Interpersonal lines relate to relationships with others: parents, children, friends, or colleagues. They may also illustrate our spatial relationship with groups of people, associations, religious communities, or workplaces, to name just a few examples.

Interpersonal lines show how an individual’s relationships with the outside world are transposed into the two-dimensional environment of a geographical map. When they carry shared meaning, the places crossed by a line will shed new light on the relationship initially established.

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The death of Lady Di and her companion Dodi Al Fayed, a Muslim of Egyptian origin, triggered an unprecedented wave of emotion worldwide. Here, we will examine the mysterious car crash that claimed their lives through the lens of symplanicity.