Welcome to Greenhouse Earth–Portland edition. The Portland archipelago awaits your descendants.
Here’s the old Portland map
Update: Someone pointed out these maps showing the Missoula floods–Very cool! http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/06/lidar_map_shows_path_of_missou.html
The Bebb & Gould plan for the University of Washington--updated nine times between 1915-1945. North is left. This plan is a great display of both what was built and what wasn't.…
I love watching things change over time. Buildings, landscapes, street grids--everything morphs with changing technologies and cultural priorities, and time-enabled mapping can help us visualize and understand the changes that…
Even though I've only made nine posts on this blog, I'm going to get all self-referential. What happened with the Islands of Seattle map was both thrilling and overwhelming. I went in knowing that…
As part of a recent historical research project, I georeferenced a ton of old plans and maps of the University of Washington campus and surrounding neighborhood. One of the things…
Winter morning views from the office can be awesome (in the true sense of the word).
The McDonald International School re-opened in 2012, after 31 years of being mothballed and leased out to various NGOs. Even though the school is in a very walkable neighborhood, having…
Wallingford is my neighborhood. I've lived here for over ten years, commuting out to Redmond for the first year via scooter and bus. After that, I started working at the…
I hear “blogs” are big right now. I think I’ll start a “blog”.
A picture is supposed to be a nice addition to these “postings”; here’s a pretty good one, taken out the back of my brother’s apartment in SF…
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