CUNY Mapping Service
The CUNY Mapping Service at CUR engages with foundations, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and other CUNY researchers to use spatial information and analysis techniques to develop and execute applied research projects. The project is directed by Steven Romalewski, who joined the Center for Urban Research in January 2006. Our team includes Will Field, Valerie Bauer, and other graduate students over the years.
The CUNY Master Plan 2016-2020 highlights the Mapping Service as an example of how the Center for Urban Research, along with other CUNY research centers, helps to further CUNY's expertise in urban issues. (see pp. 93-94 of the Master Plan)
We specialize in the development of online applications that provide intuitive access to powerful data sets, displayed visually through interactive maps and in other formats.
Other activities of the Mapping Service include:
-
using spatial information and analysis techniques to develop and execute applied research projects on a grant-funded or fee-for-service basis with government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations;
-
using spatial analysis techniques to assist CUNY, government agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations to undertake strategic planning;
- furthering the development of the OASIS NYC partnership;
-
consulting with groups in other cities engaged in similarly collaborative web-based projects;
-
enhancing the delivery of other interactive online mapping applications;
-
providing educational services around geographic information systems (GIS) through workshops, seminars, conference presentations, continuing education programs, and in collaboration with other institutions; and
-
participating in computer mapping and data access networks in New York and nationally.
The Mapping Service also helps support CUR's work including the use of spatial analysis techniques to help CUNY's Central Office advance the mission of the university.
Our Research
-
Redistricting and You online map - US, New York, and Virginia versions (2022)
-
Census 2020 Hard to Count Map (2020-2021)
- NYC Campaign Contributions Mapped Online – 2013, 2017 and 2021
- Hudson River-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan map (2017)
- New Hampshire Presidential Primary 2016
- Long Island Index
- Long Island Index Interactive Map (2008-2017)
- Long Island Multifamily Housing Map (2016)
- 2008 Index Data Analysis
- Special Districts Election Finder (no longer online)
- Long Island Historical Census Atlas (2015)
- Electoral Maps of NY's 11th Congressional District (2015)
- Who Represents Me: NYC (2015)
- New Subway Station in NYC: Hudson Yards (2015)
- NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program Citizen Science monitoring program (2014)
- NYC Election Atlas (2013)
- New York Senate and Assembly Districts 2012: Eligible Voters Mapped
- New York Congressional Districts 2012: Eligible Voters Mapped
- Interactive Redistricting Maps for the 2010-2013 Election Cycle
- Visualizing a Changing Region, Block by Block (2011)
- 40 Years of Changing Demographics (2010)
- 2008 Presidential Election Voting Results and Analysis
- NYC Subway and Bus Data in GIS Format (2010)
- Geocoding at CUR (ongoing - last updated 2009)
- NYC OASIS: The Open Accessible Space Information System (2009)
- USDA Forest Service's Stewardship Mapping Network (2007)
- Handheld Mapping and Data Capture with NYC Department of Finance (2007)
- Willets Point Land Use Study (2006)
