The figure-ground diagram

A figure-ground diagram is a mapping technique used to illustrate the relationship between built and unbuilt space in cities.

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Mapping Urban Data: Video Course

We are excited to share with you a preview of our video course Mapping Urban Data!

The course covers the whole process of building an interactive web map: from urban data exploration and design principles to building the UI and adding interactivity with JavaScript.

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Morphocode Explorer: Preview

Morphocode Explorer is an interactive web tool that combines various data sources and provides a single, powerful, easy [...]

Urban performance measures

Urban performance measures help communities make informed decisions and measure results against goals. [...]

The 5-minute walk

The five-minute walk, also known as the “pedestrian shed” is considered to be the distance people are willing [...]

The representation of time in information design

Observing changes over time allows us to make assumptions about the future or to identify... [...]

Global Trends of Urbanization

Cities are the manifestation of the cultural, economic and social acceleration that we have experienced in our modern [...]

Visualizing Pedestrian Activity in the City of Melbourne

Pedestrian activity is a direct reflection of the city’s livability and vibrancy. The variety of factors inclining [...]

Location + time: urban data visualization

The most common ways to visually organize information are based on location and time. In this interactive story, we take you through common techniques for visualizing time series data.

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Inspiration

Design style guides, map making tutorials and machine learning research

Design manuals from USGS, tutorials on automating data processing and research on using neural network [...]

Interactive maps, web frameworks, 1955 Copenhagen and open research

In this edition of Morphocode Picks, we’ve gathered the most interesting visual resources, research and [...]

Graphic notations, imaginary cities and a blueprint for autonomous urbanism

An inspirational selection of flow maps, graphic notations, imaginary cities and a blueprint for autonomous [...]

Visiting the MIT Senseable City Lab / Singapore

We recently got an invitation to visit the MIT Senseable City Lab at the SMART [...]

Small Multiples: visual explorations in architecture and information design

Variations and local comparisons The term Small Multiples was introduced and popularized by Eduard Tufte, [...]

Data and the City: Urban Visualizations

According to Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, the amount of data collected between the [...]

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