Month: October 2016

Oct 29, 2016 / DISCOVERY

In June, I had the opportunity to visit the University of Wisconsin, to see the globe collection of the American Geographical Society (AGS), in Milwaukee. The AGS’s entire collection of…

Oct 27, 2016 / TRAVEL
Oct 23, 2016 / TRY THIS!

This is a crowd-sourced interactive map of the area around Whitechapel, from Petticoat Lane (Middlesex Street) to the Royal London Hospital. Each outlined building is clickable. If you have images…

Oct 20, 2016 / DISCOVERY

It’s been a year since I joined the New York Map Society, and 3 months since I’ve been in London. I’ve blogged about some of my discoveries, but here’s a…

Oct 14, 2016 / DISCOVERY

I had the pleasure of meeting two men who spend much of their time making maps from London’s data. Oliver O’Brien is an expert in web mapping and the lead…

Oct 12, 2016 / RE:POST

Of course I wonder about the state of paper maps in the age of smart phone maps and apps that can get you around efficiently (usually). Several people I’ve spoken…