You may have heard or read recently that the GeoIQ team has announced R2 of Geocommons - Enter GeoCommons 2.0. Personally, I'm stoked about the faster service, sweet cartographic capabilities, easy share, and enhanced analysis capabilities!
From the GeoCommons team... GeoCommons, an open repository of data and maps, launched version 2.0 this week, which is more feature-rich and robust than the first. Two of the major updates have to do with the fast-changing data landscape: amount of data and browser technology.
This major update boast loads of new features and functionality. 10 things of interest to the new user include:
A more robust visualization engine – you can now visualize tens of thousands of points in seconds or push the limits with hundreds of thousands of points. You are no longer bound by just static map tiles when working with big data sets, plus you can animate and filter all of it on the fly.
Cross-browser platform Support – view your maps anywhere from IE to your iPad. We’ve added support for HTML5 and Flash.
Custom Icon Creator – personalize your maps with any icons of your choosing. Just copy and paste an image URL to create instant custom icons. These icons can also be used for creating thematic maps where they are sized by their value.
Multi-attribute filtering – add several attributes to your map and easily query using both numeric and text data attributes.
Easier Data Editing – you can now edit, filter and query your data within the GeoCommons workflow. No more editing in Excel and uploading multiple versions of your data.
Revamped Temporal analysis – See huge data sets smoothly animate over time with our improved time slider that aggregates and bins your time-based data automatically.
Easy-to-use, advanced spatial analytics that enterprises and agencies can utilize to answer mission-critical questions right away.
No desktop software or technical course required.
Select among numerous analyses such as filtering, buffers, spatial aggregation and predictive analysis.
Analysis now runs asynchronously meaning you can run bigger analysis functions and not lock up your browser. Keep working and we’ll notify you when the analysis is done.
You can read all about the latest update on the GeoCommons Blog - see details here
For the developer, check out what Andrew Turner has shared about the latest updates on the GeoIQ Dev Blog. Finally, the team has also shared a tour of the new release HERE
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