Concerns about the failing nuclear reactors in Japan and the fear of spreading radiation inspired me to share one of my favorite maps. The map shows areas in the United States crossed by two or more radioactive clouds during the era of nuclear testing (1951-1962) in the American Southwest. Click on the map for a [...]
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Mapping Radioactive Fallout in the United States
Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 09 Map Symbolization, Advocacy Maps, tagged Japan - Nuclear Fallout, Maps - Nuclear Fallout - United States, Maps - Radioactive Fallout, Nuclear Fallout, Radioactive Fallout on March 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“There were no maps before 1500″ | Denis Wood | New Book | Rethinking the Power of Maps
Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, Advocacy Maps, Deep Map Thoughts, Map Books, Map History, tagged Cartography, Critical Cartography, Denis Wood, maps, maps - theory, The Power of Maps on August 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Denis Wood’s followup to his classic The Power of Maps (1992) is almost entirely new in content. I have included the book’s table of contents below. A PDF copy of chapter 1 is included. This chapter argues, provocatively, “there were no maps before 1500″ – a serious challenge to our assumptions about the map as [...]
Making Advocacy & Humanitarian Maps [updated]
Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 04 Map-Making Tools, Advocacy Maps, Deep Map Thoughts, Map Books, tagged Activism maps, Advocacy Maps, Cartographic Design, Counter Cartography, Counter Mapping, Humanitarian Maps, Map Design, maps as arguments on June 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
When Bill Bunge mapped out the locations of car/pedestrian collisions in Detroit (Detroit Geographical Expedition, 1968) he and the map were advocating a way of thinking about what was happening to the black community in Detroit – and advocating for change. All maps advocate. To advocate means to “to speak or write in favor of; [...]
A Map of Beerdom – New York, 11th Ward, 1885
Posted in 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 03 Mappable Data, Advocacy Maps, Map History, tagged Advocacy Maps, Beer Maps, German Ethnic Maps, History of Cartography, statistical maps, Temperance Maps, thematic maps on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“In the morning they come out with queer-looking eyes…” The above map represents one ward of New York City – the Eleventh. The saloons as put upon this map were ascertained by the reporter of the Christian Union by actual count. The saloons are largely beer saloons: for the base of the population is German, [...]
New Book: The Natures of Maps by Wood & Fels
Posted in 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 03 Mappable Data, Advocacy Maps, Deep Map Thoughts, Map Books, Map History, tagged Cartographic Design, Cartographic Theory, Cartography & Nature, Critical Theory, Geography Theory, Map Design, Map Theory, Maps & Nature, Propositional Logic on December 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Denis Wood & John Fels’ new book The Natures of Maps is available now from the University of Chicago Press and many other sources. The lowest price I can find at this time is $29 (at Buy.com). Denis is, of course, co-author of the Making Maps book. The book is big – almost a foot [...]
Mapping the Failure of the Iraq “Surge”
Posted in 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 03 Mappable Data, Advocacy Maps, tagged Counter Mapping, Iraq Surge, Night-time Light Maps, Propositional Maps, Protest Mapping, Satellite Imagery on September 30, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Making maps to counter prevailing assumptions and beliefs is a well established tradition. Counter mapping, radical mapping, protest mapping … the map proposes an alternative. Bolstered by its authoritative aura, the map can be quite convincing. Geographers John Agnew, Thomas Gillespie, and Jorge Gonzalez, with Political Scientist Brian Min (all of UCLA) propose an alternative [...]
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