Maps
Book Review – Close Up At A Distance: Mapping Technology and Politics
By Andrew Cuthbert
Author: Laura Kurgan (Zone Books, 2012) Close Up At A Distance: Mapping Technology and Politics is an excellent introduction to the... Read More
Event – Vancouver Public Library – morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change, Nov. 19th
By Spacing
morph: What Kind of City Do We Want? Plan For Change WHEN: Monday, November 19, 2018 (7:00 pm – 8:30 pm) WHERE: Central Library... Read More
Cartographically Speaking – CoV Elementary School Capacity vs Child Population by Neighbourhood
By Erick Villagomez
Click here to see an enlarged version. In September 2016, I unexpectedly received an email from a concerned Vancouverite. She had read... Read More
Video Vancouver: LiDAR Data Dublin
By Yuri Artibise
This video shows LiDAR data for a portion of a study area in central Dublin. The initial 18 seconds demonstrates standard density... Read More
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver vs. Historical Cities
By Erick Villagomez
To view a larger version, click here. 2011. That was the year I came across a website, now lost. It had a very simple interface... Read More
Queen Elizabeth Park: Vancouver’s Axis Mundi
By Jay Black
There is wide agreement among scholars of comparative mythology that the ‘axis mundi’ is the most ancient and culturally... Read More
Cartographically Speaking: The Politics of Flight
By Erick Villagomez
Click here for a larger image. We tend to think of cities in their horizontal dimension—artifacts the spread laterally across the... Read More
Monster Home: A Connective Community Approach to Single Family Housing Districts
By Brendan Hurley
There is no question that Vancouver is a densifying city. Despite all the excitement and acrimony that comes with that prospective... Read More
Is B.C. home to a green building renaissance?
By Pembina Institute
By Karen Tam Wu France was a hub of the Renaissance, an era that saw landmark buildings built in Paris, including parts of the Louvre... Read More