Hi, On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Kathleen Danielson <[email protected]> wrote: > My favorite map is incredibly low-tech-- I've always liked John Snowe's map > of the cholera outbreak and the contaminated water pump on Broad Street in > London (context). Many of my professors (both public health and geography) > showed us this map in college and I just liked the story around it and its > implication on the future of public health and epidemiology. >
That is an awesome example of early analog geospatial analysis. It was one of the first maps I thought of when I was writing a brief intro to GIS for my online course. It's a great story to tell (in spite of the dreadful topic). -- martijn van exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
