Tag: London

Jun 28, 2017 / DISCOVERY

Creating a mental map of your surroundings is deep rooted in our dna. It’s something we all do. Back in our caveman days, we had to be able to find…

Feb 13, 2017 / MAKING THINGS

Map Detective – Burgess Park, South London was the final project for the online course I took, Maps and the Geospatial Revolution. The course was primarily about working with data…

Nov 14, 2016 / DISCOVERY
Nov 1, 2016 / FOUND

Does anything strike you as odd about the drawing? This panoramic diagram is just north of St. Pancras and Kings Cross stations in North London, just across the canal from…

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…

Sep 16, 2016 / DISCOVERY

I had the pleasure of attending the Royal Geographical Society’s (with IBG) Annual Conference in London in early September. I really didn’t know what to expect, and it turned out to…

Sep 16, 2016 / DISCOVERY

I was pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of fine art into Royal Geographical Society’s (with IBG) Annual Conference. The RGS has a commitment of pairing artists and geographers to help…