gis: datascapes and the informal city

Professor Leah Meisterlin

This course focused on various representational techniques that are possible through web mapping which can represent information available but invisible in the city. The initial project was an analysis into the educational attainment of people born in the United States including a static and interactive Mapbox map (click to view map). The final project was to produce a static and interactive web map (click to view map) that investigated available data and visualized the changing demographics around Canal Street. This project comments on the availability of data and the representation of that lack of data.

Above: Interactive final project web map. (Click here to view project on the class site)

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Static map of investigation into educational attainment of domestic-born residents as compared to immigrants in New York City

 

Interactive web map of investigation into educational attainment of domestic-born residents as compared to immigrants in New York City
Interactive web map of investigation into educational attainment of domestic-born residents as compared to immigrants in New York City. (Click here to view map)

 

Final project static map comparing data visualization techniques employed in final web map by year
Final project static map comparing data visualization techniques employed in final web map by year