Data Visualizations on Glitch
Explore maps and digital data in interactive settings with remixable code
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Transform images of historic maps into layers that match onto modern web maps
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An Interview with the Spring 2023 Interns
Meet the team of wonderful student interns who have been hard at work this semester on various LMEC projects
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- Oct 20, 2022
- Ian Spangler
Now accepting submissions to LMEC's Cartography Challenges
Submit your cartographic work for a chance at prize money & exhibition in the LMEC's digital collections!
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- Sep 12, 2022
- Kyler Hoogendoorn-Ecker
Inviting to all: The geography of the Boston Public Schools exam invitation system
In attempts to make the admissions process more equitable, the system for exam school invitations at BPS has changed three times in as many years. How can maps help us make sense of these changes?
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- Jun 22, 2022
- Ian Spangler
Growing our collections in the history of computer cartography
At the Map Center, exciting donations have motivated a new collections interest
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- Jun 17, 2022
- Ian Spangler
All the maps, all the time: an interview with Bert Spaan
Digitized maps—especially georeferenced ones—can be tough to find, hard to access, and difficult to bring to life. With his Allmaps project, Bert Spaan is trying to change that.
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- Jan 23, 2022
- Ian Spangler and Scott Markley
Reporting on redlining: an interview with Scott Markley
How can we make historic data about segregation, redlining, and real estate more useful and accessible? In this Get to Know Your Data interview, we dive into a new data set derived from HOLC maps.
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- Nov 3, 2021
- Ian Spangler & Garrett Dash Nelson
An interview with Ian Spangler
Welcome to our new Assistant Curator for Digital and Participatory Geography!
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