Surnames for the Big Chill
Thanks to the jet stream, many parts of the UK have just had the coldest November night on record. During these extreme weather events we become especially interested...
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Sound Maps
Sound maps are nothing new but they are becoming increasingly popular as technology (such as Google Maps and Audioboo) are making their creation much easier. My...
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UK Election Map: What colour is your constituency?
Overview The 2010 UK election results have been visualised in hundreds of different ways. The map below is another contribution. We have used the RGB Colour Model to...
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Cartograms
Last week the BBC News Magazine featured an article on cartograms. The cartograms were produced by the University of Sheffield’s Geography Department and...
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spatial.ly is written and curated by James Cheshire. James is a lecturer at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis where he researches, teaches and maps.