Author: Jeffrey Warren

Manhattan mapped in Cartagen html/javascript with gss


Manhattan mapped in Cartagen html/javascript with gss from Jeffrey Warren on Vimeo.

A preview of the code I’m developing – I’m calling it Cartagen. It’s a web-based vector framework for dynamic cartography. A Ruby server receives map data from OpenStreetMap and from participants’ cell phones in real-time. Data is plotted in native HTML 5 with the canvas element, and styled with a new stylesheet format, GSS: Geographic Stylesheets. I’ll be demoing a more complete system during the MIT Media Lab’s Sponsor Week.

The Diagram Prize

Books that have made the shortlist but inexplicably failed to win include “A Pictorial Book of Tongue Coatings,” “Sex After Death,” “Waterproofing Your Child” and “Cheese Problems Solved” — which, its publisher says, provides “responses to more than 200 of the most commonly asked questions about cheese,” with special emphasis on mozzarella, blue cheese and cheddar.

via The Diagram Prize – Judging a Book by its Title – NYTimes.com.

Mercator Su Song Star Map: 1092 AD

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This is a star map for the celestial globe of Su Song (1020-1101), a Chinese scientist and mechanical engineer of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). It was first published in the year 1092, in Su’s book known as the Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao (Wade-Giles: Hsin Yi Hsiang Fa Yao). On this star map there are 14 xiu (lunar mansions) on Mercator’s projection. The equator is represented by the horizontal straight line running through the star chart, while the ecliptic curves above it. Note the unequal breadth of the lunar mansions on the map.

via File:Su Song Star Map 1.JPG – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.