{"id":10,"date":"2013-02-18T18:30:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T02:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2015-05-22T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T15:44:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GameSetMap is a blog about maps and tennis. In this blog I visually explore and spatially analyze Hawk-Eye tennis data to better understand the results and actions during tennis matches.<\/p>\n<p>I am an Aussie living in Southern California. In my day job I am a Geospatial Designer with a mapping software company.<\/p>\n<p>I have a 15 year background in the field of geospatial sciences which enables me to transfer my experience across to sports analytics. In early 2013 I released a research paper titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?page_id=2\">Geovisualizing spatio-temporal patterns in tennis: An alternative approach to post-match analysis<\/a>\u201d. Following that I wrote an article titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=725\">A Diorama of Player Movement in Sport<\/a>\u201d which was published in the Sports Performance and Technology magazine. The Diorama presents a rare three-dimensional view of player movement in tennis. Also during 2013 I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/damiendemaj\/tennis-icc2013?qid=55ccbd98-cf7f-44a4-a40e-30958e911d90&amp;v=default&amp;b=&amp;from_search=5\">presented<\/a> at the International Cartographic Conference in Dresden (Germany), and at the IE Sports Analytics Innovation Summit in Boston (USA). I have co-authored two other articles that have been published in the <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=783\">Society of Tennis Medicine Journal <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=776\">The Tennis Coaches Journal<\/a>. I was the chief tennis consultant on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=733\">IBM Interactive Data Wall <\/a>at the 2013 US Open, and work closely with NCAA Division III Redlands University Tennis Team analyzing their matches and providing maps and stats to the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 I designed an interactive <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/nadalgametree\/\">game tree<\/a> that visualised Rafa Nadal&#8217;s 600+ service games during the 2013 season. This groundbreaking visualisation displays Nadal&#8217;s strengths and weaknesses at the point level for any given game.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently I was the lead tennis analyst and visualisation consultant for a <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?p=1128\">documentary <\/a>on Kei Nishikori for Japan&#8217;s National Broadcaster NHK. GameSetMap also host the <a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/atp2015\/\">ATP World Tour Venue Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to the US, I operated a freelance cartographic design company, named Demap. You can see some examples of my previous work here:\u00a0<a title=\"Demap website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.demap.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">www.demap.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes, I do consulting work as a tennis analyst and data vizualisation. For more information click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/?page_id=1084\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/li>\n<li>No, you can&#8217;t have the data!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to get in contact you can email me at: info@gamesetmap.com<\/p>\n<p>Or follow me on twitter: @damiensaunder<\/p>\n<p>Damien Saunder (formerly Demaj)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2013\/02\/Demaj-portrait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13\" alt=\"Demaj portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2013\/02\/Demaj-portrait-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2013\/02\/Demaj-portrait-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2013\/02\/Demaj-portrait-448x300.jpg 448w, http:\/\/gamesetmap.com\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2013\/02\/Demaj-portrait.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GameSetMap is a blog about maps and tennis. 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