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November 09, 2004
Maps
(click to enlarge images). Being somewhat of an amateur map junkie myself [thanks Joe Gilbert for the ESRI/GIS software], I found these latest US Election cartograms to be fascinating. Blah, Blah, Maps are powerful weapons. But this became especially apparent when 56 million people realized they were on the losing team, and the winning team, seemed to dominate the visual landscape of the final score. Well, not so quick. Things are not as they seem.
Everyone has seen the Red dominated flat maps - antiquated representations - of the Bush victory. But these fine folks at the Univ MI have created some very interesting maps, much more visually representative of what our country is looking like.
These are some other resources for all you online mapping dreams.
Geography Network, United Nations cartographic division, New York Public Library Map Room, Gov Loc maps of 1500-2002, and the really cool - old school - David Rumsey Map Collection. David is a rich ass mofo who has championed the digitization of his priceless collection of maps from an·tiq·ui·ty, and also sells highly regarded reproductions for a fair fee. Bravo Mr. Rumsey, Have a look see.
Posted by jmarston at November 9, 2004 10:25 AM