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New flag for Boston?

Boston’s flag is good, but not great. It placed pretty badly in the North American Vexillological Association’s ranking of city flags, but I don’t think it is all that bad (it seems NAVA doesn’t have the survey on their site any … Continue reading

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The historical city 3D visualization masters: Assassin’s Creed

Assassin’s Creed is doing amazing things with historical 3D visualization.  Obviously they are taking liberties with details – was there a tree right there? What did the sign hanging off this building look like? Who knows. But there is a … Continue reading

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3D visualization historic cities

I’m trying to get into the flow of being a potential academic, an urban historical geographer or an architectural historian. My current project is 3D visualization of a historic city. My first attempt will be the North End of Boston … Continue reading

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RIP Alasdair Turner

Didn’t know the guy at all, but was affected by him – he created Depthmap, the space syntax program I used a bunch, and was active in the message boards and listserv that got me through my master’s project. An … Continue reading

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Tourist maps and street vending

While I found street vending to be very stressful in India, I know many people quite enjoy exploring markets and street food in developing countries. At the same time, many of these street vendors are small businesses that I believe … Continue reading

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