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2010 Google Maps
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1763 T. Maaerfchalckm
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WHAT CAN
A MAP DO?geographic maps
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A map, orseries ofmaps canshow changeover time
George E. Waring Jr. - Report of the Social Statistics of Cities
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A map, orseries ofmaps canshow changeover time
George E. Waring Jr. - Report of the Social Statistics of Cities
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A map, orseries ofmaps canshow changeover time
George E. Waring Jr. - Report of the Social Statistics of Cities
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A map canpoint outimportantfeatures in aneighborhood
Ephemera Press
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A map canpoint outimportantfeatures in aneighborhood
Of course, howmuch (or inthis case howlittle) you showaffects the way
we understandthe map.
Some itemsof interestare included
(ColumbiaUniversity)but others areabsent (BarnardCollege)
From Riders New York City
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A map canpoint outimportantfeatures in aneighborhood
Of course,how much (orin this casehow little) you
show affectsthe way weunderstandthe map.
Sometimes
the point iswhat ISNTshown.
Layla Curtis
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A map canpoint outimportantfeatures in aneighborhood
Of course,how much (orin this casehow little) you
show affectsthe way weunderstandthe map.
Sometimes
the point iswhat ISNTshown.
Layla Curtis
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Maps oftendocumentproperty
Insurancemaps, suchas this one,have becomeimportantrecords of
buildingsfrom differentperiods inNew Yorkshistory.
This one isfrom 1891
George Washington Bromley & Walter Scott Bromley
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A map candocumentproperty
Insurancemaps, suchas this one,have becomeimportantrecords of
buildingsfrom differentperiods inNew Yorkshistory.
This one isfrom 1891
George Washington Bromley & Walter Scott Bromley
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White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
Maps canpoint outpatterns,change or
areas ofdifference.
This is a mapthat showsthe racial
density orintegrationin New YorkCity.
Eric Fischer
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White
Black
Asian
Hispanic
Heres Detroit.
Note that thesemaps differ
substantially froma geographic mapthat you mightuse to nd your
way to a speciclocation in the
city.
They dosomething quitedifferent! Theyhold some data.
Eric Fischer
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Heresa
differentkind of data
collected and
shown on a
map.
This is theelection
results from
2004 thatput
GeorgeW.
Bush backin
ofce.
Prettystark
contrast.
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Some maps dont
look like mapsbut are
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Geological Investigation of theAlluvial Valley of the Lower
Mississippi River
Harold N. Fisk
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Carsten Nicolai
James Clar
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There are also images or
objects that look like mapsor refer to maps
While they may not behave likemaps, these playful creations
add even more possibilities forthe structure one might employwhen mapping something.
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This poem, calledManhattan, by HowardHorowitz not only usesthe shape of the island,but the places herefers to in the poemare located in the rightgeographical areas.
Howard Horowitz
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Howard Horowitz
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Paula Scher
In this painting bythe graphic designerPaula Scher, thecomplexity of the city iscommunicated througha layering of marks.
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Rick Meyerowitz and Maira Kalman
Maps can actually be funny. This one,created shortly after the US invasionof Afganistan reects the barrage of
unfamiliar place names that had suddenlybecome part of our consciousness. NYC
imagined as a series of tribal regions.
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Saul Steinberg
How aboutmapping an in ight
experience?
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Do maps need to be at?
No!
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Janice Caswell
One way to showconnectionsbetween things isto use lines andnodes. This can be
accomplished withlinear materials.
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Louis Reith
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Consider the kinds ofmessages that are deliveredthrough your materials.
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What kinds of data
can a map convey?distance, direction, temperature,quantity, time, highs, lows, etc.
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Maps can contain time.
While this is a simple example,it still conveys a lot ofinformation.
M i i
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Maps can convey quantitiesMaps can convey highs andlows
In this interesting manipulation
of a geographic map, thenumber of various crimescommitted in San FranciscoCalifornia are expressed by theheight of the peaks.
Doug McCune
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Alfred Koblin
Maps can convey paths andareas of trafc
This graphic (from ananimation) shows ight activity
in the United States. Whatdesign pribciples are used toconvey the information here?
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mgmt Design
Maps can convey multiplekinds of data
This map, created for the NewYork Times depicts the number
of military and civilian fatalities(1,900) in Iraq in the month ofJanuary 2007.
How many kinds of informationdoes this graphic convey?- geographic location- number of fatalities- cause of death- military or civilian- date
Graphics such as this canmake a compelling andemotional statement.
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Maps are not
neutral. They havea point of view
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Even something asseemingly neutral as aworld map can send apowerful message.
This is the way mapsof the world havetraditionally beenpresented
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Even something asseemingly neutral as aworld map can send apowerful message.
This is the way mapsof the world havetraditionally beenpresented
Notice what is in the
middle of the map.
Europe was seen as the center of
the world by these map makers.
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The Dymaxion Map
This map was developed by the architect Buckminster
Fuller in 1946. There is much less distortion in this map
than the Mercator or other map projections.
Interestingly there is no right way up!
Fuller linked the north-up-superior/south-down-inferior
presentation of most other world maps to cultural bias.
Are there waysto achieve anon-biasedmap?
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Some mapsexist solely tohave a point
of view
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Terrence Koh
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Institute of Applied Automony
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What are some ofthe things that you
should considerwhen observing and
collecting informationyour own maps?
Time Direction
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TimeHow long were youobserving? Whattime of day were youobserving?
Intervalsrelated to time, whatis the temporal spacebetween sounds thatyou hear? Is a soundcontstant? Every 2
minutes?
QuantityA sure way to collectdata is to count. Howmany times did you
hear _______ .
DistanceAre sounds close?Are they distant?
DirectionWhat sounds are inyour left ear? Howabout your right?Whats coming from
above? Below?
Loud/QuietAnother kind ofmeasurement. Howdo you record the
highs and lows ofthe sounds youhear? Subjectively,or with a device?
What Elsethere are manyother possiblethings to experienceand record!
?
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