Mapping Iraq Casualties Thematically by District and Province
Nearly 400,000 internal US Army documents were leaked on October 22, 2010 by the organization WikiLeaks. These documents record a total of approximately 109,000 deaths in Iraq from 2004-2009. To analyze this data we will be using a spreadsheet prepared by the Guardian newspaper. You can see the Guardian’s reporting on the Iraq data here, [...]
SpatialKey helps community building for ArtPrize 2010
We are very excited that SpatialKey, a product of Universal Mind, is being used by ArtPrize 2010. Per the Wall Street Journal, ArtPrize “has emerged as a model of urban revitalization and public engagement” (read full article here). The provocative art competition will feature 1,700 artists from around the world. Artists will display their work [...]
Law enforcement and sales management? Data is data is data.
Although business goals are drastically different from one organization to the other, it’s long been common sense to leverage analytics as much as possible to make decisions. Some organizations put together sophisticated systems to get fact-based answers to their questions, while others hack together whatever system they can afford. The great news is that analytical [...]
Where 2.0 and Crisis Mapping
Our own Doug McCune, SpatialKey engineer extraordinaire, will be presenting a session about Crisis Mapping at Where 2.0 in San Jose this Thursday, April 1st. If you are attending the event, please come to Ballroom III at 4:50pm. Analyzing conflicts via maps is not new. For centuries generals and politicians have moved pushpins on maps to [...]
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