Articles by brankin
native american reservations
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:46 PM
American Indian reservations are sovereign areas with a state-to-state relationship to the US Congress, but congressional authority overrides tribal law. Reservations are generally not subject to state jurisdiction. What mapping convention corresponds to this political arrangement? One could make a case that reservations should be drawn as part of [...]
empires
Posted June 04, 2006 at 12:55 AM
UK Empire Map: At its height, the United Kingdom included one quarter of the world's population and one third of its land area. Other colonial empires c.1921 are shown in light colors.
US Economic and Territories Map: Simple web research Photoshop = look at the geographic scope of the United States. GDP data from the World Bank, [...]
boston t-map
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:29 PM
The maps posted in the Boston subway show a strangely self-contained system, with no reference to scale, time, or geography. I'm not convinced that subway maps need to be "abstract," with massive distortion and nothing but forty-five degree angles, especially for small systems like Boston's. Showing parks, the water, and town boundaries is easy to [...]
us suicides
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:52 PM
Suicide Rate for (white) men and women, showing the huge differences between regions and gender. The suicide rate for white men in the Rockies is typically greater than 30 deaths per 100,000, whereas even the highest suicide rate among women is only 19 per 100,000 (in Wilson, Kansas). Overall, the HSA-weighted mean rate for men (23.3) is roughly [...]
greater boston income
Posted June 03, 2006 at 10:16 PM
Perhaps because Boston itself is so small (both geographically and touristically), wall maps of the greater metropolitan area are almost nonexistent.
This map properly shows Boston as a region instead of a small city: not only are mass transit and park space administered at this larger scale, but income is also distributed [...]
