Mediterranean borders

Experiment visualizing the evolution of national borders on the Mediterranean coastline over 5000 years

Visualization experiment representing the evolution of national borders on the Mediterranean coastline, in collaboration with Federica Bardelli. Coasts become lines, borders become points, about 5000 years in one image.

Visualization highlighting some major historical events. See in full resolution

Focus on the period from ancient Egypt to the beginning of the Roman Empire. See in full resolution

Focus on some major geographic areas. See in full resolution

Full visualization. See in full resolution

Disclaimer: the aim of this visualization is to experiment the combination of dense datasets of historical events and geographic features. Retrieving and classifying such information is a really complex task and we did our best to avoid inaccuracies.

Alternative version of the visualization.

WIP — paperjs script to detect intersections between lines.

Activities

Creative coding, Dataviz

When and where

2016, Milan

Credits

Federica Bardelli

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