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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
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Charles O. Paullin
John K. Wright
Published 1932
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“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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An Atlas of United States History
dsl.richmond.edu/panorama
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Launched in December:
four interactive maps
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Launched in December:
four interactive maps
Plus a toolkit for hundreds more...
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Forced Migration of Enslaved People
in the United States
1810-1860
dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / forcedmigration
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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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EPSG: 2163
US National Atlas Equal-Area
(Lambert Azimuthal)
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SELECT cartodb_id,
ST_Transform(the_geom_webmercator, 2163)
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But what about that terrain?
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+
Tile from CartoDB OpenTerrain tile
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in Leaflet
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Hans Rosling: gapminder.org
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Overland Trails
1840-1860
dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / overlandtrails
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E. J. Marey
Paris to Lyon train schedule (1885)
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Foreign-born Population
1850-2010
dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / foreignborn
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New York Times
Map of Olympic Medals
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Moritz Stefaner
Map Your Moves
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Andy Woodruff et al.
Value-by-alpha map
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Canals
1820-1860
dsl.richmond.edu / panorama / canals
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github.com/americanpanorama
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dsl.richmond.edu/panorama
Alan McConchie // @mappingmashups
Stamen Design // @stamen
Digital Scholarship Lab // @americanpano
Slides, notes, & links // sta.mn/gh3
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