Never mind the quality, just admire the pretty pictures

Never mind the quality, just admire the pretty pictures #ChrisMash, 3rd December 2011 Karen Blakeman @karenblakeman karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk http://www.rba.co.uk/ : 

Never mind the quality, just admire the pretty pictures # ChrisMash , 3 rd December 2011 Karen Blakeman @karenblakeman karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk http://www.rba.co.uk/ This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

#uksnow Tweets - http://uksnowmap.com/: 

#uksnow Tweets - http://uksnowmap.com/ 9.55 am 2 nd February 2009 Google Earth & Twitter hashtag #uksnow Tweeters asked to include first half of post code and give the snowfall marks out of ten e.g. #uksnow RG4 3/10 Potential quality issues: location of tweeters awareness of how to enter uksnow details uksnow boredom different perceptions of heaviness of snow 04 December 2011 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 2

5/10?: 

04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/taivasalla/3082478203/ 5/10?

This combined with 5 yard visibility blizzard might just earn a 4/10 from me!!: 

This combined with 5 yard visibility blizzard might just earn a 4/10 from me!! 04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 4

#uksnow Map - UK Snow Twitter Mashup (updated & improved version): 

# uksnow Map - UK Snow Twitter Mashup (updated & improved version) Taken at 8.49 am, Wednesday 1 st December 2010 04/12/2011 5 www.rba.co.uk Guidance on how to assess heaviness of snow

http://www.livebus.org/reading/search/?q=Caversham : 

http://www.livebus.org/reading/search/?q=Caversham 04 December 2011 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 6 It’s using the wrong bus timetable database

PowerPoint Presentation: 

04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 7 Caversham Liberation Front say SECEDE!!

http://traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/: 

http://traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/ 04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 8

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http://elgin.gov.uk/ 04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 9

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04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 10 When are road works not road works? When they are classified as Network Rail bridge works! http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbainfo/5911913498/ CC 3.0 Attribution Non-commercial

Who can we trust?: 

Who can we trust? An organisation that is authoritative A data source that is trustworthy, accurate, reliable and we know to be true 04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 11 http://www.noradsanta.org/

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04/12/2011 www.rba.co.uk 12