Zoom Into Maps is a nice educational tool for an introduction to historic maps and the Library of Congress’ digital map collections. There are digital images of maps on various themes, including exploration, migration, local places, and, since it’s getting close to election time, I especially enjoyed looking at the original broad-side from 1812 popularizing
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 65
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 65 October 15, 2006 Main Topic: How ‘real’ is real enough? Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Can you pass the third grade?
This is an old but fun flash map of the United States that gives you a timed test to fill in the map. Its a little touchy how you drag and drop things but really fun. It was at the Pasadena IBM Users Group site. For more fun kids geography games you can also go
BBC NEWS | The map gap
I am not sure if this has made the rounds yet, but the BBC has an article that talks about…wait for it…PROJECTIONS. It starts off as human interest piece about the sell of the Cosmographia, but quickly extends to broader ideas. This article is great (at least at 1:30 AM) and is more insightful than
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