Mapping Supply and Demand

Nov 11, 2011   //   by 1000arms   //   Ideas to Innovate  //  No Comments

I’m looking for a GIS scientist to work with me on a science/art project.

Do you remember, when you were a kid, those layered transparencies of the human  body?  Capillaries, bones, muscles, organs, skin etc.  I’d like to make a layered map of NYS energy resources as a kind of artist book.  Solar maps, forest feedstocks, agricultural land, wind maps, silicon mines for solar panels,etc.  Overlaid with  roadways, waterways, electrical grid, natural gas lines etc.  Then a little energy intensity research, to indicate density of energy use.  Looking at it together, it will look like a colorful abstract painting. Just as we learned about our bodies, layering different subsets of our shared landscape, we will begin to brainstorm more efficient connection between natural resource supply and societal demand.

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