Silobreaker

Mapped up is an interesting application. But Silobreaker is totally different. and much more impressive!

It's acutally "an online search service for news and current events that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines. Its relational analysis and explanatory graphics provide users with unparalleled contextual insight into the news stories of the day."

The website is quite complex at first, and that's not a good thing. but once you've actually understand what you can find here, I bet you'll be amazed.

I haven't seen it all. Of course, my favourite part is the "hot spots"... the map.
Just have a look by trying out these links:

Explore Hot Spots:

Crime :	Bribery/Corruption | Murder/Manslaughter | Cocaine | Gun Crime | Internet Crime
Disasters & Accidents :	Natural Disasters | Man Made Disasters | Hurricanes | Flooding
Health & Environment :	Epidemics | Global Warming/Climate Change | Water / Food Safety | HIV/AIDS
Politics & Social :	Elections | Human Rights Issues | Poverty
Threats :	Terrorist Acts | CBRN / WMD
Organizations & People :	Al Qaeda | Condoleezza Rice | Red Cross/Crescent

Mapped Up

Watching the concurrence...

Mappedup.com is "an indespensable tool for the global newsjunkie". Have a look. it's quite interesting. it's based on RSS, and automated algorithm localizing the items.

It's not really only a website(although there is a full screen view, and personalizing tools online), it's actually "an application that tracks a large number of RSS news sources and displays their latest items on a world map, geographically and in real-time." When you want to download it, the application is whether a screen saver or an "active desktop" (something to put as a wallpaper, in the background of windows)

First time i tried, I couldn't actually sign up. this time, it worked.

one thing i don't like is the map, it's not very precise. The good thing is you can add the RSS feeds you want. that's actually something very difficult to do.

MappyNews is focused on "mappable" news. Many things that mappedup maps are not interesting to see on a map. and the automated localisation is not reliable at all.