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    Content Conference (8th Interactive Publishing)

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Martin Dodge, United Kingdom

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Speaker at Concept and Content Mapping: Visual openers

Abstract:
I will discuss innovations in interactive information maps which are providing new means of browsing larger volumes of data. I will discuss some of the principle of cartography, information mapping and web navigation before launching into a brief tour of the best exemplars currently available online. Conclusions will evaluate current maps, highlighting what works and what does not, and pointing towards future developments in information mapping.

Downloads:
powerpoint presentation (13875 kB)

Bio:
Martin Dodge is a computer technician, researcher and part-time Ph.D.
student at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London. His background is in social geography and geographical information systems. His Ph.D. research is on the geographical analysis of the Internet and mapping cyberspace. He directs the Cyber Geography Research project and is the author, with Rob Kitchin, of the two books:

Mapping Cyberspace (Routledge, 200) and Atlas of Cyberspace
(Addison-Wesley, 2001).