News
11 May 2014 / Housing sales in England
• Typical cost of London home set to break half million barrier this year
• Increase in whole of Yorkshire & the Humber plus NE England is £2.1bn similar to just the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster (£1.93 bn)
New research by Oxford academics reveals images of just how distorted both the country and the capital appears when land is shaped by the value of its residential property. View more
10 May 2014 / Welcome to Londonmapper
We’ve never had so much data. At Londonmapper we don’t aim to collect more, but to show these existing numbers in a new light. We’re building on the hugely successful Worldmapper website which produced images revealing social inequalities on a global scale. This is the first time we’re applying the same, though more advanced, techniques to a city. View more
18 Mar 2014 / Londonmapper at #geomob: Visualising London
Today I was invited to give a presentation at the quarterly #geomob meetup. In my talk I gave a short preview of the Londonmapper project. View more
15 Jan 2013 / London: ever growing, ever more unequal?
What is it about London? Population growth is slowing across most of Europe – people are having fewer children and, it could be argued, steps are being taken to try to reduce social inequalities. But London is unusual. View more
10 Dec 2012 / Mapping Britain’s Super-rich
London is by far the UK’s capital of the wealthiest – but how does this compare to the rest of the country? View more
02 Jul 2012 / London’s Health Inequalities
“London is a special city, London is incredibly diverse and London has its own unique health problems. View more
14 Jun 2012 / Mapping the global village
Changing times was the title of a session at this year’s Annual Symposium of the British Cartographic Society. View more
21 May 2012 / London’s Vote 2012
The old Mayor is the new Mayor of London as Boris Johnson secured a second term in office at this month’s election in the British capital. View more