More of a blog than a news article, but these have been extraordinary events in Cockermouth and surrounds. Here are some choice links to sites that have used mapping to tell the story.
The BBC used Microsoft Bing maps to set the context:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8370536.stm
Radio Trunews went to town with their analysis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO-by63zU0U&NR=1
The Environment Agency map is pretty accurate:
http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?value=cocker...
The OpenStreetMap folks are really on the ball, the map of Workington already shows the missing/closed bridges:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=54.64496&lon=-3.5326&zoom=15&layers=B0...
Others could do better...
I thought the Highways Agency / Traffic England map was supposed to show traffic problems but 4 days after the event and they still do not indicate disruption caused by the damaged/destroyed bridges:
http://www.trafficengland.com/map.aspx?long0=-255.5421367449095&lat0=335...
Many sites have used Google Maps to locate the events, but I wonder when the travel directions function will be updated for the missing bridges:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:off...
The British Geological Survey appears to have salient information but how do we use it?
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/science/landUseAndDevelopment/shallow_geohazards/fl...
