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This is a visualization of US expansion in North America from 1700 to 1900, seen through changes in the spatial distribution of post offices. Data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from placenames through correlation with the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Better in HD! Made with Processing. More at http://derekwatkins.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/posted/ Update: I've also uploaded an interactive version…
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This is mainly an experimentation with soft bodies using toxi's verlet springs. The data refers to the evolution of the top 4 maritime empires of the XIX and XX centuries by extent. The visual emphasis is on their decline. More on this project http://pmcruz.com UPDATE – some minor fixes: no flickering and more robust simulation.
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The decline of the largest maritime empires of the 19 and 20th centuries. A more sober and formal approach. The physics engine was tweaked in order to attain fluid interactions and a mitosis like split. Added the original 13 colonies (USA). Added Ireland. Cuba maintains its perceived independence date for the consistency of the chosen dates for the other territories. There is more information displayed, as the former colonies persist on the map…
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http://pmcruz.com The Morphing City is a visualization study where a city mutates its shape accordingly with the traffic on its main arteries. Those morphs tend to translate the actual perceived distances within a city, bypassing the common perception based on its geographical mapping. This visualization model was executed for the city of Lisbon. To attain it, topological information was gathered from OpenStreetMap to build a skeleton for the city…
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