{"id":165,"date":"2017-09-25T02:37:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/cs6724f17\/?p=165"},"modified":"2017-12-12T01:41:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T01:41:42","slug":"tech-demo-snap-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.vt.edu\/cs6724f17\/2017\/09\/25\/tech-demo-snap-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Demo: Snap Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brief Overview<\/strong><\/span>
\nSnap Map<\/a> is a feature of Snap Inc.’s Snapchat application that gives users a searchable world map, and aggregates geotagged Snaps taken in the last 24 hours. Locations that are particularly popular are highlighted on the map with a heatmap gradient that ranges from sky blue to yellow to red.<\/p>\n

Snap Map was introduced in June 2017 and received criticism<\/a>\u00a0on how it exacerbated existing privacy and security issues. However, an additional – perhaps, unforeseen – use is keeping tabs<\/a> on loved ones in disaster-prone areas, monitoring one’s surroundings<\/a> in these areas, and in investigative journalism<\/a>. With\u00a0Snapchat’s user base of 166 million\u00a0(that is now beginning to look small\u00a0<\/em>in comparison to Instagram’s 250 million user base) posting at least 700 million photos<\/a> per day – and especially with the introduction of Snap Map – Snapchat is increasingly becoming a source of information for journalists.<\/p>\n

Snap Map is particularly useful because stories are geotagged and cannot be uploaded retroactively (unless the user goes to great lengths to upload old content, there is a relative amount of surety). The timestamped and geotagged content visible on Snap Map can be used to generating a timeline of events. The heatmap is helpful – if not crucial – in discovering events that may have not yet been covered by other news sites, for fact-checking, or for gaining additional insights into an emerging story. [As I will demonstrated in my demo.]<\/p>\n

Steps to use Snap Map<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Make sure you have the Snapchat application installed on your Android or iOS device.<\/li>\n
  2. Log in to Snapchat or create a new user account.<\/li>\n
  3. From the main screen, pinch out with your fingers; this will bring up the Snap Map feature.<\/li>\n
  4. The user is presented with a brief overview of Snap Map.<\/li>\n
  5. The map is now displayed, zoomed-in to the user’s current location with a heatmap of the area.<\/li>\n
  6. One can zoom out and pan to different areas, and certain hotspots are annotated with textual information.<\/li>\n
  7. Zoom in, and long-press on a particular location.<\/li>\n
  8. The user is presented with Snaps that were taken around that location and uploaded within the last twenty four hours.<\/li>\n
  9. Additionally, you can search for popular locations around the world from the search bar.<\/li>\n
  10. To upload your own content to Snap Map, take a picture or video and make sure you geotag it with your current location. Simple as that! (Eerily simple, rather.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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