Lacking Authority Control

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Photo credit: Library of Congress

As part of a Web Mapping Applications course in my GIS program, I’ve been testing out various platforms for mapping the LGLC dataset.

First came Google Fusion Tables. Here I used two Fusion Tables, one with the event data from the LGLC dataset and the other which creates the Provincial border polygons using KML coordinates. See full example.

Then came the open source equivalent of Google Fusion Tables, CartoDB, in combination with Stamen’s Toner map style. See full example.

Finally, I used Google Maps in combination with TimeMap (built on the Simile Timeline) to create a timeline and map combination showing the actual individual events, publications, and organizations for the year 1964. See full example.

An update to my previous attempt to represent the LGLC event data from 1964 and 1965, this with graduated symbols to represent the frequency with which events were occurring.

Download the map as a pdf:

Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada, 1964-1965