Disease mapping and innovation: A history from wood-block prints to Web 3.0

This paper presents a point in the transition of publicly available data and the means of its presentation. With syndromic mapping and new systems of data collection and distribution at all levels, previously privileged materials are now generally available. At the same time, the means of their analysis and presentation are being transformed by new systems of digital collaboration and presentation. With the coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19) dashboard as an example, the history of both data and their presentation is presented as the backcloth against which the evolving systems of data collection and graphic presentation can be understood in a world of interactive research and Web 3.0.