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Home » Archive for 2014
Seven Years of Cartography

Seven Years of Cartography

Michael King Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Add Comment Cartography, GIS, Open Data, Population, Public Health, Transit, Urban, urban design, Vancouver, Video, Walkability Edit
This year will mark my 7th year as a professional cartographer. I am full of gratitude for every hour I have spent creating, and still love ...
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20 Best Maps of 2014

20 Best Maps of 2014

Michael King Tuesday, December 30, 2014 Add Comment Cartography, Census, Community Garden, Cycling, Data, Density, dogs, Fitness, GIS, Health, Immigration, Metro Vancouver, NHS, Open Data, parks, Population, Proportional Symbols, Public Health, Toronto Edit
Happy new year! In this post I have summarized my 20 favourite mapping projects from 2014. This has been an exciting year for me! I was prom...
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Cycling Networks in Vancouver, Toronto and Chicago

Cycling Networks in Vancouver, Toronto and Chicago

Michael King Friday, November 28, 2014 Add Comment accidents, bike lanes, Cartography, Chicago, Cycling, greenway, injury prevention, Open Data, Public Health, streets, Toronto, Transportation, urban design, Vancouver Edit
The following three maps show the cycle tracks (protected bike lanes), painted bike lanes, shared lanes (sharrows) and other types of routes...
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Cycling In Toronto

Cycling In Toronto

Michael King Thursday, November 13, 2014 Add Comment bike lanes, Cartography, choropleth, Data, urban design Edit
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PL800 - Planning and Design Fundamentals

PL800 - Planning and Design Fundamentals

Michael King Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Add Comment Analysis, GIS, graphic design, illustrator, parks, school, streets, Transportation, urban design Edit
Below are my first three design projects from my Masters of Planning in Urban Development at Ryerson University. Each project required speci...
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Dot-Density of Visible Minority Population of Toronto

Dot-Density of Visible Minority Population of Toronto

Michael King Thursday, October 23, 2014 Add Comment Data, Density, Immigration, Open Data, thematic, Toronto Edit
This map shows one dot for every person in Toronto. The data are from the 2011 National Household Survey, and shown by Dissemination Areas, ...
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Median Household Income in the City of Toronto

Median Household Income in the City of Toronto

Michael King Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Add Comment choropleth, City, Data, Land Value, planning, Toronto Edit
This map shows the median household income of every Census Dissemination Area in Toronto, based on the 2011 National Household Survey collec...
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Dogs of Toronto

Dogs of Toronto

Michael King Friday, October 10, 2014 Add Comment Analysis, Cartography, Community Garden, dogs, Fitness, Open Data, Toronto, Urban, Walkability, Walking Edit
I love dogs. I love data. I recently found an Excel file in the City of Toronto's Open Data Library that contains the number of pet lic...
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City of Vancouver Greenest City Action Plan Review

City of Vancouver Greenest City Action Plan Review

Michael King Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Add Comment Food, Health, Land Use, Metro Vancouver, Transit, Transportation, Vancouver, Video Edit
This is a class presentation I delivered in the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program at Ryerson University. This course is called ...
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Population Density of Downtown Toronto

Population Density of Downtown Toronto

Michael King Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Add Comment Cartography, Census, Ecumene, GIS, Maps, Open Data, Toronto, Urban Edit
I am now pursuing a Masters of Planning degree focused on Urban Development at Ryerson's School of Community and Regional Planning in To...
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2014 ESRI User Conference Presentation: WalkMap 1.0

2014 ESRI User Conference Presentation: WalkMap 1.0

Michael King Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Add Comment Analysis, Cartography, Commuting, Data, GIS, happiness, Land Use, Metro Vancouver, Open Data, Transportation, Urban, Vancouver, Walkability, Walking Edit
Tomorrow I will present a 20 minute talk about walkability, urban design and active transportation. Here was my teaser tweet for the ESRI Us...
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Vancouver Bike Rave 2014

Vancouver Bike Rave 2014

Michael King Sunday, July 6, 2014 Add Comment Edit
More than five thousand people took to their bikes at 9 p.m. last night to participate in Bike Rave Vancouver, which touts itself as your “f...
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2014 BC Commuter Challenge Participation Maps

2014 BC Commuter Challenge Participation Maps

Michael King Tuesday, June 24, 2014 Add Comment Cycling, Metro Vancouver, Physical Activity, Sustainability, Transit, Transportation, Walking Edit
Last year, I helped BEST prepare some maps showing participation in their BC Commuter Challenge , and this year I was asked to help out agai...
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  • How Does Global Forest Area Change Impact CO2 Emissions?
    This is the map that literally started my career as a cartographer. It was a final project for my GEO372 - Advanced Cartography course at UB...
  • Cypress Community Garden Base Map
    I made this map to present at the Cypress Community 2014 Garden Annual General Meeting. My goal was to create a high quality base map that c...
  • Community Design Indicators and Neighbourhood Population Health
    This infographic summarizes my Major Research Project (MRP) completed for the Master of Planning in Urban Development program at Ryerson Uni...
  • Mapping Access to Green Space in Toronto
    I recently created a special report on 'Mapping Access to Greenspace in the City of Toronto and the Lower Don Valley' that can be do...
  • Public Park Accessibility in the City of Vancouver
    I am very happy that Vision Vancouver Councillor Reimer tabled a notice of motion yesterday called "Protecting Vancouver’s Public Green...
  • Garden Deserts: Community Garden Plots per Person in Vancouver
    Do you want to sign up for a community garden plot in Vancouver? If so, you are not alone - demand for garden space has surged in recent yea...
  • Divvy Bike Trips in Chicago
    Last fall I had the pleasure of visiting Chicago to run my first marathon. While there, I also enjoyed a ride along the waterfront on a Divv...
  • Showcase of Anthony's Thirteen Best Maps of 2013
    Happy New Years!  Ever wonder what one year in the life of a cartographer is like? Here is a selection of thirteen of my projects that have ...
  • Visible Majorities: Mapping Visible Minority Clusters in Metro Vancouver
    Did you know that 1,030,335 out of 2,280,695 people living in Metro Vancouver self-identified as being a visible minority in 2011? That is ...
  • Healthy Built Environment Indicators of Community Wellbeing
    I am currently working with DIALOG Design in Vancouver to create a new tool to measure how community wellbeing may be increased through evi...

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      • Seven Years of Cartography
      • 20 Best Maps of 2014
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      • Cycling Networks in Vancouver, Toronto and Chicago
      • Cycling In Toronto
      • PL800 - Planning and Design Fundamentals
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      • Dot-Density of Visible Minority Population of Toronto
      • Median Household Income in the City of Toronto
      • Dogs of Toronto
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      • City of Vancouver Greenest City Action Plan Review
      • Population Density of Downtown Toronto
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      • 2014 ESRI User Conference Presentation: WalkMap 1.0
      • Vancouver Bike Rave 2014
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      • 2014 BC Commuter Challenge Participation Maps
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