Live Earth Tree

500 leaves

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:22:16 GMT

The tree has reached its first major milestone with over 500 pledges! Help us get to the next milestone of 5000 by drawing your leaf and telling your friends to do one too!

Live Earth Tree Launch

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:19:31 GMT

The tree is finally ready! To get involved with the campaign visit www.liveearthtree.com, draw your leaf and make your pledge!

Each leaf on the tree represents individuals pledges to help save the planet, and you can be as creative as you like. As more leaves are added, the tree will grow from a sapling into a full tree, and when there are more leaves than can be shown on the tree, a representative snapshot of the database will be displayed.

So show the world you care and make your pledge now!

Don’t forget to tell your friends!

Live Development Trial

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:21:51 GMT

Good news, the test site is up for public viewing!

This is the first example of data modelling, allowing us to visualise the (dummy) pledge database graphically.

The leaves shown are an average of the overall database and the tree is proportionally accurate so we can represent millions of pledge leaves at once without displaying them all. This means denser areas of the tree symbolize more data in each category.

Older leaves will appear closer to the trunk whereas newer leaves will appear towards the edge of the tree signifying new growth.

You can click on a branch to zoom in and show more data on it and snapshots on the top left of the screen will show you where you are focused. Although it’s not working properly at the moment, you will be able to select a snapshot of that tree and return to it.

To see the tree in action click here: http://www.liveearthtree.com/development/v1/

Green Pledges

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:30:08 GMT

Hi all,

We are compiling a list of green pledges for members of the public to choose from when the tree site goes live.

We would appreciate any suggestions you have and the best ones will make it onto the final list.

Please comment with any environment saving ideas you might have!

Thanks!

Latest Progress...

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:01:27 GMT

We've just got all the sort and filter options working correctly on the test site, meaning you can shape the tree by Name, Age, Location, Gender and Pledge!

There are still a few bugs though as you need to refresh the page to try a new sort. Also you can't zoom into any branches yet or click on the leaves.

Tooltips are now working so when you rollover a leaf it shows the user, their age range and location. The background colour of the tooltip corresponds to their gender (blue for boys and pink for girls).

It’s taking shape - literally!

Welcome to the Live Earth Tree Space!

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:33:15 GMT

The Live Earth tree is a new project by MSN UK running in conjunction with the Live Earth concerts to promote green, environmentally friendly activities.

From the beginning of July You will be invited to draw a leaf on your screen using the special tools provided and to make a pledge to do something green. Your leaf will then be placed on the tree with the other members of the public and the tree will grow leaf by leaf as more people make pledges.

You will be able to navigate around the tree and the tree can then be searched and filtered to show the pledges made by name, age country and type of pledge. The tree will become a graphical representation of the charitable activities of a global network and a way of visualising societies efforts to protect the environment.

The tree will be availible to make pledges from the beginning of July at www.liveearthtree.com.

Dont forget to leave your comments and check back later for updates!

Photo Album: Visualising the pledges

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:55:13 GMT

Visualising the pledges

Advanced options

Tree by age

Tree by gender

Tree by location

Tree by name

Tree by pledge

Photo Album: Development

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:02:23 GMT

Development

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Custom List: Elsewhere on the web

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:47:24 GMT

Elsewhere on the web