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citizen mapping

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Posted by admin on May 17, 2012 – 10:27 pm
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interesting article about the shift to citizens mapping their locale and the creation of new and idiosyncratic data.

more big smoke

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Posted by admin on March 19, 2012 – 2:55 pm
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Lovely hand-drawn walks of London from the book by Joanna Walsh.

And more lovely London linkage… An Alphabet of London by Christopher Brown. I’m thinking that an crown-sourced Alphabet of Scarborough might be a lovely CHART trail.

mental mapping for cyclists in london

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Posted by admin on January 24, 2012 – 3:49 pm
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interesting article about a student design to help cyclist in the capital find routes more easily using mental mapping as part of the process.

by the way, scarborough’s festival of cycling is earmarked for 12-14 august this year.

John Cossins – Scarborough’s first map-maker

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Posted by admin on July 8, 2011 – 11:34 am
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lovely bit of scarborough map history on the scarborough evening news website today. read it here.
we were delighted to see that john cossins map also uses multiple visual perspectives just like the CHART map.

london blue plaques

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Posted by admin on February 1, 2011 – 11:48 am
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another use of google maps – blue plaques in london.

kirkstall community map

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Posted by admin on January 11, 2011 – 11:35 am
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quick link for you – kirkstall community association (in leeds) using google maps to encourage locals to get to know their locale better: http://new.kirkstall.org.uk/321