Archive for the 'Mapping the City' Category
Apr
12
Today’s class notes
April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Hi all: Just to have these: 7 Landmark groups (2 people per group, people were assigned to groups today) Each group will: -revisit their site -begin writing up text (4 paragraphs for webpage) Some students volunteered to write up a “writing assignment” (who is doing this? please post it on facebook asap.) -take photos appropriate […]
Apr
11
iMap Flickr
April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
http://imapflickr.com/default.aspx Create custom Google Maps from your geotagged Flickr Photos to embed in your website or blog, or for sending to Facebook, Twitter or your favourite website. Its quick, non-technical and free.
Mar
29
More NYTimes Mapping data
March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/23/nyregion/20110123-nyc-ethnic-neighborhoods-map.html Ideally, as you begin to research your theme projects, you will think about connections between the history of the neighborhood, changing demographics, and public policies that have played out in East Harlem.
Mar
15
Slide White Census Tract Map
Feb
4
Remapping Debate: Seeing segregation
February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Working with tools provided by Social Explorer, Remapping Debate is also releasing interactive maps that can zoom down to the Census Block Group level anywhere in the United States, revealing high levels of segregation that are cloaked at larger geographic levels (see example in the box at the end of this article). http://remappingdebate.org/map-data-tool/mapping-and-analysis-new-data-documents-still-segregated-america-0
Dec
21
Mapping America
December 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
From the New York Times: http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?hp Browse local data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Because these figures are based on samples, they are subject to a margin of error, particularly in places with a low population, and are best regarded as estimates.
