The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today’s maps of the World, Europe, the British Isles, Canada and the United States.
For instance, where you would normally expect to see the Sahara indicated, the Atlas gives you “The Tawny One”, derived from Arab. es-sahra “the fawn coloured, desert”.
Here is a True Names map of the USA. Click for more info.
I saw this poster created using a DEM from Lidar data. Very beautiful presentation of a river with a shallow elevation range.
Check out this story of the man behind the Cahill-Keyes world map projection. You can buy a high resolution 61″ x 29″ wall map of it by clicking below.
Crisp 4pt font and 0.05mm thick semi-transparent lines!
Super Bowl XLVIII will take place on Sunday, February 2, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. See where the game will be played and explore a series of maps that will tell you everything you need to know about the NFL’s annual championship game. Explore everything from live temperature feeds and transportation infrastructure in the New York/New Jersey region to the 10 coldest Super Bowls of all time.
Gotta love those robotic birds. The FAA predicted in 2012 that within 20 years time there could be as many as 30,000 drones flying over the US soil alone. Are you prepared to identify them? Get your survival guide today!
Interesting article about thieves that steal rare books and maps from libraries, like this guy:
William Jacques, an oil-company accountant dubbed the “Tome Raider” by the British press, was jailed for stealing rare books by Newton, Thomas Paine and others from Cambridge University and other libraries in the 1990s. When he was released, he promptly stole books from the Royal Horticultural Society. Many books remain missing, and he is now banned from all U.K. libraries.
Read more here.
Over 30 years ago, a man worked on this maze for over 7 years and no one knew about it until now. It is probably unsolvable. Check it out.
Apparently you can purchase a copy, though it is in high demand and on backorder: http://shop.spoon-tamago.com/collections/new/products/papas-maze
Here’s another one I found for your SoCalGIS info fix … and yes I am catching up from vacation! 🙂 -mike
In 1973, the United States Army produced training film TF5-4523 entitled, “The Mapmaking Process” which it described as explaining the “theory of mapmaking, and illustrates the methods and techniques used to produce maps; planning, surveying, compiling, and reproduction.” Retrieved from the National Archives, the training video is available in three parts for viewing.
Read more and watch the video posted on GIS Lounge:
Just in case you have not seen it all yet in 2013, The Lake Mosters of America map!
This link is from Bonnie at Manhattan Beach. Here are 27 incredible views that you would only see if you were a bird. Click on the image below.
