History & Political Science: Maps

Contrary to popular belief, the sailors of Columbus's day did not think they would sail right off the edge of the earth. They were, however, apprehensive about what they would find in their travels. Mistakes about marine life have ranged from inaccurate assumptions about the behavior of known species to fanciful depictions of animals that "might" exist.

Artist Nikki Rosato has taken road maps and created interesting works of art.

Grad student Chris Weidemann has developed an application that follows geospatial footprints. He is demonstrating the incidence and density of tweets and has created a GIS that maps this.