counted the most. As a National Geographic cartographer, I believe that is what mapmaking is all about: bridging the gap between art and geography. It's about linking the creative with the quantitative; the non-rational with the linear.

Most methodologies for approaching this problem seemed equal; however, some appeared 'more right' than others. To me, the overall project wasn't about the results, but the process. That's the beauty of subjectivity. Emotion and the stream of consciousness are capable of much more than data crunching and final results."