March 23, 2020

More granular mapping of the corona virus

March 23, 2020/ Matthew Edney

A former student, Rosemary Mosher (BA 2000), is the digital/GIS data manager for the City of Auburn, part of a conurbation that has witnessed the initial, recorded incursion into Maine of the corona virus. She has created this “dashboard” to keep track of the virus in Maine:

Rosemary Mosher’s mapping of corona virus in Maine, as of 23 March 2020. Click on image to go to the original page.

Something to keep paying attention to.

Should anyone care, I live just in from the coast, just above the word Portland, just to the right of the.biggest circle The biggest circle is Cumberland county, dominated by the City of Portland, the largest city in the state.

Mapping as Process

Mapping 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.

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The books …

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).

Available from the University of Chicago Press in paperback ($30), e-book ($10–30), or cloth ($90).

Some paperback ($38) copies are still available, as well as the ebook, from the University of Chicago Press.