https://geojournalism.org/author/erica-hagen/ Best tools for multimedia reporting Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://s0.wp.com/i/webclip.png https://geojournalism.org/author/erica-hagen/ 32 32 239681374 https://geojournalism.org/2013/08/downloading-map-information-from-openstreetmap/ Erica Hagen Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:52:08 +0000 Data Maps cartography Open Street Map https://geojournalism.oeco.org.br/?p=310 <p>You may wish to actually get at the data in OpenStreetMap and extract a spreadsheet of information &#8211; not just latitude and longitude but also every detail about each point of interest or feature. Introduction OpenStreetMap&#160;is a terrific tool for mapping and editing maps. It is a user-created map of the world, made by thousands [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/08/downloading-map-information-from-openstreetmap/">Downloading map information from OpenStreetMap</a> appeared first on <a href="https://geojournalism.org">geojournalism.org</a>.</p> <p>You may wish to actually get at the data in OpenStreetMap and extract a spreadsheet of information – not just latitude and longitude but also every detail about each point of interest or feature.<span id="more-310"></span></p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="introduction"><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></h2> <p><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap</a> is a terrific tool for mapping and editing maps. It is a user-created map of the world, made by thousands of participants over the years. The structure is much like Wikipedia – anyone can edit the map, and users correct each others’ errors so that the results you see are highly accurate.</p> <p>Adding your own map information to OSM is covered <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/08/openstreetmap-editing-using-id/" title="OpenStreetMap editing using ID">here</a>.</p> <p>Often, you’ll want to take part of the map you see on the OSM site and use it somewhere else, like on your website or blog as an illustration. This tutorial focuses on taking a map image off of the main OSM site so you can use it someplace else.</p> <p><strong>Tips</strong></p> <p>Make sure that the area you want to show on your map is actually mapped well before you start. You can follow the first step of the tutorial to find out. If it’s not go ahead and <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/08/openstreetmap-editing-using-id/" title="OpenStreetMap editing using ID">add your own information</a>.</p> <p>You may wish to actually get at the data in OpenStreetMap and extract a spreadsheet of information – not just latitude and longitude but also every detail about each point of interest or feature. Remember, there can be a lot in the OSM database that isn’t immediately visible – say, opening hours of a clinic or really anything someone wished to add. In order to do this, you should see <a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/">https://overpass-turbo.eu</a>. It is not covered in this tutorial.</p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="starting-a-new-map"><a href="#starting-a-new-map">Starting a new Map</a></h2> <p>First, go to <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">www.openstreetmap.org</a>.</p> <p>There is a search box on the lefthand side of the homepage. You can type in there the name of the place you want to find on the map. A list of options will come up and if your area is mapped, it will appear there. Click on it to get to the part of the world you want to capture.</p> <p>Or, you can zoom in and out of the map using the righthand side + and – buttons, and click and drag the map around using your mouse to find your part of the world. If it’s not well mapped, you might want to map it first yourself! Use the <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/08/openstreetmap-editing-using-id/" title="OpenStreetMap editing using ID">tutorial</a> or else, see <a href="https://learnosm.org/en/" target="_blank" title="Learn OSM">Learn OSM</a> to get into more depth with mapping.</p> <div class="et-tabs-container et_sliderfx_fade et_sliderauto_false et_sliderauto_speed_5000 et_slidertype_top_tabs"> <ul class="et-tabs-control"> <li><a href="#"> Step 1 </a></li> <li><a href="#"> Step 2 </a></li> </ul> <!-- .et-tabs-control --> <div class="et-tabs-content"> <div class="et-tabs-content-wrapper"> <div class="et_slidecontent"> <p>Once you’ve found the place you want, your screen should look something like this:</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-311" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="326" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps01-1024x543.png" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps01-1024x543.png 1024w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps01-300x159.png 300w" width="614"/></p> </div> <div class="et_slidecontent"> You don’t even have to log in to take this data right from the website to your computer desktop. First, drag the map around and zoom in and out to show the exact area that you are going to want. Click where it says <em>Export</em>.<p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-312" decoding="async" height="328" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps02-1024x547.png" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps02-1024x547.png 1024w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps02-300x160.png 300w" width="614"/></p> <p>The latitude and longitude coordinates shown will correspond to the edges of the actual map image you see, so you can leave them alone since you already adjusted that. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> .et-tabs-container <p></p><h2 class="summary-item" id="formatting-your-map"><a href="#formatting-your-map">Formatting your map</a></h2> <p>Where it says <em>Format to Export</em>, at this point we just want an image file so you can leave it on Map Image. Below, choose your preferred format to export.</p> <p>Where it says <em>Scale</em>, you might need to experiment with the size. The Maximum is given, and if you type in that exact number (in my example, it’s 21000) you’ll get every tiny bit of data in that box and a fairly large file size. The number given in my example is 65272 (actually less than 21,000 because it’s a ratio 1:x) will give you a fairly small file size and image, so if you zoom in it becomes pixelated. Choose the size that best works for your particular needs, and hit <em>Export</em>. That’s all – now you have a nice image to put on your blog post or website – or a printed document of any kind.</p> <p>If you want to get a little more advanced, and use the HTML code, you can also place a marker onto the map and then put the code into your website directly.</p> <div class="et-tabs-container et_sliderfx_fade et_sliderauto_false et_sliderauto_speed_5000 et_slidertype_top_tabs"> <ul class="et-tabs-control"> <li><a href="#"> Step 1 </a></li> <li><a href="#"> Step 2 </a></li> </ul> <!-- .et-tabs-control --> <div class="et-tabs-content"> <div class="et-tabs-content-wrapper"> <div class="et_slidecontent"> <p>Click where it says <em>Embeddable HTML</em>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-313" decoding="async" height="326" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps03-1024x543.png" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps03-1024x543.png 1024w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps03-300x159.png 300w" width="614"/></p> </div> <div class="et_slidecontent"> If you want, click where it says <em>Add a marker to the map</em> and click on the map to add a little pointer.<p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-314" decoding="async" height="322" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps04-1024x537.png" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps04-1024x537.png 1024w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/openstreetmaps04-300x157.png 300w" width="614"/></p> <p>Then copy-paste the HTML displayed in the box into your website. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> .et-tabs-container <p></p><p><strong>That’s it!</strong></p> <div class="author-shortcodes"> <div class="author-inner"> <div class="author-image"> <img alt="" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/erica-hagen.jpg"/> <div class="author-overlay"></div> </div> <!-- .author-image --> <div class="author-info"> <strong>Erica Hagen</strong> is a journalist and international development practitioner working for democracy of information and citizen participation in both online and traditional media. She is the co-founder of Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative. She received a Master’s of International Affairs from Columbia University in New York, where she focused on journalism and international development. She has worked in four countries on development communication and evaluation, and in the United States on refugee and immigrant issues, for organizations such as United Nations Population Fund, Concern Worldwide, and Unicef. She holds a B.A. in Religion from Reed College. More from Erica: <a href="https://www.ericahagen.com/">https://www.ericahagen.com/</a> </div> <!-- .author-info --> </div> <!-- .author-inner --> </div> .author-shortcodes <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <p>The post <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/08/downloading-map-information-from-openstreetmap/">Downloading map information from OpenStreetMap</a> appeared first on <a href="https://geojournalism.org">geojournalism.org</a>.</p> 310 https://geojournalism.org/2013/07/using-ushahidi-to-map-reports-on-solid-waste/ Erica Hagen Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:45:06 +0000 Crowdsourcing Maps cartography waste https://dev.cardume.art.br/toolkit/?p=99 <p>Ushahidi is a great open-source software for presenting many kinds of information on a map. You can set up an Ushahidi site using&#160;Crowdmap&#160;which will help you tell a story by bringing together a map with the information and reports you choose to include. Introduction Ushahidi is a great open-source software for presenting many kinds of [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/07/using-ushahidi-to-map-reports-on-solid-waste/">Using Ushahidi to Map Reports on Solid Waste</a> appeared first on <a href="https://geojournalism.org">geojournalism.org</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://geojournalism.org/tools/ushahidicrowdmap/">Ushahidi</a> is a great open-source software for presenting many kinds of information on a map. You can set up an Ushahidi site using <a href="https://geojournalism.org/tools/ushahidicrowdmap/">Crowdmap</a> which will help you tell a story by bringing together a map with the information and reports you choose to include.<span id="more-99"></span></p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="introduction"><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></h2> <p><a href="https://geojournalism.org/tools/ushahidicrowdmap/" target="_blank" title="Ushahidi">Ushahidi</a> is a great open-source software for presenting many kinds of information on a map. You can set up an Ushahidi site using <a href="https://www.crowdmap.com/">Crowdmap</a> which will help you tell a story by bringing together a map with the information and reports you choose to include. The visual presentation of the right kind of information in this way is a great way to immediately impact your audience, and even to invite them to participate in sharing their own information. The front end design is straightforward, and the back end of the software is as simple as can be, making it ideal for a very quick setup and use by people with even a quite basic level of computer skill.</p> <p>In this tutorial, we’ll map environmental features like garbage collection points, waste disposal problems, current news related to pollution of the environment by solid waste, sewage disposal and stories related to this environmental problem.</p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="why-using-ushahidi"><a href="#why-using-ushahidi">Why using Ushahidi?</a></h2> <p>Using Ushahidi for creating your map of reports can be a quick and easy way to make an interactive visual demonstration of the concepts and news you want to report. However, it’s important not to imagine that the “crowd” will come running to add their own reports to your site. Having in mind a plan for cultivating your reporters, or simply doing it yourself, is a good way to go. If you have a team already, they can easily be trained to add reports while your job is to approve them on the administrative dashboard. If you simply want to visualize information you already have collected, or make a site based on environmental news that you are tracking, you can do this yourself and keep updating.</p> <p>Another important thing to remember is accessing your audience. Ushahidi can’t be easily embedded into another website that you may have running. You’ll have to direct traffic there. Have a publicity plan in place, or if you are already working online as a journalist, create links with your current site. Also, use Facebook and Twitter to promote each report.</p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="tutorial-steps"><a href="#tutorial-steps">Tutorial Steps</a></h2> <p>Go to <a href="https://www.crowdmap.com/">www.crowdmap.com</a>. Scroll to the bottom of the site and click <strong>Crowdmap Classic</strong>. You should see this:</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi01" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-120" decoding="async" height="333" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi012.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi012.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi012-300x200.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="create-an-account"><a href="#create-an-account">Create an Account</a></h2> <p>Click <strong>“Sign up for Free”</strong>. Fill in your details. Then, carefully choose the map address. If you just want to play and learn, you can make it something like “My Test Map Temp” – but if you think you might really want to share and use this map, give some thought to the title. Then fill in the map title and tagline.</p> <p>I’ve created this one to demonstrate with. You can also take a look at mine: <a href="https://solidwastemaptutorial.crowdmap.com/">https://solidwastemaptutorial.crowdmap.com</a>.</p> <p>After you’ve created your map, you should see:</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi02" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-110" decoding="async" height="252" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi02.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi02.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi02-300x151.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <p>Click on your map and you will see:</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi03" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-111" decoding="async" height="252" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi03.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi03.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi03-300x151.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <p>Let’s go into the back end of the site to adjust the settings.</p> <p>Click your browser back button to get back to the previous screen, and under the title of your map you will see <strong>“Admin Dashboard”</strong> (see above). Click there and you’ll get to your back end management:</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi04" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-112" decoding="async" height="372" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi04.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi04.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi04-300x224.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <p>Notice at the top are big red buttons telling you that you haven’t managed some settings. Let’s start with <strong>“Select a Theme”</strong>. Click there and you’ll find a few custom designs for your map. Pick the one you like best by checking the box <strong>Select Theme</strong> and then <strong>Save Settings</strong>.</p> <p>Now go to Change Map Settings.</p> <p>You’ll want to pick your country, and then zoom in to see just the area you want in the box. First see if it’s there in OpenStreetMap. If not you can look up in a different map provider in the dropdown menu. For now, that’s enough to get started.</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi05" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-113" decoding="async" height="296" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi05.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi05.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi05-300x178.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <p>Don’t forget to click <strong>Save Settings</strong> afterwards!</p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="adding-categories"><a href="#adding-categories">Adding Categories</a></h2> <p>Go back to the Dashboard. You will see a menu item on the righthand side, <strong>Categories</strong>.</p> <p>Click here and you should see three generic categories. You can change these into your own by clicking <strong>Edit</strong>. For instance, Dump Sites, Pollution, and Illegal Activity. The fourth category indicates all trusted reports. You can also remove this or any other category. See below:</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi06" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-114" decoding="async" height="287" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi06.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi06.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi06-300x172.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <p>Click <strong>Save</strong> after you have added your categories.</p> <p>Next go back to your map’s homepage by clicking on its name on the top left of your screen. You should see the map area you wanted, and the theme you selected. Now you’re ready to start adding some reports.</p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="adding-a-report"><a href="#adding-a-report">Adding a Report</a></h2> <p>Go ahead and click <strong>Submit a Report</strong>, the big red button. The great thing is anyone can also come to your site and click the same button. You’ll be able to decide later whether to approve and add their report to your map, don’t worry.</p> <p>Fill in the <strong>Title</strong> and <strong>Description</strong> of the event, information, news or whatever you feel is important to include for now. Move the red dot on the map to indicate the location of your report by clicking and dragging in, and zoom in and out of the map using the + and – buttons.</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi07" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-115" decoding="async" height="336" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi07.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi07.jpg 414w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi07-300x243.jpg 300w" width="414"/></p> <p>You can select the categories which apply to your report. You can also add your name, optionally. You must add a location name; if you are using OpenStreetMap then don’t use the automatic find location button. Simply name your location as you like. You can also add photos, external video links and news source links. These are useful if you are recording a report that references other news.</p> <p>Once you’re done, click <strong>Submit</strong>.</p> <h2 class="summary-item" id="approving-a-report"><a href="#approving-a-report">Approving a Report</a></h2> <p>Go to your Administration Dashboard by clicking in the upper right hand corner of the site on your login email and selecting <strong>Your Dashboard</strong>.</p> <p>Then click <strong>Reports</strong>.</p> <p>You have two reports there already – yours, and one that simply says Hello Ushahidi!</p> <p>First of all click <strong>Delete</strong> on the intro post Hello Ushahidi.</p> <p>Then click <strong>Approve and Verify</strong> on the post you just made. Verify means that you are an eyewitness to this report or have sufficient trust in the source to consider it verified. Use your journalistic skills to assess when to use <strong>Verify</strong>. This allows you to approve reports that other people send in, but distinguish those you can confirm from those you have not yet confirmed.</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi08" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116" decoding="async" height="335" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi08.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi08.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi08-300x201.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <p>After it’s approved, you can click on your site homepage again in the top left corner and you’ll see your report!</p> <p><img alt="ushahidi09" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117" decoding="async" height="388" loading="lazy" sizes="auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi09.jpg" srcset="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi09.jpg 498w, https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ushahidi09-300x233.jpg 300w" width="498"/></p> <div class="author-shortcodes"> <div class="author-inner"> <div class="author-image"> <img alt="" src="https://geojournalism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/erica-hagen.jpg"/> <div class="author-overlay"></div> </div> <!-- .author-image --> <div class="author-info"> <strong>Erica Hagen</strong> is a journalist and international development practitioner working for democracy of information and citizen participation in both online and traditional media. She is the co-founder of Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative. She received a Master’s of International Affairs from Columbia University in New York, where she focused on journalism and international development. She has worked in four countries on development communication and evaluation, and in the United States on refugee and immigrant issues, for organizations such as United Nations Population Fund, Concern Worldwide, and Unicef. She holds a B.A. in Religion from Reed College. More from Erica: <a href="https://www.ericahagen.com/">https://www.ericahagen.com/</a> </div> <!-- .author-info --> </div> <!-- .author-inner --> </div> .author-shortcodes <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <p>The post <a href="https://geojournalism.org/2013/07/using-ushahidi-to-map-reports-on-solid-waste/">Using Ushahidi to Map Reports on Solid Waste</a> appeared first on <a href="https://geojournalism.org">geojournalism.org</a>.</p> 99