A useful website where you can transform OpenStreetMap data to GIS data (Shapefile, GML, KML, etc):
OSM2GIS: http://www.osm974.re/osm2gis
Downloads are limited to extent size (but much larger then on the OSM site itself), and in time (one download per 24h).
http://globaia.org/en/anthropocene/#
Pretty amazing visuals. Make sure you scroll down below the text.
So much, and so much dependent on fossil fuels. What is left when we run out of them?
Open Government Datavis Competition
The Guardian Data Blog, Google and the Open Knowledge Foundation are teaming up to find the best open government datavis out there. There is a top prize of $2,000 on offer for the best visualisation of open government data.
Applicants can use existing data visualisation tools or develop their own new one. The competition organizers want to be wowed and educated. You need not be a developer in order to enter, the most important thing is that the data you have chosen to visualise is approached in an interesting and compelling way.
The competition is open to citizens of the UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden.
You can use the Data Catalogs website resource ( http://datacatalogs.org/ ) to find open government data to get you started, but of course feel free to bring your own data to the party. The most important thing is that all data used conforms to the Open Definition ( http://opendefinition.org/ ).
To enter fill in the form over on the Guardian’s website – feel free to ask questions about the competition via datavisualisation@guardian.co.uk . The competition closes on 2nd April 2013.
