When I have the free time I like to go to http://www.nationmaster.com and map out some of the great statistical data they have. It makes the stats really come alive and is better than the bar and pie charts that you find there.
Sean Grimland --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Annalee, > > While many people have written and spoken inspiring > ideas about geography, > I find the maps and images themselves most > inspiring. For me, there are a > few maps or types of maps that carry special meaning > because they > represent real places or real events that we can > experience in person. > I'm sure everyone has their personal favorites. > Perhaps a survey of how > maps generate emotion would be of interest to Wired? > > Most adventures involve a simple map. This line map > of Sunrayce97 drove > the imaginations of hundreds of solar car kids > (including me). > > > http://www.engin.umich.edu/solarcar/sunrayce/sr97map.gif > > > The races continue today. The route changes each > time: > > http://www.americansolarchallenge.org/ > > > > I'm surely not the only person who spends hours > thumbing through paper > maps pondering places like these islands inside an > island: > > http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=45.19288~-87.344184&style=h&lvl=16 > http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=45.186514~-87.364311&style=h&lvl=14 > > These digital images still fall short of the > coolness of holding a real > 3'x3' print of the overhead while sitting in a > little boat next to one of > those in-island islands. We all hope that portable > digital devices will > catch up. Since they haven't yet, I actually had to > get the print before > going there. > > > Everyone loves USGS quad charts. Free map data from > the US government is > inspiring both in concept and in actuality. The > USGS map centers in Menlo > Park CA, Denver CO, and Reston VA might remind you > of the DMV or jury > duty... until you open a map drawer: > > http://www.usgs.gov/visitors/print.html > > > One of the first places that I saw overhead imagery > online was this MIT > Orthographic Projection server for Massachusetts: > http://ortho.mit.edu/nsdi/seamless6.cgi?zoom=8&x0=249592&y0=895075&action=zoomin&pwidth=1023&pheight=768&x=495&y=399 > > While the big portals have surpassed its > functionality in recent years, it > might be relevant to your analysis. (note the word > 'seamless' in their > URL :) > > > You've probably found plenty of historical info > about cartography. Two > items from more recent years are: > > Eduard Imhof's "Cartographic Relief Presentation" > which documents > the successes and pitfalls of showing the third > dimension on a > flat map. A fascinating, detailed, and beautiful > book. > Originally written in German in 1965, deGruyter > reprinted 1000 > copies in English in 1982. You might have to dig > to find it. Ed > Tufte's accolades for the book are here: > > http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000051&topic_id=1 > > > > Geoffrey Dutton's Quaternary Triangular Mesh is > both interesting > and in some ways representative of how the ancient > art of > cartography is changing in the modern era of > digital processing. > QTM is described in several ways on his web site: > http://www.spatial-effects.com/ > > including this pedagogical cartoon: > http://www.spatial-effects.com/v1/ > > > > Looking forward to *see*ing your article. > > John > > > > > -- > ________________________________________ > John R. Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Founder and CTO > MetaCarta, Inc. > > Cambridge - Washington - Houston > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
