In maps (as inwards life) boundaries oftentimes seem to endure fluid entities. This seems particularly truthful when considering local neighborhood boundaries, where it tin endure real hard to detect fifty-fifty 2 people who concord on the borders of their local neighborhoods.
The Neighborhoods Mapping Project wants y'all to forget virtually what Google & Apple maps say y'all virtually your local communities as well as instead map your ain local neighborhoods. The trial is a crowd-sourced map of Portland, Seattle as well as Vancouver neighborhoods.
No names or boundaries are included inwards the initial map persuasion of each city. Local citizens tin thus map their ain ideas virtually their local neighborhoods. To showtime adding neighborhoods to the map simply click on the 'start mapping' button. You tin as well as so role the drawing tools to describe around a neighborhood on the map. When y'all bring finished your neighborhood boundary y'all tin cite the surface area as well as laissez passer on it a description.
Once you've finished drawing your neighborhoods on the map (or if y'all simply desire to run into what other people bring mapped) y'all tin pick out the 'view maps' option. Do this as well as the crowd-sourced neighborhoods volition endure outlined on the map. Click on an surface area on the map as well as y'all tin read what others bring called the neighborhood as well as how they define the area.
If y'all don't alive inwards Portland, Seattle or Vancouver y'all tin ever showtime your ain crowd-sourced neighborhood map yesteryear forking the projection on GitHub.
