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Aleppo Mapping

2018

A dense web of red, green and yellow lines maps the old city outline against black.

A map of the damaged and destroyed buildings in the old city of Aleppo, read as a web of strings.

The project shows how dense the damage is in each area. The damage data comes from UNOSAT. Every damaged location is a point, and lines tie the points to each other, so the web grows thick where the damage is heaviest.

Fig. 01The starting point: a satellite damage map of the city.

From points to a network

Fig. 02Damage points inside the city outline.

First the data is only dots on a blank outline: red and yellow, thick in the west and thin in the east.

Fig. 03Lines connect each location to its neighbours.

Shortest paths

Then the points are connected by their shortest paths. The network grows into a tree, with the main branches carrying most of the connections.

Fig. 04
Fig. 05

Two versions of the shortest-path network.

Fig. 06Lines drawn from each damaged point to a few centres.

Data made visible as a web of strings and relationships.

The city, before and after

Fig. 07
Fig. 08

Satellite imagery of two districts before and after. Source to confirm.

Fig. 09A second study of the network.
Place
Old city of Aleppo
Year
2018
Method
Mapping damage points, then connecting them with shortest paths
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Satellite map of Aleppo with red damage marks and a date scale along the lower edge.
Old city outline with scattered red and yellow dots marking damaged buildings.
Red and green lines connect marked locations across the pale old city outline.
Cyan branching paths form a network over red points on a black background.
Green branching paths link red points across a dark city outline.
Red lines radiate from marked locations across the pale city outline.
Paired satellite views show the same dense district before and after damage.
Two satellite views show the area around the Umayyad Mosque courtyard.
A dense red network of lines and points appears against a dark background.