Overlay of European cities on North America (and vice versa)
I thought this was interesting — just in terms of how far north or south stuff is in the U.S. versus Europe. Not what I would expect — Budapest is further north than the Twin Cities? And actually, a...
View ArticleInvisible cities of social networks
Invisible Cities A project by Christian Marc Schmidt & Liangjie Xia By revealing the social networks present within the urban environment, Invisible Cities describes a new kind of city—a city of...
View ArticleLocals, tourists, and geotagged photos
Locals and Tourists #2 (GTWA #1): New York Blue pictures are by locals. Red pictures are by tourists. Yellow pictures might be by either. Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA Locals and Tourists #1 (GTWA...
View ArticleSubway maps from class
Here are the subway maps we’ve looked at in the last few classes:
View ArticleImagining subway maps as symbols of their city
We talked about how the NYC subway map distorts the proportions and cardinal orientation of Manhattan to serve the needs of the map — laying out all of the info on the page, fitting the whole system on...
View ArticleNew York City subway maps
A pretty amazing map-cum-timeline of subway ridership from 1905 to 2006, displays with either lines or dots, and allows you to scrub forward and back in time. Also check out his original blog post...
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