Benjamin Wellington is a principal and co-founder of Landscape Metrics LCC, a visualization studio based in Brooklyn. Through his academic and professional work, Benjamin has come to see maps as powerfully shaping our perception and experience of places. His interest in the design potential of cartography has driven his participation in a host of geospatial projects while working as an urban planner, a design researcher, and a landscape designer. Benjamin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geographical Studies from the University of Chicago and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and has expertise in geographic information systems, data visualization, and JavaScript.