Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, many believed California was a remote island with plenty of gold, free-loving amazons, and strange beasts.
A new exhibit at Cal State Fullerton’s Pollak Library features a selection of maps from the Roy V. Boswell Collection for the History of Cartography, one of the University’s special collections. The exhibit, “California As an Island and Worlds That Never Were,” will be on display Jan. 22 to March 29 in the Salz-Pollak Atrium Gallery.
Looking to go on a road trip? If you know your stops, why not let Python figure out the most optimum route for you? Click below to learn how it is done.
52 19th and early 20th century maps of California have been added to the California Historical Society’s new Digital Library. The images represent a sampling of unique or uncommonly held titles ranging geographically from an 1863 map of the copper region of Del Norte County in the north, to a circa 1866 Topographical Map Showing the Locations of the Sutro Tunnel and the Comstock Lode, to a colorful 1913 townsite map of Date City (now called Calipatria) in Imperial County in the south. In between are city, county, mining, real property, water-supply, road, and railroad maps of various localities throughout the state. Check it out!
This interesting interactive map makes it possible for you to click on an icon to get directions on where to sit to get the best Wi-Fi access as well as instructions for entering the password. Check it out!
I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As usual, you should check out the Christmas Map as well as The Physics of Santa Claus.
And if you are looking for something to do with the family, head on over to the new Santa’s Village in Skyforest. -mike
Check out this story about James Niehues, the person that hand paints all those ski resort maps that you probably have used or seen before.
Check out these maps and article about 15 fast food chains that dominate in the US.
An island in a lake on and island in a lake on an island … the Canadian Arctic Archipelago is home to the world’s largest third order island. Check it out!
Here is an interesting article from the UK about how map reading seems to be a lost art. People have stopped being able to read maps in the age of automatic mapping … people are instead increasingly read by maps! Map reading should be a basic life skill and maybe we should start teaching it in schools again.
Today is GIS Day! If you are looking for a place to check out, may I suggest the GIS Day celebration at Los Angeles County. They put on a big show and have many booths and presentations.
You can find other places that are celebrating GIS Day by checking out the GIS Day map below.
Happy GIS Day!
