Columbia’s Spatial Information Design Lab Helps Map the Future

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By Smarter Planet | 05 August 2012 | 232

“Big Data” and “social media” are today’s biggest buzzwords. But beyond their trendiness as topics, Big Data and social media also allow everyday people to share their voices and stories, to participate in ways to possibly improve their lives. Someone, however, needs to make sense of all of the information floating around–by organizing neatly and efficiently to help communities analyze patterns, discover problems, and act to find solutions. This is one of the roles of the Spatial Information Design Lab (SIDL) at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), which translates data into beautiful and compelling maps to communicate statistical information. Read More