Bay of LA–Other Sea Rise Levels
As a follow-up to the Bay of LA map, here's an animated gif of progressive sea level rise in the LA Basin.
Islands of Portland
Welcome to Greenhouse Earth–Portland edition. The Portland archipelago awaits your descendants.
This map has been updated!
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
Bebb & Gould Regent’s Plan for the UW, 1915-1945
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.…
A History of the UW in 120 Frames
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…
GeoSIMS–An Application for Interior Mapping
In my years at the University of Washington, my greatest accomplishment was envisioning, designing and managing the implementation of GeoSIMS--the Geographic Space Information Management System. This online application utilizes a…
Seattle Archipelago in the Media
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…
Moving to WordPress.org
This site hasn't been up long, but I've started finding limitations in what I can implement in my Wordpress.com site. So, I've packed it up and moved it all over to a…
Portland, 1905
The thing to remember about this early 20th-century Portland map is FORESHADOWING... What stands out for me when I look at this map are the lack of freeways (always the case with…
Los Angeles, 1928
This one's for all my LA folks... One of the things about being between jobs is that you get to find little projects to obsess over. I've been enjoying combing…
