Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 7:00 pm New York (ET) time: Jennifer Thermes, author and map illustrator, will discuss her award-winning book “Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island.” From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant metropolis that exists today, the island of Manhattan has always been a place of struggle, growth, and radical transformation.
Renowned poster experts present their favorite posters with maps.
Holiday Show & Tell, Raffle, and Elections.
The 2020 Census, along with the American Community Survey, provide a snapshot of the demographics of the American population like no other sources available. Combined they tell the story of the spatial distribution of everything from health care, cell phone ownership, housing expenditures and the level of poverty in the United States by age, gender and race.
Shannon Mattern will discuss the class she teaches at New York City’s The New School: Mapping the Field.
Anthony Mullan (Library of Congresss) will discuss late 19th century maps of Cuba.
John Hessler (Library of Congress) will speak on It Came From a Blue Sky: Mapping Bats and Spillover of Covid-19.
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment, Syracuse University on “Adventures in Academic Cartography.”
Max Peeters on “The Golden Age of Cartography and the 80 year war of independence in The Netherlands.”
President/Head Curator of the Osher Map Library Garrett Dash Nelson will present “Don’t Believe Me On This: Engaging With Truth and Skepticism Through Maps & Data.”