Post-Secondary Bostonian Cultural Influences on Modern Thought

Within the Boston Metropolitan Area, numerous colleges and universities exist with varied local, regional, and even national influences beyond campus grounds. While Harvard University, the oldest post-secondary educational institution of the United States of America, is often associated with the pinnacle of success and the lifestyle provided to the highest of high elites, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is also of quite a significant sizable influence on the Boston region and across the United States and even the globe. While not commonly associated with nor comparable to Harvard or MIT, additional institutions exist, such as Boston College, Boston University, Tufts, and even UMass Boston have sizable influences on the surrounding communities, region, and in select cases, even beyond New England.

Advocacy for OpenStreetMap Contribution ← New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

Following a successful mapping expeience along the Alabama-Mississippi state line, primarily within Alabama but angling toward the Mississippi side of the line while approaching the Gulf of <insert name here; redacted due to political tensions>, I have continued my journey into the State of Louisiana, particularly in the following parishes:

• Plaquemines Parish
• Orleans Parish
• St. Tammany Parish

Within the Gulf Coast region in general, I am also asking for your contributions from the following counties in Alabama and Mississippi:

• Jackson County, Mississippi
• George County, Mississippi
• Mobile County, Alabama
• Washington County, Alabama
• Choctaw County, Alabama

With your support and contributions to the OpenStreetMap database, the map can–and will–become more advanced–and detailed–even reflecting the fact that county lines are often crossed unnoticed. For instance, when one is leaving Mobile County and entering rural Washington County to the north (both Alabama), the mapping data may not remain continuous: There is virtually no green in rural Washington County, even though the more rural parts of the northern edge of Mobile County contain substantial greenery.

For more information about a community that has not yet been covered via the novaTop QGIS Project, please expect to gain such information within the next three to six months, if not sooner.