1. Karen Gregory
Macaulay @ Hunter College
Spring 2013

2.  Do you need to use a map?
 What can a map do? What can’t it do?
 What other visualizations may work?
Noah Iliinsky, 2012:http://www.youtube.com/watch
v=c6eUyxHGmJ4

3.  Concept before Compilation
 Hierarchy with Harmony
 Simplicity with Sacrifice
 Max Information w/ Min Cost
 Engage Emotion to Engage Intellect
From British Cartographic Society
http://www.gislounge.com/principles-of-
cartographic-design/

4.  What have you collected in the process of your
research?
 Census tables?
 Statistical analysis?
 Archives (letters, documents, photos etc)?
 Photos or Video?
 Interviews? Anecdotes?
 We’re looking at tools to explore that data (to find the
story), as well as represent the data (to tell the story.)

5.  Perhaps you’ve collected a bunch of different
data...
 What questions have you been asking as you
conduct your research? As you look at what
you collect?
 What story do you think you see there?
 How can we tell that story?

6.  In the course of my research, I looked at…
 As I wrote my paper, I came to following
conclusions…
 The thesis of my paper is…
 What I would like to convey most clearly in
my presentation is…
 Do I need visualizations to make this point?

7.  Hurricane Zoning:
http://project.wnyc.org/news-
maps/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html
 Food Deserts: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-
products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-
the-atlas.aspx#.UWK8fqsjp_k

8.  Mapping Memories of Manhattan:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013
/04/02/mapping-manhattan-becky-cooper/
 We Feel Fine:
http://www.wefeelfine.org/movements.html

9.  Walking through History:
http://www.walkingthroughtime.co.uk/?page
_id=59
 Auditory
Maps: http://www.mapcite.com/posts/2013/a
pril/developing-auditory-maps-for-the-
blind.aspx

10.  Simple, straightforward mapping.
 To show location, social space or distance.
 Can also add in photos and media
http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products
/
WordpressPlugin:
http://www.mapsmarker.com/

11.  Easy access to demographic data and maps:
http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/ho
me.aspx

12.  For finding public data and merging data
sets:
 Will also create visualizations and maps
http://support.google.com/fusiontables/answ
er/2571232?hl=en

13.  3d animation:
http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/laxmi/pla
nning-projects/the-hole-a-border-between-
brooklyn-and-queens/

14.  Verite: http://timeline.verite.co/
 My Histro (timeline map
)http://www.myhistro.com/
 History Pin:
http://www.historypin.com/projects/

15.  Flowing Data: http://flowingdata.com/