policymap.com
Mapchats - The Art of Maps | PolicyMap
https://www.policymap.com/blog/2015/07/mapchats-the-art-of-maps
Maps & Data for Your Website. Mapchats – The Art of Maps. July 30, 2015. Data is the key to maps. But show that data in a confusing, unattractive, or misleading way, and the power of your data is lost. Normally, Mapchats focus on using good data, but this time we focus on the nuts and bolts of making good maps. PolicyMap’s popular Mapchats series continued 7/28/15 with a panel of leaders in online mapping, including Robert Cheetham. Jake Garcia from Foundation Center. And PolicyMap’s own Bernie Langer.
wildhere.ca
wild. here.: The Longest Shadows of the Year: Cityhenge
http://www.wildhere.ca/2016/11/the-longest-shadows-of-year-cityhenge.html
Wild Here. Hints. The Longest Shadows of the Year: Cityhenge. Have you heard of this unique urban phenomenon? Open File Ottawa (remember them? Held a contest in 2011 and this was the first time I had heard about it. OFO is now defunct : ( but there are still a couple of photos from that time on Twitter (#ottawahenge). Cityhenge is when the setting sun lines up exactly with the street-grid. Illuminating the east-west corridors and casting amazing long shadows that are parallel with the streets. Verify the...
masablognyc.com
MASABLOG, NYC:ニューヨーク在住、建築インテリアデザイナーの日記。: July 2014
http://www.masablognyc.com/2014_07_01_archive.html
Jul 11, 2014. 皆さんご存じの通りマンハッタンは南北に細長く、碁盤の目のようにストリートとアヴェニューが交差しているんですが、1年に2日だけ、東西に伸びるストリートの先に太陽が沈む、つまり、ビルとビルの間に太陽が沈んで行く日があり、それはストーンヘンジならぬ、 マンハッタンヘンジ. ったのでご紹介。で、今年の2回のうち1回目は5月28日にあり、2回目が今日、7月11日ということで、とりあえず仕事帰りに34th Street の大通りへ。まさに、ストリートの西の先に沈んで行く真っ赤な太陽、街中にいながらこんなにまぶしい夕陽を眺めたのも久々だったけど、それを写真に収めようとする人だかりもまたすごかった。 下の映像は、"Manhattanhenge"の名付け親、アメリカ自然史博物館の天体物理学者、Neil deGrasse氏による美声解説。 Jul 5, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
geographer-at-large.blogspot.com
random notes: geographer-at-large: Best maps of 2013
http://geographer-at-large.blogspot.com/2014/01/best-maps-of-2013.html
8220;Geography, sir, is ruinous in its effects on the lower classes. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are comparatively safe, but geography invariably leads to revolution.” (1879 testimony before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, London, England, regarding expenditures of the London School Board). Friday, January 3, 2014. Best maps of 2013. 8220;The image above is a screenshot from an amazing interactive global map. 8220;Twice a year, the setting sun lines up with the street grid of New York Ci...