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These Lovely Maps Trace the Most Picturesque Routes of Every City in the World
Mapbox's Eric Fischer has been working on the "Geotaggers' World Atlas" for five years, using locations of photos uploaded on Flickr over a decade. In his city maps, which now span the world, he connects the dots between subsequent photos taken by a photographer—representing their path in sketchy lines that criss-cross across the city.
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Your World Map is Hiding Something
The Mercator projection, the world map we all know, is missing parts of the world because it is cropped at both ends. If you uncrop the bottom, here is the part you don't normally see.
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The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature
The more one knows of its peculiar history, the more one realizes that wilderness is not quite what it seems. Far from being the one place on earth that stands apart from humanity, it is quite profoundly a human creation—indeed, the creation of very particular human cultures at very particular moments in human history. It is not a pristine sanctuary where the last remnant of an untouched, endangered, but still transcendent nature can for at least a little while longer be encountered without the contaminating taint of civilization. Instead, it’s a product of that civilization.
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Here's Where to Find the Best Views on Earth
A bold challenge, to be sure, but in this week's Maphead, Ken Jennings seeks out the mountaintops with the longest lines of sight.
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The New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brightness
Light pollution in urban centers creates a sky glow that can blot out the stars. The brighter the area in this zoomable map, the harder it is to see stars and constellations in the night sky. In the United States, national parks are often a refuge for darkness; national parks are shown in purple in the map below. Check out the globe version of the atlas, too (not compatible with Chrome).
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10 Places Nearly Wiped Off the Map
Here today...
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The History of Barcelona, in 26 Interactive Maps
Watch the city evolve from 150 A.D. to 2010.
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Interactive Map of U.S. River Systems
Made with data available from the U.S. Geological Service and the EPA.
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Where ‘Not in My Backyard’ Prevails, Equality Does Not
A growing body of economic literature suggests that efforts in America aimed at things like “maintaining neighborhood character” contribute to segregation and lead to stagnation.
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Six maps that will make you rethink the world
The typical world map that hangs on the walls of classrooms is essentially obsolete, says the author of a new book.
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Compare Countries With This Simple Tool
Drag and drop countries around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa? You may be surprised at what you find! A great tool for educators.
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First Map Of Thawed Areas Under Greenland Ice Sheet
NASA researchers have helped produce the first map showing what parts of the bottom of the massive Greenland Ice Sheet are thawed.
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How Big Coal summoned Wall Street and faced a whirlwind
Over four decades, the Hobet coal mine transformed from a small operation to a magnet for corporate buyouts. Its shift tells a larger story of coal in decline.
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Google Maps did not ‘delete’ Palestine — but it does impact how you see it
Protesters think Google wiped Palestine from its maps. The truth is far more complicated. In their attempts to dispassionately document the physical world online, tech companies often end up shaping our understanding of it, too.
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What life is really like in ‘America’s worst place to live’
One of the big dangers of our glorious, new quantified world is the emergence of a type of numeric stereotyping — of insights hardened into dogma by the weight of a thousand data sets.
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McMansions 101: What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture?
Sometimes people ask, why is xyz house bad? Asking this question does not imply that the asker has bad taste or no taste whatsoever - it means that they are simply not educated in basic architectural concepts. In this post, I will introduce basic architectural concepts and explain why not all suburban/exurban/residential houses are McMansions, as well as what makes a McMansion especially hideous.
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The Star-Studded Story Behind Ko Tapu, the most Famous Islet in Thailand
You've undoubtedly seen photos of this craggy karst tower shooting into the sky from turquoise waters. But what's the story behind this surreal locale?
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New Map Shows Where Earth Has Gained and Lost Land
Scientists who mapped where land and water have shifted were surprised to find that Earth has gained more land than it has lost since 1985.
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The place furthest from land is known as Point Nemo
One spot in the ocean is further from land than any other, and it is a rather peculiar place
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This Map of the World Just Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award
The 2016 Good Design Award results were announced recently with awards going to over 1000 entries in several different categories. But the coveted Grand Award of Japan's most well-known design award, given to just 1 entry, was announced today.
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