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Cartophilia: Maps and Map Memorabilia

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Cartophilia · 4M ago

Stop SOPA and PIPA

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Cartophilia · 4M ago

Accepting the Reality That I Am No Longer a "Blogger"

Hey, it was fun, but as you have no doubt noticed, I'm just not in to this whole map blogging thing any more. It's not that I love maps and map memorabilia any less, but I have so many other things happening in my life that continue to be a higher priority. So, rather than prolong the agony, I will
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Cartophilia · 6M ago

Confucius Say, Handle With Care

Current magazine spotted on the shelf today: Upfront is a magazine for classroom use to encourage students to become aware of current issues. If we do not handle with care, I'm not sure I want to know our fortune...  
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Cartophilia · 7M ago

Maps Still On My Mind

It has been pointed out to me that I haven't been posting here very often. I've been so busy I hadn't noticed! But that doesn't mean I'm not still loving the maps. Right now, I'm excited because I finally got my hands on a copy of Ken Jennings' new book, Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of
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Cartophilia · 8M ago

Human Cannonball

I suppose this is only tangentially about maps... but here goes. I started the evening last night at Riverscape, Dayton's excellent downtown outdoor music venue. Enjoyed listening to a local band, Human Cannonball. Not only did I enjoy the music, but two other geeky things caught my eye... A map t-
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Cartophilia · 8M ago

Interstate 90 in one shot

Yeah, yeah, I know, it's been a while. Sorry, I've been busy, and we have a baby on the way, and class starts again soon. Perfect time for an epic road trip! Mrs. Thatsaabguy and I attend Gen Con every year, the biggest gaming convention in these United States - we did, in fact, get married the
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Cartophilia · 9M ago

The Northwest Passage

This morning, on National Public Radio, there was a report on how the shrinking Arctic polar icecap may finally open the explorer's dream, the fabled Northwest Passage: The Arctic may be the world's next geopolitical battleground. Temperatures there are rising faster than anywhere else in the worl
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Cartophilia · 10M ago

Baby, It's Hot Outside

Much of the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing extremely hot temperatures this month. Naturally, this brings on talk of global warming, which also means lots of burning globe illustrations. After reading this article, Politicizing Extinction, I decided to see how many other "hot earth" images I cou
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Cartophilia · 10M ago

More Carto Hot Hate

The only weather map you’ll need this summer: HT to Kate
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Cartophilia · 10M ago

The Connected States of America

From paintandink:MIT's Senseable City Lab did a study on the connections demonstrated by cell phone calls in America, and although, at a glance, it looks like the study has some flaws (they only used data from their sponsor AT&T, for example, which would leave out communities without good AT&T cover
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