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  • Data Visualisation

    Map of realtime bushfire incidents across New South Wales and Victoria designed to be embedded into Fairfax NEWS mastheads' articles.

    The application consists of three components:

    1. The map
    2. A proxy service
    3. A configuration tool

    It is written in PHP with Leaflet.js and jQuery front-end. See the live example on this page or on ddj.smh.com.au and check out the code on bitbucket.

  • 1. The map

    Displays near real-time data provided by the NSW RFS and Victoria's CFA via web proxy (2) as demonstrated above on this page. It handles stale data gracefully, notifying users accordingly.

    fire-map-thumb
  • 2. Proxy service

    Fetches the latest feed from the RFS / CFA servers at a user configurable (3) interval and caches it to ensure minimal load posed on emergency services' infrastructure. If it encounters an erroneous response it returns the last known-as-correct information with a special status code (417) to notify the client of the stale status of this information.

    proxy-code
  • 3. Configuration

    Simple 3 click configuration tool enables producers and news editors to rapidly generate an incident specific map (1) and embed it in news articles. It is built as a plugin to the actual interactive feature significantly reducing maintenance efforts.

    configuration tool
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