A New Atlas of American History (USF 2016)

Presentation about American Panorama to the USF Data Visualization Speaker Series

Presentation notes: http://sta.mn/gh3 (click here for links and animated gifs)

Video of the presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Ij7kXKtkI

Transcript

1. photo © Nathaniel Ayers American Panorama: A New Atlas of American History University of San Francisco Data Visualization Speaker Series February 24, 2016 Alan McConchie // @mappingmashups Stamen Design // @stamen http://sta.mn/gh3 // @americanpano
2. Charles O. Paullin John K. Wright Published 1932
5. “The ideal historical atlas might well be a collection of motion-picture maps, if these could be displayed on the pages of a book without the paraphernalia of projector, reel and screen.” – John K. Wright
10. photo © Nathaniel Ayers An Atlas of United States History dsl.richmond.edu/panorama
11. Launched in December: four interactive maps photo © Nathaniel Ayers
12. photo © Nathaniel Ayers Launched in December: four interactive maps Plus a toolkit for hundreds more...
13. photo © Nathaniel Ayers Forced Migration of Enslaved People in the United States 1810-1860 dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / forcedmigration
21. synced tables from Google Sheets CartoDB GeoJSON D3 charts map tiles Leaflet markers, D3 overlays (svg + canvas) user interaction: react.js
23. EPSG: 2163 US National Atlas Equal-Area (Lambert Azimuthal)
24. SELECT cartodb_id, ST_Transform(the_geom_webmercator, 2163) AS the_geom_webmercator, ...
25. But what about that terrain?
26. + Tile from CartoDB OpenTerrain tile (mostly transparent) = Stacked tiles in Leaflet
35. Hans Rosling: gapminder.org
36. photo © Nathaniel Ayers Overland Trails 1840-1860 dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / overlandtrails
41. E. J. Marey Paris to Lyon train schedule (1885)
42. photo © Nathaniel Ayers Foreign-born Population 1850-2010 dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / foreignborn
44. New York Times Map of Olympic Medals
45. Moritz Stefaner Map Your Moves
46. Andy Woodruff et al. Value-by-alpha map
50. photo © Nathaniel Ayers Canals 1820-1860 dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / canals
53. github.com/americanpanorama
54. dsl.richmond.edu/panorama Alan McConchie // @mappingmashups Stamen Design // @stamen Digital Scholarship Lab // @americanpano Slides, notes, & links // sta.mn/gh3