Mapumental

Mapumental was a web-based application 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] It is developed by British organisation mySociety.

Mapumental
Interactive isochrone map on Mapumental.com
OwnermySociety
Created byChris Lightfoot, Francis Irving, Matthew Somerville, Duncan Parkes, Steve Day, Dave Arter
URLmapumental.com
Launched2006
Written inPerl

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 Channel 4iP,[5] the former public service arm of British TV broadcaster Channel 4.[6] The software the Mapumental runs on is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License.[7]

Mapumental can be combined with other data sets, for example, property prices[8] and ‘scenicness’ data (see ScenicorNot, below).[9][10][11][12][13] It is now provided as a commercial service by mySociety to clients such as the Fire Protection Association.[14]

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. 2016-10-16. ISBN 9780230228481. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. "Travel time maps: methods / mySociety".
  5. Logan, Alasdair (23 April 2010). "Exploiting U.K. Government Linked Data" (PDF). University of Aberdeen. p. 21. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  6. Jackson, Lizzie (23 August 2010). Harnessing collaborative innovation for the evolution of public service media. RIPE Conference. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.663.9440.
  7. Lightfoot, Chris. "Travel time maps: methods". Retrieved 19 August 2018. Our software is available under the terms of the GNU Affero GPL.
  8. "Mapumental".
  9. Fawkes, Piers (June 1, 2009). "Live Where It's Most Scenic With Mapumental". psfk. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  10. "House-hunting goes hi-tech". The Independent. November 25, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  11. Gadney, Max (Winter 2010). "Understand, visualise, survive". Eye (78). Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  12. "MySociety launches Mapumental". Recruiter. Sep 14, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  13. "Say hello to Mapumental". My Society.
  14. "Fire, fire! Mapumental and fire engine journey times / mySociety".
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