Mapping, Episode 110, This American Life

Five ways of mapping the world. One story about people who make maps the traditional way — by drawing things we can see. And other stories about people who map the world using smell, sound, touch, and taste. The world redrawn by the five senses.

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https://www.thisamericanlife.org/110/mapping

Denis Wood creates maps that are like novels: they try to describe everyday life. Here are some of the ones he tells us about in episode 110, "Mapping."

Denis Wood's map of phone, cable, and power lines in Boylan Heights.

Underground

This is a map of the sewers with their manholes as well as the gas and water mains running beneath Boylan Heights. The fire hydrants, of course, are aboveground

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https://www.thisamericanlife.org/extras/mapping