{"id":1805368,"date":"2021-11-09T18:19:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805368"},"modified":"2021-11-09T18:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T23:19:24","slug":"atlas-of-the-invisible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/11\/atlas-of-the-invisible\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas of the Invisible"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Atlas of the Invisible<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti\u2019s collection of new maps and visualizations based on \u201cenormous\u201d datasets, is out today in the United States from W. W. Norton<\/a>. (The British edition, published by Particular Books<\/a>, came out in September.)<\/p>\n

The Royal Geographic Society reprints a map from the book showing the flow of ice on the Greenland ice cap<\/a> and interviews James about how they used the data. James has also published some education resources related to the book<\/a> on his website. And of course there\u2019s more at the book\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See John Grimwade\u2019s post about the book<\/a>, in which he asks the authors about their ideas and process. Also see reviews from Fast Company<\/em><\/a> and the Guardian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a> (Canada<\/a>, UK<\/a>) | Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\n

Previously: Where the Animals Go<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related: Map Books of 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlas of the Invisible, James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti\u2019s collection of new maps and visualizations based on \u201cenormous\u201d datasets, is out today in the United States from W. W. Norton. 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