How fast could you travel across the U.S. in the 1800s?
New York to Detroit in 4 to 50 weeks? Madness! But not 200 years ago. We take travel for granted these days, but not too long ago, it … was … a … lot … slower.
You can’t see your house from here, but can you see yourself?
Mapping the Census: A Dot for Every Person
Brandon Martin-Anderson, a graduate student at MIT’s Changing Places lab, was tired of seeing maps of U.S. population density cluttered by roads, bridges, county borders and other impediments.
Fortunately for us, he has the technological expertise to transform block data from the 2010 Census into points on a map. One point per person, and nothing else.
Read more. [Images: Brandon Martin-Anderson]
