A visual history of the Manhattan grid. See also the excellent Manahatta projectand book.
Cooper Smith's Tumblr
This is my digital mood board. Nothing on the site is my own, unless noted.
New York City, Music, Photography, Baseball, Maps, Dataviz
Purchased. Beautiful.
The Beauteous Bike Lanes of New York City – this new poster from Pop Chart Lab is only the best thing ever.
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Four of London’s Royal Parks, circa 1833: Regent’s Park, Hyde Park and Green Park/St. James’s Park. Click the links to view bigger (it’s a must!).
(Source: dylanburt)
MAP: Manual of Architectural Possibilities – curious project by David Garcia aiming to merge the fields of scientific research and architectural design
Amazing vintage map of undersea cables from 1901
(Source: dylanburt)
Awesome data visualization from Stamen
Great map of my hood.
(Source: reddit.com)
Amazing digital reconstruction of the city of Washington, D.C., circa 1814, based on a combination of historical artwork and satellite images. The project is more an imprint of collective memory than an accurate, reliable historical representation.
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Locals and Tourists #2 (GTWA #1): New York (by Eric Fischer)
Mapping photos taken in NYC. Blue = locals. Red = tourists. Yellow = could be either. This = awesome.
London Cycle Map Wins GeoVation Award
Cycle Lifestyle’s London Cycle Map a bicycle map of London designed by Simon Parker in the style of Beck’s tube map, is one of six winners of the 2011 GeoVation challenge. The award came with £6,000 in funding. Here’s a list of all the GeoVation award winners.
(via npr)
