Cartography
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Mapographer – Art from Maps
I was just catching up on some emails after a hectic couple of days of grant writing, giving an exam, and grading, and Elaine, one of our readers, sent me […]
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Cartography, general, GeographyAwareness
NACIS Map Design Survey
The North American Cartographic Information Society has rolled out an online survey in order to gain and understanding of what the mapping community thinks about map design. The survey will […]
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Want to find your way around the NYC subway – consult your condom wrapper
New York City distributes approximately 1.5 million condoms each month in regular wrappers, but is still faced with large numbers of people who are contracting STDs and HIV. In an […]
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Cartography, general, Physical Geography
Melting ice in the Arctic revealing new coastline geography in Greenland
The New York Times has another article on the impacts of global warming, this one discusses how the melting of glacial ice is exposing new land area and changing our […]
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We don’t need no stinkin’ address!
What do you do if you have to send something to someone and can’t remember their address? Well if you live in the UK, apparently all you need to do […]
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Cartography, Education, general
Can you place the US States on a blank map?
It’s harder than you think. To test your skill, check out this flash game. It’s pretty tough, especially if you have to start with an interior state. The states come […]
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Cartography, Education, general
Zoom Into Maps- nice Library of Congress educational site
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 […]
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Digital copies of US federal land patents and survey plats
Back at the end of August, the US Bureau of Land Management’s General Land Office website made some of its survey plat collection available online as searchable images that can […]
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Springfield Map
Have you ever sat watching “The Simpsons” and think, “Hey, I wonder how far Homer has to travel to get to the power plant? Or Moe’s even?” Well now you […]
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US Population Statistics – Interactive Map
MSNBC has an interactive map with some stats on US population, including information about individual state population figures, population change, and population density. Along the bottom of the map window, […]
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