Maps

This semester my studio class has been using the ArcGIS program to design maps that illustrate some of the preliminary data we have gathered on Cape May County. (Slowly I am discovering a new LA addiction creeping up). As frustrating as the program can be, its possibilities and functions appear endless. Cartography can be traced back to the Babylonians in around 2000 BC and historically has been a powerful tool. Today maps can be designed to deliver geographic information based on almost any type of attribute data. The possibilites have become endless and very entertaining as well.

Just recently a friend of mine, Stephen Somers, sent me a link to map charting the Seven Deadly Sins in the US, designed by team at Kansas State. As entertaining as the map is I question the accuracy of the research and from what it seems Florida is one state we should all avoid. Here is a link to the map: http://www.wired.com/culture/education/magazine/17-09/st_sinmaps