Same Geography-Dozens of Viewpoints

As a cartographer, I often wonder how many different ways the same space can be represented. CloudMade is an organization that allows you to access web mapping content and tools. They have a large set of cartographic styles to color your world. Here are 15 different views of the same area in London using some of their styles.

Here is an animation I created using 29 styles. Click it for a more clear image - it will take you to my photobucket site.





All the styles can be seen on their style editor page. You can take these templates anywhere. Here are three views of Trenton, New Jersey using the "Emo Style" template.

Map of the Week-Take the Long Way Home

Today is Day 90 of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. It's a long way from Victoria to Vancouver. You could just take the ferry but that's no fun! This route takes 106 days and goes through every province, territory and major city in Canada.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic web site has an interactive map where you can see the route details and link to events, photos and stories. The route looks more like a child's connect the dots drawing than a map but cartographic accuracy is not their first priority. Here is today's route through British Columbia from Revelstoke to Salmon Arm and then on to Kamloops.

Clicking the red dot at Kamloops brings up a detailed map showing this evening's route and festivities. The detailed maps also feature cartographic accuracy!