Visual Representation of the News- NEWSMAP

The internet generally presents a disorganized collage of information. We are working in an information-soaked world -There is too much of everything. Along comes NEWSMAP

Newsmap is a web application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the news - Specifically GOOGLE's news aggregator.

Known as a treemap visualization, the site displays the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator in block form. In Newsmap, the size of each cell is determined by the amount of related articles that exist inside each news cluster that the Google News Aggregator presents. In that way users can quickly identify which news stories have been given the most coverage, viewing the map by region, topic or time. Clicking on the headline takes you to a complete story.

Newsmap also allows you to compare the news landscape by country, or content area by checking the boxes at top and bottom of the map.

Very cool representation of news!

Thanks to PSHS Media Center Director Lil Mazur for this find!

Daylight Savings Time

My favorite comment from the week-end regarding Daylight Savings Time was: Why can't DST start at 2:00 pm Friday?--We can "spring forward" and start the week-end early!"

If you are talking about Daylight Savings Time- Here are some resources:

The guys at CBS Fast Draw always have an interesting take on things.

An ABC Station in Texas has nice information

As does an ABC Station in NewYork

A CBS Evening News video

An ABC News "Reasoning Behind Daylight Savings" video