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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 canpoint outimportantfeatures in aneighborhood

Ephemera Press


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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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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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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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