Thanks for the link. What’s interesting about this map is the dynamic presentation of conceptual information. It reminds me of the cartographic search engine Kartoo, MusicPlasma (which maps musical influences), They Rule (which shows links of bigwigs on boards across the corporate world), and the Visual Thesaurus. And it also debunks one (highly literalist) criticism of the Walker’s civic engagement map: “It’s not a map at all. First of all, a map would have a key, and would connect actual things together – not just ideas…” [http://mnartists.org/article.do?rid=72572]

The map’s dynamic technology and aesthetic are pretty interesting. And the linking of concepts reminds me of other non-place-based mapping projects: MusicPlasma (for mapping musical influences), Kartoo (cartographic search engine), the Visual Thesaurus, and They Rule (for mapping bigwigs in boardrooms across the corporate world). These examples of conceptual mapping seem to help debunk one (rather literalist) complaint about the Walker’s CE map: “ It’s not a map at all. First of all, a map would have a key, and would connect actual things together – not just ideas.”