Mapumental
Interactive isochrone map on Mapumental.com | |
Developer(s) | Chris Lightfoot, Francis Irving, Matthew Somerville, Duncan Parkes, Steve Day, Dave Arter |
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Initial release | 2006 |
Development status | Active |
Written in | Perl |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
License | AGPLv3 |
Website | mapumental.com |
Mapumental is free and open source software by mySociety for displaying journeys in terms of how long they take,[1] rather than by distance, a technique also known as isochrone or geospatial mapping.[2][3]
Users input one or more postcodes and Mapumental displays a map overlaid with coloured bands, each of which represent a set increment of time. Initial work on the project was done by Chris Lightfoot, using open data from Railplanner, Transport Direct and the TfL Journey Planner[4]
It was built with support from Channel4ip[5]
Mapumental can be combined with other data sets, for example, property prices[6] and ‘scenicness’ data (see ScenicorNot, below).[7][8][9][10][11] It is now provided as a commercial service by mySociety to clients such as the Fire Protection Association[12]
References
- ↑ "These tools let you map journey times in the world's major cities". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Mapumental: Travel time maps". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ New Directions in Political Science - Responding to the Challenges of an Interdependent World. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230228481. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ↑ "Travel time maps: methods / mySociety".
- ↑ "4iP". Channel 4 Education Newsletter. Channel 4. August 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ↑ "Mapumental".
- ↑ Fawkes, Piers (June 1, 2009). "Live Where It's Most Scenic With Mapumental". psfk. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ↑ "House-hunting goes hi-tech". The Independent. November 25, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ↑ Gadney, Max (Winter 2010). "Understand, visualise, survive". Eye (78). Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ↑ "MySociety launches Mapumental". Recruiter. Sep 14, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ↑ "Say hello to Mapumental". My Society.
- ↑ "Fire, fire! Mapumental and fire engine journey times / mySociety".