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Massachusetts: Hawt… and Nawt

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

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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Shaking the municipal Etch A Sketch

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Fair warning: some day I am going to post long, questionably logical rants and ramblings about boundaries. I have a thing for—actually, against—boundaries invented by humans and what they do and don’t, and should and shouldn’t mean. This is not … Continue reading →

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(Cartographic) Greetings from Boston

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Ah, postcards. The travel microblogs of yore. For decades they were the preferred (if not only) method for sending updates and short messages from near and far to friends and family. If you ever find yourself bored in an antique … Continue reading →

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