The map is a miniature that pivots around the body to represent the gigantic enormity of the physical world.
The map is a shorthand reference to things we already know
The map provides context for something we don't know
Simpliļ¬cation, Exaggeration, Separation
Interactions: An Extra Dimension
Transportation Service Plan
You're gonna need some data
You're gonna need some JavaScript
Mapping Libraries
- LeafletJS
- ArcGIS
- Mapbox
- Carto
- D3
- Get yer Data
- Put it on a Map
- Make it look good
Wait what does 'good' mean
Good Things in The Expanded Field
- Useful <--> Useless
- Simple <--> Complicated
- Ugly <--> Beautiful
Resources
- What Screens Want, Chimero
- What is Code, Ford
- Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Tufte
- Pretty much everything by Tufte actually
- Atlas of Love and Hate, Detroit, William Bunge