GPS Data Illuminates Tourists from Space

It ’s usually pretty well-off to stave off touristed swamps in New York — just dodge Times Square . But what if you want to be more exact than that ? Eric Fischer ’s magnificent “ Locals and Tourists ” maps show a metropolis ’s divided hangout .

Using pic geotags , Eric separated drab “ multitude who have take picture in this metropolis dated over a range of a calendar month or more ” ( locals ) and red “ people who seem to be a local of a unlike urban center and who took pictures in this city for less than a month ” ( tourists ) . The result are both beautiful and insightful . While some parts of the city are a swirl of insiders and foreigner , there are wide stretches that are photo - segregated . Fisher ’s work sweep city far beyond New York — from Budapest to Hong Kong . Turning cities into nonobjective , GPS - correlated red and blue heat maps does n’t make them impersonal — it open up the humankind down below . [ Eric FischerviaAlex Rainert ]

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