Cartography
| January 28, 2012 Analysis Finds Three Times More Farmers’ Markets in Areas with the Lowest Obesity RatesData, MapsAn independent analysis conducted by mapping analytics firm PetersonGIS shows that locations with the highest obesity rates contain the fewest farmers’ markets. To produce the analysis, March 2011 data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on market locations throughout the United States were mapped and correlated with county-aggregated obesity statistics* from the Center for Disease Control ... read more  Where to Look for Historical MapsMapsThe use of extracting data from old paper maps is growing in popularity as a method to understanding historical geography. David Ramsey popularized the method of georectifying historical maps and draping those maps over a DEM to create a 3D view. Pastmapper is a project that digitizes historical maps in order to recreate the state ... read more January 25, 2012 New Plant Hardiness Zone MapData, MapsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM). The map is the first updated in over twenty years and incorporates greater accuracy and detail since the last map from 1990. The new map was developed by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Oregon State University’s (OSU) PRISM Climate Group and is available ... read more January 6, 2012 Essential Geography of the United States MappedMapsDave Imus is a well known cartographer who has specialized in highly detailed, hand annotated maps covering the United States. he found his cartography company Imus Geographics in 1983 and is based out of Oregon. The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) awarded his The Essential Geography of the United States of America map the “Best of ... read more January 4, 2012 World Map as Seen Through a Drop of WaterMapsMarkus Reugels is a German photographer who specializes in capturing the art of water droplets. The resulting images are so fantastic one might think that Photoshop or some other image manipulation software had a hand in creating them. The home page of Reugels’ site notes that the images are not manipulated and only noise around ... read more December 30, 2011 Homeschool Cartography CoursesCartographyIf you live near Portland, Maine and have homeschooled children, there is a cartography course being offered through the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education of the University of Southern Maine. The four-part homeschooling cartography course is offered at two levels: intermediate for children aged 10-12 and secondary students aged 13-16. The classes ... read more December 4, 2011 Global Manhattan Grid SystemMapsThe Commissioners’ Plan of 1811 set into motion the grid system of streets between 14th Street and Washington Heights in the Manhattan borough of New York City. The NY Times has an overlay that allows viewers to compare a georeferenced John Randel map from 1811 to the modern street layout of Manhattan. The NY Times posted an ... read more November 30, 2011 Ptolemy’s GeographiaMapsClaudius Ptolemy could be described as an ancient Roman renaissance man. He was a Roman citizen who lived in Alexandria, Egypt and wrote is scientific texts in Greek. He was not only a geographer but a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and even a poet. Ptolemy authored several scientific papers that resonated for centuries with many ancient ... read more November 24, 2011 Thanskgiving and Christmas Travel According to FoursquareMapsFoursquare has released a map showing travel via plane, train, and automobile covering the heavy travel season between October and December of 2010. Airplane travel crisscrosses the entire country with a blur of lines most densely concentrated around major cities. Travel by train seems to be concentrated mostly in a few areas of the country, ... read more November 21, 2011 Fusing Fine Art with CartographyMapsDavid McCarter is a Geography Graduate student at California State University, Northridge, where he is specializing in Cartography and GIS. Ever since he can remember, he has had a strong interest in both art and maps. When it came time for college, he almost opted to be an art student but finally choose geography because ... read more |
