Author Archives: Ian

A new Garter report on Business Intelligence platforms (a la Magic Quadrant) puts Tableau Software in the “challenger” quadrant, no more than a stone throw to many incumbent BI vendors. Why is this exciting for Urban Mapping? Because we are … Continue reading →

Huh? With election season upon us, and political divisiveness at an all time high, we thought it a good time to look at a history of secessionist movements in the US. The initial idea was to see how the various … Continue reading →

Friends, past and future employees, customers, neogeographers and cartographers far and wide…We hereby proclaim this Thursday, December 1 to be the day of holiday mapaction. From 9pm ’till late we’ll be celebrating at 54 Mint in San Francisco with dancing, DJ, … Continue reading →

Today we unveil the first in a series of maps created to tell stories–we make the map, you tell the story! We’re thrilled to have our first map, exploring obesity factors in the US, created by Gretchen Peterson. Looking at … Continue reading →

Today we’re thrilled to take the covers off a new application. It’s tied to Mapfluence, Urban Mapping’s hosted mapping platform, but goes beyond our top-notch thematic mapping and data query capability. Travelshed is designed to go where no web-based mapping … Continue reading →