The answer is: The November Mystery Map showed the locations that non-motorists (pedestrians, bicyclists, etc) have been hit by cars in downtown Northampton. In this case, the data is from the year 2010, showing a complete snapshot of collisions during that…
November Mystery Map: “Doctor, Doctor” Come one, come all! Can you guess the mystery variable shown on this month’s Mystery Map? Update 11/15/12: First hint released! The theme of this month’s map was decided when two similar yet rare events occurred…
October Mystery Map: “Fifty Nifty United States” What do the eleven orange states have in common? The answer is: There are no students in the Smith College Class of 2016 from any of the orange states (Alabama, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho,…
The October Mystery Map is now available! It’s interactive this month, which means you can zoom, pan, and click to get a better sense of the data … and what the map might show. Check it out here and then…
October Mystery Map: “Fifty Nifty United States” What do the eleven orange states have in common? In elementary school, we learned that there are “fifty nifty United States” … but some of these states are not like the others! Use…
The September 2012 Mystery Map depicts monetary contributions to the candidates in the Massachusetts 2012 senate race, Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.
The Answer is The April 2012 Mystery Map reveals monetary contributions to David Narkewicz and Michael Bardsley during the 2011 Northampton Mayoral Campaign. The points are located at the contributor’s address and sized proportionally to indicate the amount of contribution. Each point…
A new Mystery Map is in the wild! Let the thinking and voting begin. Note – anyone may participate and vote, but only members of the Smith College community may claim a prize. Update / Hint: The…
A cartogram is a thematic map in which some variable (e.g. population) is substituted for land area. The alternate variable is conveyed through a distorted geometry of the map. This example displays the state origins of the Smith Class of…