Maps
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Cartographically Speaking – Safety in Numbers: Why a Bike Lane in Kitsilano?
By Jen Cook & Holly Foxcroft In the heart of Kitsilano, a rumbling started to occur in reaction to the city project to create a safe link between the...
By Spacing -
Cartographically Speaking: Vancouver Building Footprints
My sincerest apologies to all the map- and info-geeks out there that have followed Cartographically Speaking over the years and have had to endure the...
By Erick Villagomez -
Cartographically Speaking: Mapping Neighbourhood Character Buildings
The buildings in a city give it character and form. They stand as the structures that produce personal recollections of a streets and neighbourhoods. In...
By Aaron Cheng -
Cartographically Speaking: Commercial Drive Business Development,1900-1999
Those who have followed my cartographic adventures, know that I consider graphs, charts, diagrams, etc. an extension of mapping. Edward Tufte uses the...
By Erick Villagomez -
Release: 40 Years of Changing Attitudes in Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver Urban Futures Survey 2012 Results Politicians, planners and policy makers can now be informed by forty years of comparative data on the...
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Video Vancouver: Motorville
The map of an american city goes on a quest across the world to find oil in order to feed its body, made of streets, highways and freeways.
By Caroline Toth -
Hand drawn map of Japan’s intricate rail system
Artist Wyton Cho has hand drawn Japan’s rail system. The colourful lines intersect and meet at stations, and present an immediate sense of how vast...
By Jonathan Zettel -
New Westminster Walkshed Map
Special Guest Post by Jonathan Cote The City of New Westminster is currently working on its Master Transportation Plan. The plan is looking at...
By Spacing -
Spacing releases Canada City notebook-sketchbook
The newest item added to Spacing’s e-store is our Canada City notebook/sketchbook. The 5.5-inch by 4-inch book contains 64 blank pages for your...
By Spacing -
Last day to enter Spacing’s Creative Mapping contest
DEADLINE TODAY! Spacing magazine presents the CREATIVE MAPPING CONTEST Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or visual storyteller...
By Spacing -
Creative Mapping Contest deadline extended to May 31
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 31st Spacing magazine presents the CREATIVE MAPPING CONTEST Do you love maps? Are you an illustrator, graphic designer, or visual...
By Spacing -
Mapping Vancouver Crime – Part 3
[Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present the third and final part of Ian Lowrie’s investigation into Vancouver crime patterns.] What makes a...
By Ian Lowrie