#mappingstorytelling

[mapping2016fall]

| Block Mapping |

A study of 486 feet of present-day Greene Street between Houston and Prince Streets in Manhattan, New York. A remarkable and innovative project, producing a kind of thick description of a small area. 

http://www.greenestreet.nyc/home

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[mapping2016fall]

| Historical NYC Mapping |

OldNYC draws from NYPL's 80,000 original photographs, many of which are more than a century old. I found this project interesting as it intends to be in the junction to drive knowledge in both library holdings and urban surroundings. This interactive map never gets old for both residents and workers.

https://www.oldnyc.org/

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| Ocean bed Mapping |

Visually stunning, these elaborately detailed maps of the Ocean floor created in 1968 for the National Geographic Magazine - Indian Ocean floor, Atlantic Ocean floor and the Pacific Ocean floor. What did they base the illustrated information on? How did they map these detailed contour patterns of the ocean bed? How have they changed now?

Created by National Geographic Society

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[mapping2016fall]

| Space Exploration Mapping |

Space is boundless and cannot be reduced to a map or any coordinate system.  However, this map 'The Chart of Cosmic Exploration' documents the history of space exploration on a single space map by charting every major space mission starting from the Luna 2 in 1959 to the Discovr in 2015. The map traces the trajectories of every orbiter, rover, flyby and impactor which ever left the Earth's orbit and successfully completed its mission. The information is incomplete simply because the unsuccessful missions have not been mapped in this chart. Additionally, there are illustrations of about 100 exploratory instruments drafted in this map as well.

https://www.popchartlab.com/products/the-chart-of-cosmic-exploration

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| Untangling Air Traffic Network |

I find this map interesting as it makes an attempt to make explicit the network behind air transport. It relates the geography of the world to infrastructure and routes in what I find to be quite a creative approach to mapping. Global transportation hubs and networks mapped on a world map canvas (or what is made out to be) conveys a certain degree of complexity, quantity and definitely an aesthetic appeal.

Created by Martin Grandjean

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[mapping2016fall]

| Whole World of Knowledge |

I love books that comes in hardbound version and this map is all about that. This is one that symbolizes all about book publishing. Countries are shown by the size of their domestic publishing markets. Europe, Asia and the USA are huge, indicating the strength of their publishing industries. In contrast, Africa and the Middle East hardly feature in the map, since the number of books published in those regions is very low when compared to other areas of the globe. According to the map, some countries have significantly stronger global voices through books.

Map from IPA via Digital Book World 

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