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Mix and Match
One of the often promised advantages of new media is the ability to combine different datasets into unique presentations. Just perusing Yahoo Pipes, for example, we see the aggregation of concert dates for multiple London music venues made available in … Continue reading
Definition of a Map
All semester we have played with the idea of what a map is. Over time we have expanded the concept to include battleships, baseball stadiums, and closets. But if pushed, how would we define these documents we have been studying … Continue reading
Birth of a Nation and Other Famous Maps
Jeremy Black’s Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past covers a lot of ground in its two hundred pages. Black assesses a great deal of the history of mapmaking, historical or otherwise, stretching back to China in 2100 BC. … Continue reading
Consilience
New words catch my eye in nearly everything I read, but often I’ve forgotten them shortly after examining their definitions, since generally speaking there is either little opportunity to use them or they are words with no real distinction from … Continue reading
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