urban cartography

Okay, so these topics aren't related.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

Fred Kent, PPS, and a long article about the continuing evolution of America's public space. A good read.

On the other hand, this is really strange:

The broken windows index was found to be a significant predictor of gonorrhea rates. Poor neighborhoods with high broken windows scores had significantly higher gonorrhea rates than did poor neighborhoods with low broken windows scores. Indeed, the level of neighborhood deterioration as measured by the broken windows index was a better predictor of neighborhood gonorrhea rates than were demographic characteristics as measured by a poverty index.

Mapping Health

The International Journal of Health Geographics is an fascinating online journal that harbors  articles on the myriad ways the health profession uses GIS and geographic data to illustrate patterns of disease and illness around the globe.