Wednesday, March 26th

Tonight we are going to start looking more into design issues and look into more visualizations.

Shaded Relief and Draping :
Tom Patterson is the shaded relief guru (he's a Cartographer at the National Park Service in Harper's Ferry). He is also a really nice guy! This is his site.
great site
Another good source of info: Hunter College Guide
Tufte on Imhof

Washington Post's Avian Flu Map
Newseum Flash map of the news
Obesity in America.This one presents a similar map style as to our current lab...how would you critique it?
FAA flight visualizations
Red Sea
U.S. home prices adjusted for inflation and plotted on a roller coaster. Really.

Article to read is by Tom Patterson.
Not a map per se, but you might find this video as neat as I do. Might make you feel a bit small in the grand scheme of things.

Web posting assignment for this week: Select and comment on one of the following:
More than 1100static maps. Try and find the actual site for the graphic you like.