Guided Reading: Map

Chris Peterson

BurgerMap: Alaska Burgers: Kriner’s Diner

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WEB SITE BurgerMap homepage, “How It Works” page, and bio page for the site’s creator, Chris Peterson. (All images: Chris Peterson—MIT Center for Civic Media.)

Attention, mappers!

Learn more about OpenStreetMap—how it works and who contributes to and edits the map—from the OpenStreetMap site.

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The following example is a typical interactive map. The BurgerMap site states its purpose simply: “The world’s best burgers. On a map.” The site was created and is hosted by Chris Peterson, a graduate student. He writes: “Maps help people find things. BurgerMap helps people find burgers.” To render the map below, we looked at the full-screen version of the BurgerMap, and clicked to focus on Alaska. Kriner’s Diner in Anchorage was among other burger spots identified and reviewed by BurgerMap users.

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