This is the first in a series of posts about several exciting new projects that my old friends and Philly GIS happy hour buddies are up to at Azavea. The first is funded by an NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant that was awarded to the Philadelphia Department of Records to create a smartphone app that will enable users to view historic photos from PhillyHistory.org draped … [Read more...]
NYT map graphic on toxic contamination from natural gas wells
The New York Times has put out a new interactive map graphic that visualizes toxic contamination found in the wastewater from natural gas wells in PA. The data - from 149 wells - is visualized by the type of contaminant (radium, uranium, gross alpha and benzene) and the amount by which each well exceeded the federal drinking water standard. Below are some screenshots from the … [Read more...]
Reminder: Margaret Pearce cartography presentation tomorrow, Tues. 3/1
Margaret Pearce, University of Kansas Dept. of Geography, will present a lecture, "Rethink the Reader: Toward Cartographic Design to Engage, Inspire, and Empower" tomorrow (Tues. 3/1) at 4:30 in 221 Coleman Hall. Dr. Pearce works on cartographic representation of cultural and historical geographies, especially indigenous geographies. Her work stems from, as she describes it, … [Read more...]
How big is it really?
Back in December I posted about an NPR story about map scale. I got so excited about the baseball on the moon map that I neglected to point out the other really interesting link from the story - to the BBC Dimensions website. Dimensions (or, 'howbigisitreally') has a tool that lets you plug in any zip code or location and then choose from a list of events, places or things … [Read more...]
Upcoming lecture by Margaret Pearce
Tuesday, March 1st @ 4:30pm (Coleman 221) "Rethink the reader: Toward cartographic design to engage, inspire and empower" Come hear Margaret Pearce from the University of Kansas talk about map visualization and cartographic design. Dr. Pearce is a geographer who works on cartographic representation of cultural and historical geographies, especially Indigenous … [Read more...]