Locals and Tourists #2 (GTWA #1): New York

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   真的送我pro了, straup, phlavor, ztpala, and 446 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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   xymox (36 months ago | reply)

   Amazing!

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   Mista J (36 months ago | reply)

   It's like Queens and the Bronx have never heard of Flickr! Unsurprisingly, though, Williamsburg and Park Slope are fairly Flickr-friendly.

   This whole series is fascinating; I featured it on my humble blog, International Jet Trash.

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   johnrite (36 months ago | reply)

   Saw this linked to by WSJ. Very cool. Congrats on getting their attention.

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   Eric Fischer (36 months ago | reply)

   Thanks!

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   Jim Frazier (36 months ago | reply)

   Congrats on getting picked up by the WSJ

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   niznoz (36 months ago | reply)

   Ha! Brilliant!

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   animaltourism.com (36 months ago | reply)

   wow, cool. thanks for doing this. is this for a particular time or total cumulative? i feel like i must be responsible for a big blue dot in the tompkins square dog run for all the pictures of my dog jolly i took there.

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   ocherdraco (36 months ago | reply)

   It's interesting that tourists seem mostly to go to Yankees games, not Mets games.

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    Genista (36 months ago | reply)

    Awesome project, fantastic. And the fact that I can find myself on this one (the bunch of blue dots southwest of Journal Square) just made my day.

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    krugerlive (36 months ago | reply)

    awesome data visualization! it's hilarious to see any tourists with shots from gowanus. would it be ok if I made a quick post about this image on www.fortheloveofbrooklyn.com/ ?

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    geerlingguy (36 months ago | reply)

    @ocherdraco - who are the Mets?

    ;-)

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    pddes (36 months ago | reply)

    Very interesting-- two other untagged red blips are the Roosevelt Island Tram, and PS1 in Queens

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    M_Fleury (36 months ago | reply)

    This is fantastic!! I'm going to NY in one week and this is the best tourist guide I could have!! Thanks!! ;)

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    jsaw1 (36 months ago | reply)

    It's the most comprehensive map of gentrification i've ever seen. The darker blue areas represent younger, probably more educated (or atleast tech-savy) enclaves.

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    Max Resnick (36 months ago | reply)

    This is great.

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    Viper12321 (36 months ago | reply)

    @jsaw1
    Or....they simply represent areas that are more photogenic? I'd venture a guess and say most of the blank areas are just residential areas with nothing worth taking pictures of.

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    ai_ikuko (36 months ago | reply)

    This is interesting!

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    Rossvog (36 months ago | reply)

    These maps are amazing. Well done.

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    ELCAN KE-7A (36 months ago | reply)

    Great job!

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    OLD Laura Broder (36 months ago | reply)

    Ha, looks like tourists don't make it to the boroughs...

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    harryo1968 (36 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic!!

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    L_#$#%ywofs5gin@#$ [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)

    What a great idea. (Saw this on Boing Boing, by the way.)

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    acemcflint (36 months ago | reply)

    This is awesome, but how are there so many pictures taken from inside the Central Park reservoir?

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    L_#$#%ywofs5gin@#$ [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)

    I would imagine because non-military grade GPS purposefully introduces a pretty big margin of error, for obvious reasons. Military-grade GPS can get down to a scary level of accuracy.

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    Eric Fischer (36 months ago | reply)

    In addition, a lot of locations are tagged by hand instead of by GPS, so these are probably pictures *of* the reservoir, not *in* the reservoir. There is still noise in GPS locations, but not so much to explain that level of inaccuracy, I think.

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    savagejen (36 months ago | reply)

    Wburg is not full of tourists?

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    cbcat (36 months ago | reply)

    What a beautiful idea and visually a wonderful drawing we can relate to. Congratulations.

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    gasaxe_uxo (35 months ago | reply)

    I have a funny feeling I know who took the pics in Red Hook.

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    MargauxZ (35 months ago | reply)

    I want to buy this map and frame it on my wall. Thank you so much for your work.

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    Ishtiaq Rafiuddin (34 months ago | reply)

    Eric, awesome maps!! Any chance on seeing some on mekkah and medina? I have been to both cities which seem to have an incredible number of visitors with some interesting mapping parameters. Congratulations again!!

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    Eric Fischer (34 months ago | reply)

    Thanks! But unfortunately there are have not been enough geotagged pictures posted in either of those cities to be able to make good maps of them.

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    delaphotography (33 months ago | reply)

    I love this! Its so cool to look at and beautiful too!

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    CatsFive (33 months ago | reply)

    I lived in NYC for five years. That about covers it. I always said that NYC has "people plumbing", and here it is, evidence, right here.

    Love the difference between the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge. The locals love the MB, and unless you're trying to leave Manhattan, they hate the BB.

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    kmccaul (32 months ago | reply)

    Brilliantious!

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    leonem (32 months ago | reply)

    This is phenomenal - and a potential "where to go guide" for cities one hasn't yet been to!

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    -ytf- (32 months ago | reply)

    Excellent idea and execution, but I'm intrigued by the red dots on Rikers Island.

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    isaiahlt (30 months ago | reply)

    Love the little clusters of red on the various parks running down Broadway: Times Square, Herald Square (subsumed by the Empire State building, naturally), Madison Square, Union Square...

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    mbgmbg (26 months ago | reply)

    Interesting how many shots are taken by tourists in Central Park. Incredible image, overall!

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    Dr.Nax (24 months ago | reply)

    great!

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    striktano (22 months ago | reply)

    @Mista J

    Queens and Brooklyn at least made it to the map. Staten Island doesn't exist to anyone.

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    geoffbadner (21 months ago | reply)

    I get the dots, but what are the lines coming from the dots? The direction the person was looking??

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    Eric Fischer (21 months ago | reply)

    No, the lines are connections between where the same person took different photos.

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    john fullard (12 months ago | reply)

    tremendous idea

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    K_rho (11 months ago | reply)

    Thanks a lot for this map, it helps me organize my trip to NYC by providing "interesting spots" that are not so well known by tourists.

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    Franthropologist (9 months ago | reply)

    Excellent visualization. How did you compile it?

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    peterdebois (8 months ago | reply)

    eric,

    i did send you a mail, but my question is if i can use some of your pictures as a illustration in my book.

    greetings

    peter de bois

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    Eric Fischer (8 months ago | reply)

    I don't think I got your message—could you send it again? Thanks!

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    moondoggie71 (4 months ago | reply)

    The image is a work of art itself.

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