Tracings Gallery

In the first phase of the Deep Map project, each student was tasked with studying her/his historical map and identifying the four signature elements of the map's design. Students then isolated each of these on individual layers using good old-fashioned pencil, paper, and elbow grease. 

In the Tracings Gallery you will find the results, organized by map. Click on a map title to see the associated tracing projects. Click on the individual layers to read detailed descriptions as well as to inspect the layer images. You will also want to look over the tag catalog of map elements with which the analysis began. Which elements fell away, and which were eventually identified as core elements of the map design?