(NACIS2015) A New Atlas of American History

Notes and links to animations: sta.mn/6gk

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1. photo © Nathaniel Ayers
   American Panorama:
   A New Atlas of
   American History
   #NACIS2015
   October 15, 2015
   Alan McConchie // @mappingmashups
   Stamen Design // @stamen
   http://sta.mn/6gk
   

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2. Charles O. Paullin
   John K. Wright
   Published 1932
   

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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
   

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10. photo © Nathaniel Ayers
    An Atlas of United States History
    

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11. In progress: four interactive maps
    photo © Nathaniel Ayers
    

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12. In progress: four interactive maps
    Plus a toolkit for hundreds more...
    photo © Nathaniel Ayers
    

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13. photo © Nathaniel Ayers
    Forced Migration of Enslaved People
    in the United States
    1810-1860
    

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21. synced tables from
    Google Sheets
    CartoDB
    GeoJSON
    D3 charts
    map tiles
    Leaflet markers,
    D3 overlays (svg + canvas)
    user interaction:
    react.js
    

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23. EPSG: 2163
    US National Atlas Equal-Area
    (Lambert Azimuthal)
    

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24. SELECT cartodb_id,
    ST_Transform(the_geom_webmercator, 2163)
    AS the_geom_webmercator, ...
    

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25. But what about that terrain?
    

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26. +
    Tile from CartoDB OpenTerrain tile
    (mostly transparent)
    =
    Stacked tiles
    in Leaflet
    

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35. Hans Rosling: gapminder.org
    

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36. photo © Nathaniel Ayers
    Overland Trails
    1840-1860
    

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41. E. J. Marey
    Paris to Lyon train schedule (1885)
    

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    Foreign-born Population
    1850-2010
    

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44. New York Times
    Map of Olympic Medals
    

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45. Moritz Stefaner
    Map Your Moves
    

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46. Andy Woodruff et al.
    Value-by-alpha map
    

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50. photo © Nathaniel Ayers
    Canals
    1820-1890
    

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52. github.com/americanpanorama
    

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53. Thank you!
    Alan McConchie // @mappingmashups
    Stamen Design // @stamen
    Digital Scholarship Lab // dsl.richmond.edu
    Slides, notes, & links // sta.mn/6gk
    

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