When someone posted a subjective map of New Jersey to reddit, it went viral, with its depictions of where "Executives living in mansions with Mercedes Benzes," "Sad black people and corruption," "The Hill People," "Ghetto in the woods," "Pretty Much Alabama" and more were. Then Rutgers University graduate and current part time research assistant Joe Steinfeld stepped up and claimed credit. He tells the Star-Ledger, "I meant it as a joke. It’s tongue-in-cheek. It’s meant to be silly, meant to be fun." more ›

An organization called City Lore has created an interactive map that fuses NYC cartography with its residents' oral histories. Whether on the news, the subway, or even online, New Yorkers see mapped representations of their town several times a day. City Lore's City of Memory map has deepened that visual familiarity by creating an interactive environment where users can hear vignettes from other New Yorkers about their lives. The organization, which is sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation among other groups, has produced a number of the stories itself, but the general online public is free to submit their own stories for placement on the map. more ›