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Category Archives: General
Massachusetts: Hawt… and Nawt
A map of urban heat islands in Eastern Massachusetts. Brighter colors represent relatively hotter summer conditions. This map was created from a Landsat 8 land surface temperature composite of the last couple of summers, and was made by Krishna Karra … Continue reading
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Official unofficial neighborhoods, 2017
Time for an update on the classic-yet-ongoing neighborhood mapping project! To recap: we’re on version 2 of a web survey for mapping Boston-area neighborhoods, the boundaries of which can be the subject of much disagreement. We’ve asked people to draw … Continue reading
The Boston Projection
Cartography Twitter has become abuzz with some local map news: last week Boston Public Schools ditched the classic Mercator projection in favor of the Peters projection for classroom maps. A trivial-sounding story to some, it’s interesting because it’s change motivated … Continue reading
Much Sass State
Can you believe it’s almost the 400th anniversary of the the Pilgrims arriving at Hot Lumpy? Maybe you’re more of a North Shore type, and are excited for summer so you can visit the beach at Meth Cranes By-The-Sea or … Continue reading
The island nations of Boston
Some neighborhoods of the Boston area are actual islands, or were at one point. Others, however, can feel that way even when connected to each other by land. Water isn’t the only thing that can create a gulf between neighborhoods; … Continue reading
Fixed on Boston, Researchers Enhance Pale Blue Dot
Twenty-five years ago last month, the famous Pale Blue Dot image of Earth was born when astronomer Carl Sagan convinced NASA scientists to turn the Voyager 1 camera around and snap a pixel-sized portrait of our home planet from 3.7 … Continue reading
Snow
It’s the end of Winter 2015 and, well, we don’t need to tell you that it has snowed a bit. Last Sunday we celebrated breaking the all-time seasonal snowfall record with 108.6 inches. Below is an animated map of SNODAS-modeled … Continue reading
Where not to park in Cambridge
tl;dr — don’t park anywhere Map and data enthusiasts on the north bank of the Charles, there are two things you should know: 1. City of Cambridge GIS data, for a long time only available on a shiny disk for … Continue reading
Spring map rundown
We’re still alive, maybe! It’s been tough to find time lately for major Bostonographizing, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been seeing some good maps and spitting out a few small ones ourselves. Here, briefly, are some assorted maps and … Continue reading
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Halftones: Walsh & Connolly
Following last week’s mayoral election in Boston, Andy made a series of 1 dot = 1 vote maps for Boston Magazine. Color me disappointed that these aren’t yet on a list of “20 stunning maps that will bend your mind … Continue reading