Putting Downtown Muncie on the Map: Cartography for Businesses, Arts and History

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Title

Putting Downtown Muncie on the Map: Cartography for Businesses, Arts and History

Subject

Online mapping, cartography, Downtown Muncie

Description

This immersive learning project is part of GEOG434 (Maps, Environment, and Society) in Spring 2021. Working together with local community partners, students will plan, discuss and produce maps for organizations and businesses in Downtown Muncie. In the light of the economic impacts of COVID-19 on local economy, the focus is on the cartographic and visual support for downtown Muncie to put this part of town “on the map” and attract customers and visitors.

Creator

GEOG434 (Maps, Environment, and Society), Spring 2021

Date

Spring Semester 2021

Contributor

Bailey Brooks, Elijah Dale, Cade Deckard, Natalie Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Gates, Jacob Haas, Zach Hagemeier , Alexander Janke , Callie Jessee, Aaron Jones , Camryn Leatherman, Trenton Maloney, Chloe Mannan, Luke Maskal, Ronald Olney , Gregory Padgett, Ayrton Phillips , Morgan Taylor, Miles Vale, Benjamin Waggoner, Ryan Watkins

Collection Items

Research for Ghost Tour
Multiple images and newspaper clippings found when researching the current parking lots

Division of Labor Map for Ghost Parking Lot Tour
This is the map that was used at the very beginning stages of the project when the group decided which parking lots to research.

Ghost Tour Advertisement Pamphlet
This is one of the advertisements used for the Ghost Parking Lot Tour project that was sent to organizations in hopes of them aiding in research.

Parking Lot Ghost Tour research map
This is an example of some of the responses received after interviews, emails, and phone calls. This particular map was sent by Chris Flook with the Historical Society. Attached with this image was a PDF of information matching the numbers.
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