CartographyFilter: Help me find a strange map

March 14, 2009 4:07 PM

Some months ago, I came across a map created by (I think) a sociologist, depicting one student's daily travel routines in (I think) Paris. It shows clearly that the subject's life clusters closely around home, work, and university. It is not from Strange Maps, and Google is not helping. Has anyone else seen this?
posted by ecmendenhall to Grab Bag (5 answers total)

I know this isn't helpful, but I've seen the map you're talking about. I remember that the sociologist was very surprised at how few neighborhoods the person connected. I think it may have appeared in one of Duncan Watts' papers about people who connect many people/regions. I'll post again if I remember where I saw it.
posted by eisenkr at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2009

Response by poster: elsenkr: Au contraire, mon capitaine. It at least proves that I'm not crazy. Thanks!
posted by ecmendenhall at 6:09 PM on March 14, 2009

Is this the one that compares it against someone else of a previous generation?
posted by cashman at 6:26 PM on March 14, 2009

Best answer:
Trying to figure this out bothered me enough that I decided to keep searching. I think it might be this map, though I remembered it being something more attractive: http://avmapping.blogspot.com/2008/02/trajects-pendant-un-dune-jeune-fille-du.html
posted by eisenkr at 10:50 PM on March 14, 2009

Response by poster: That's the one! Thanks, eisenkr!
posted by ecmendenhall at 4:53 AM on March 15, 2009