Associate Professor of Architecture Karen Lewis delivered the keynote address at the 4th Annual Barry Lawrence Ruderman Conference on Cartography at Stanford University on October 18.

Maps can communicate all kinds of information. While geographic features and toponyms are frequently highlighted, arraying information in a spatial layout has proven useful for centuries. Maps and data visualization go hand-in-hand, but in ways that are complex and deserve critical examination; this is why they are the focus of the fourth biennial Ruderman Conference on Cartography, held October 18-20, 2023 at the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University. 

Keynote speakers include Michael Friendly (York University, Canada), who will discuss the history of data visualization, and Karen Lewis (The Ohio State University), who will share the mapping methodology and design behind the recovery of Underground Railway routes and stories.

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