Finally, a proper cartogram of covid-19
/Using a choropleth with regions proportional to population works!
Read MoreA blog on the study of mapping processes: production, circulation, and consumption
Using a choropleth with regions proportional to population works!
Read MoreBut still problematic as mapping absolute values in a choropleth.
Read MoreA much better, more informative map from The Guardian (updated with more maps, 16 March)
Read MoreCDC makes basic blunder to produce a misleading graphic.
Read MoreThe release of Virtual Mappa 2.0 has just been announced
Read MoreSome principles I’ve found useful in reading maps as cultural texts. (My image is from Petrus Bertius, 1628: the world according to Pomponius Mela, just because this is a key work in the reworking of the end of chapter 2 of Mapping, History, Theory)
Read MoreAn amazing collection of military maps and plans, 1572–1815, is now available online!
Read MoreMapping as Process is a space for me to explore a new approach to understanding mapping and its history. The exploration will eventually contribute to a book of the same name.
Cartography in the European Enlightenment, Volume Four of The History of Cartography, edited by myself and Mary Pedley. Available from the University of Chicago Press, in print and ebook ($500).
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