From a blogpost I wrote for Hacks/Hackers:
When a story is best told through a visual representation of geography, maps are often the best way of telling it. Three journalists joined Hacks/Hackers NYC to explain how they approached mapmaking for their recent projects. Slides and code from their presentations are available in this link bundle.
Read the whole post here:
http://hackshackers.com/blog/2011/11/06/how-we-made-our-maps/
When a story is best told through a visual representation of geography, maps are often the best way of telling it. Three journalists joined Hacks/Hackers NYC to explain how they approached mapmaking for their recent projects. Slides and code from their presentations are available in this link bundle.
Read the whole post here:
http://hackshackers.com/blog/2011/11/06/how-we-made-our-maps/