The Spatial Turn
Written by Dr. Jo Gudli, an historian at the Harvard Society of Fellows, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital History at the University of Chicago, and published author. Part of the Spatial Humanities Project sponsored by the Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship.
Paste in Place: An Information Design Studio
This falls more in the arena of graphic design, but it could be fun and useful for creating your own maps.
Derek Watkins – genius loci, mappings, neogeography
A blog by a grad student in Geography at the University of Oregon.
Spatial Awareness
“A regular editorial focused on the maps and the spatial community.” Put together by Robin Hawkes, this monthly newsletter seeks to collect interesting resources from the wider community, including “cool demos, new tools, tutorials, beautiful maps, interviews, behind-the-scenes and more.”
What Was There
“The premise is simple: provide a platform where anyone can easily upload a photograph with two straightforward tags to provide context: Location and Year. If enough people upload enough photographs in enough places, together we will weave together a photographic history of the world (or at least any place covered by Google Maps).”
Chart Porn: data visualizations that you just gotta love
A fun blog dedicated to sharing neat graphs, charts, and other creatively visualized data.
Maps and the City: Blog on Cartography and Design
A blog dedicated to fun maps and map design. Written by a Public Relations Specialist in Amsterdam. Not the most scholarly but fun and a good place to kick off research.
The Chart Geek: Archive for the ‘Geography’ Category
More than just maps. Includes interesting visualizations for all kinds of data.