Mapumental was a web-based application for displaying journeys in terms of how long they take, rather than by distance, a technique also known as

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mapping. It was developed by British organisation

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but was withdrawn in 2020. Users input one or more postcodes and Mapumental displays a map overlaid with coloured bands, each of which represent a set increment of time. Initial work on the project was done by

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, using

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from Railplanner, Transport Direct and the Transport for London Journey Planner. It was built with support from Channel 4iP, the former public service arm of British TV broadcaster

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. The software the Mapumental runs on is licensed under the GNU

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. Mapumental can be combined with other data sets, for example, property prices and ‘scenicness’ data (see ScenicorNot, below). It is now provided as a commercial service by mySociety to clients such as the Fire Protection Association.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://mapumental.com MySociety Free software programmed in Perl Software using the GNU AGPL license Maps Urban planning