Stillness Map 1: Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Description: Semi-abstract representation of the locations of commercial ships off the coast of southern California between November 27th and December 5th– the duration of an International Longshore and Warehouse Union strike. Only points recorded while the ship’s status was set to “at anchor” are shown here. The shape and orientation of symbols on this map are based on each ship’s length and heading. A more detailed article about this map has been published in Livingmaps Review.

Published: 2021

Data sources: MarineCadastre.gov; Unsplash (for textures)

Tools: QGIS; Adobe Photoshop

Media: Digital, static