Trulia Hindsight - Mapping the Human Experience
At Trulia we are always excited about new ways of visualizing data and have developed many applications, such as our Heat Maps, consumer real estate searches, Street View and of course Trulia Hindsight. In case you haven’t seen it, Trulia Hindsight is a unique way to visualize the building of cities via animations using the year properties were built to show the growth of streets, neighborhoods and cities over time.
It’s always nice when you find others who share the same passion for data visualization and mapping. We are extremely proud to have Trulia Hindsight selected to be included in the Intermedia Arts and Solutions Twin Cities exhibit W(e are) here: Mapping the Human Experience.
The multi-media exhibit allows people to explore data and information through rich visualization. Intermedia Arts explains the purpose of the exhibit as:
“Recent developments in technology are expanding the ways we communicate the concept of “where.” Online mapping and info-graphic applications are allowing artists, amateurs, and armchair cartographers to chart the intangibility of “place,” etching their own impressions, emotions, and experiences onto the physical world around them. Embracing this new paradigm, the artists in this exhibit are charting unique territories while working towards the development of an emerging visual language that connects place, moment, and emotion across varied scales. Where is expanding. W(e are )here.”
Here is what the Trulia Hindsight exhibit looks like:
In case you can’t see the screen in the photo, here is a close up video:
Trulia Hindsight - Twin Cities Edition from Stamen on Vimeo.
A big thanks for the folks at Intermedia Arts for including us and to Stamen Design who were instrumental in creating Trulia Hindsight and the Hindsight exhibit. If you are in Minneapolis, MN be sure to stop by and check it out. And for those of you who can’t make it to Minneapolis, you can always check out the online version of Trulia Hindsight.
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Sell My House said,
April 28, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Wow, That is cool. It looks like a swamp goblin. It will be cool to see the next 10 years of growth. There has been many people saying that with energy prices and the economy people are moving closer to the inner city. This video shows the sprawl ages.
Jamie, vp of product said,
April 29, 2008 @ 2:47 pm
I agree, this is very interesting data to visualize. Cities like Las Vegas you can see as the highways are built housing follows, etc. Being able to predict the next 10 years is a great idea . . . maybe someday.
Sally Wu said,
May 5, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
I didn’t know about Hindsight to make use of it before my latest move — it is awesome! I wrote about it all here (http://webpoet.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/moving-on/) not to mention my disappointment in learning about Hindsight too late . Can’t wait to see what improvements are to come.