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Mapping the Gender Imbalance in City Street Names

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 6, 2015November 8, 2015

This August, activist group Osez le Féminisme (Dare to be Feminist) installed guerrilla signs in Paris to rename streets and parks after women like singer Nina Simone, sailor Florence Arthaud, and author Simone de Beauvoir.

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Two New Data-Mapping Tools Help Us Better Understand the Planet

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 9, 2015October 10, 2015

Two recently launched applications for mapping datasets examine our planet and humanity’s impact on it.

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Mapping 13 Centuries of English Metaphors

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 13, 2015July 13, 2015

A three-year project from the University of Glasgow’s School of Critical Studies mapped 13 centuries of metaphors in the English language.

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New York’s Oldest Museums: Where Are They Now?

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 1, 2015December 14, 2022

Old NYC, a project by software engineer Dan Vanderkam, launched last month with thousands of images from the New York Public Library mapped across the five boroughs.

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Open Source Software to Catalogue Cultural Heritage Before a Crisis

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 20, 2015May 20, 2015

Cultural heritage management tends to suffer from limited funding and resources, which can make a crisis — whether natural disaster, pipeline construction, or war — that much more catastrophic for assessing what’s in need of protection.

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Open-Source Maps Help Guide Nepalese Earthquake Relief

by Laura C. Mallonee April 27, 2015May 1, 2015

A crucial need in any rescue effort — perhaps just as important to saving lives as medical supplies, food, and tents — is an up-to-date map that humanitarian workers can use to more efficiently navigate the rubble.

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Using Fiction to Map the Emotional Geography of Victorian London

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 23, 2015April 24, 2015

The Stanford Literary Lab has plotted quotes from over 700 19th-century authors who mentioned locations in London in order to compose concentrations of dread or happiness.

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Navigating Brooklyn from the 17th to the 21st Centuries

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 8, 2015April 12, 2015

Brooklyn has long touted its status as the unofficial fourth largest city in the United States, if not for the so-called “great mistake of 1898” — the consolidation of New York City.

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An Online Design Platform to Make Your City More Walkable

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 16, 2015March 16, 2015

What started as an unsanctioned urban intervention is getting increased official support for bringing grassroots wayfinding to the streets.

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Mapping Lunar Beauty

by Julia Friedman December 18, 2014December 12, 2022

Maps made by the US Geological Survey offer a vastly different visual depiction of the Earth’s moon, using the full color spectrum to denote differences in topography and geology.

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Mapping Inca Times in Subterranean Cusco

by Laura C. Mallonee November 11, 2014November 11, 2014

Peru’s culture ministry has announced a new subterranean mapping initiative that will allow archaeologists to explore pre-Columbian Cusco without picking up any shovels.

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