008. It was produced by Bell Labs and was shown in middle school science classes throughout the sixties in USA. Unfortunately It didnt have the power to change the mind of a generation that became more and more dependent on oil. Are we ready for action? While Berlusconi wants to renegotiate European policy on climate due to financial crisis, some other are working on a plan demonstrating how a Green Recovery Program (check interactive map) could benefit States. —————- (IT) Il primo documentario a denunciare il dramma del riscaldamento globale provocato dall’inquinamento compie quest’anno 50 anni. Prodotto da Bell Labs e mostrato a partire daglii anni ’60 durante le lezioni di scienze nelle scuole americane non è riuscito a influenzare le menti di quella generazione che è diventata sempre più dipendente dal petrolio. E’ fianlmente arrivato il momento di agire? E mentre Berlusconi minaccia
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The real electoral map of USA/ La reale mappa elettorale degli USA
(EN) In the next 24 hours the next USA President will be elected and we are organizing an election eve with friends, maps, various infographic, news from around the world. Getting ready for the event I discovered that conventional electoral maps look like a sea of red (Republicans) with some small pockets of blue (Democrats). Fortunately people at TechPresident are providing one which reflects the weight of each state that is not based on land mass and the result is a map reflecting each state’s electoral vote value closer to reality! UPDATE: 21.37pm italian time -> check out this interactive feature for real time state of mind ——- (IT) Nelle prossime 24 ore gli USA sceglieranno il prossimo presidente e mi sto preparando a passare la notte con amici aspettando i risultati elettorali con mappe, news da amici americani, infografiche varie. Nel recuperare il materiale ho scovato una mappa che finalmente non fa sembrare gli stati democratici (blu) come immersi
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The debt trap/ La trappola del debito
(EN) New York Times published a series of interactive infographics about personal debt in the world. Read, click and explore. (IT) Il New York Times ha raggruppato una serie di infografiche che esplorano la questione del debito personale nel mondo cercando di capire a cosa o a chi attribuire delle responsabilità. Leggi, clicca ed esplora.
Cartograms map the real world/ I cartogrammi mappano il mondo reale
(EN) What happens when a thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area? You have the great collaborative work of the people behind Worldmapper: they developed an algorithm that allows you to see the world and the various sizes of the country therein, through various statistics. The results are comparable maps (cartograms) whose geometry or space is distorted in order to convey the information of a chosen variable. I’m talking about this project today because they’ve just published a book called The Atlas of the Real World with 366 cartograms providing a useful reference on how regions and countries compare in resources, production, consumption, and many other topics. ———— (IT) Cosa succede quando una variabile tematica va a sostituire il numero che determina la superficie di un paese in una mappa? Si crea un progetto collaborativo tra geografi, matematici e statistici, di cui non potremmo più fare a meno: Worldmapper. Insieme hanno creato un algoritmo che permette la creazione di
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