Open Source Mapping

Extracts from OpenStreetMap and OS OpenData online viewers.

Extracts from the OpenStreetMap (left) and the OS OpenData (right) online viewers.

It has always been difficult to develop copyright or rights-free mapping. Unless you have carried out your own detailed land survey, all maps must be derived from pre-existing maps, orthophotos, or similar. But, things are different now. More…

Inform and Persuade

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

Various extracts from documents supporting development proposals.

In town planning, urban design and architecture it is important to present your proposals in the clearest and most communicative form. It is about trying to achieve a balance between being informative and persuasive. More…

Cartographic tools for the Mac

Application icons.

Do you know your application icons?

It is probably reasonable to suggest that most designers are Mac-based and most GIS-users are PC-based. If like me, you need to use tools across the board, from GIS to design, what options do you really have if you want to work on a Mac? More…

Walking Maps

Extract from a walking map for the inholborn Business Improvement District (BID).

Extract from one of two walking maps designed and produced for the inholborn Business Improvement District (BID).

Walking maps can have various uses, but generally, they all promote a healthy lifestyle, discovery, exploration and a sense of place. More…

Generative Cartography

A simple perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures.

A simple perpendicular growth rule creates intricate city-like structures. Processing is a free application that everybody is encouraged to try — not just programmers.

Generative art is simply that created through a degree of autonomy, such as defined by a computer software algorithm. More…

Phenomenological Space

Visual thinking. studies looking at ways of recording the experiences (psychological and physiological) of space.

Visual thinking. studies looking at ways of recording the experiences (psychological and physiological) of space.

Architect and academic, Mathew Emmett is undertaking a PhD examining the role of phenomenology in contemporary architecture. More…