Redlining: Atlanta, GA
In 1938 the Home Owners Loan Corporation mapped Atlanta, GA in the discriminatory practice of redlining.
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A map is a tool for telling stories, asking questions, solving problems, and understanding the world.
It is artwork that goes to work as a scientific and narrative device, to help bring context to our life together on earth.
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Here we use contour lines to take you into a memory, as a way of illustrating the connection between terrain and experience.
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An Interesting Point: Lake Okeechobee
In the middle of Lake Okeechobee, FL is a phenomenon of administrative boundaries that occurs nowhere else in the country.
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Rising Waters: Flood Risk Zones in Miami, FL
Miami is a city that embraces the sea, but it's uniquely vulnerable to flooding, and a major storm could affect people in a variety of ways.
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On the Edge: The Gulf of Mexico
Wherever humans choose to draw our defining boundaries, we do it within the scope of the boundaries set for us by the edges of the seas.
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Joseph & Zarina's Adventure of a Lifetime
Tomorrow is my grandpa Joseph's 74th birthday, and to celebrate we're going to take a trip around the world in a map. It's an important...
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Deep Dive: The Straits of Florida
Our perception of a place can change as the focus shifts away from the land to the subaquatic features that are often hidden from view.
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Jacksonville Skyway Proposal: Part 1
An extensive railway is beneficial to a big city, so it's surprising that the expansive and populous city of Jacksonville doesn't have one.
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Redlining: Jacksonville, FL
Between 1935 and 1940, the Home Owner's Loan Corporation conducted detailed surveys of many major American cities.
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Coffee Constellations: Jacksonville, FL
What if coffee shops were stars and rivers were made of coffee? Let's imagine Jacksonville as a caffeinated night sky.
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