Tool of the week for journalists - Batchgeo, for mapping data
A free, easy to use mapping data visualisation tool
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Tool of the week:
What is it?
A free mapping tool. Simply paste data from a spreadsheet and see it plotted on a map.
How is it of use to journalists?
Journalists who cannot code and have no technical knowledge have a wide range of tools available to them for plotting data and creating maps.
You can have a go yourself by copying and pasting data into Batchgeo. Here is a list of the most populous countries in 2100 , based on United Nations predictions. (You can see the data displayed as a heat map and find out how to use Google Fusion Tables for mapping .)
Here is a regularly updated spreadsheet on Nato attacks in Libya .
Here is a list of Bristol City Council wifi hotspots . <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-39380" height="271" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43869&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Bristol wifi hotspots" width="540"> Hattip: Andy Hume
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Sarah Marshall is VP Audience Strategy at Condé Nast. She leads distribution and channel strategy globally. She is also the former technology editor for Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
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