Mapumental

Mapumental

Interactive isochrone map on Mapumental.com
Developer(s) Chris Lightfoot, Francis Irving, Matthew Somerville, Duncan Parkes, Steve Day, Dave Arter
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 Transport for London 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

  1. ↑ "These tools let you map journey times in the world's major cities". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mapumental: Travel time maps". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ New Directions in Political Science - Responding to the Challenges of an Interdependent World. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230228481. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Travel time maps: methods / mySociety".
  5. ↑ "4iP". Channel 4 Education Newsletter. Channel 4. August 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Mapumental".
  7. ↑ Fawkes, Piers (June 1, 2009). "Live Where It's Most Scenic With Mapumental". psfk. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  8. ↑ "House-hunting goes hi-tech". The Independent. November 25, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  9. ↑ Gadney, Max (Winter 2010). "Understand, visualise, survive". Eye (78). Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  10. ↑ "MySociety launches Mapumental". Recruiter. Sep 14, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Say hello to Mapumental". My Society.
  12. ↑ "Fire, fire! Mapumental and fire engine journey times / mySociety".
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