Mashup: Visualizing the BP Oil Disaster
An explosion on the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010m sparked the greatest environmental disaster in United States history. This mashup visualizes the area that would be covered if the oil spill was in your city, or any other city.
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This is a complex sample of an iOS application using QuickBlox. The application uses the modules Chat, Content, Location, Users and Messages. Using this application, the user can see other users on...
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Users from Germany, Austria and Great Britain can swap used DVDs, CDs, Books and Games. On the mashup map they can check out where their swap partners come from.
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Pearl Jam fansite with links and pictures pulled from various web services.
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The GDELT Project keeps an eye on the global mass media and monitors news from broadcast, print, and web sources in more than 100 languages from virtually every part of the world. The Project... | Media | 06.16.2017 | |
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