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Google’s World

By C.G. | Published: March 19, 2011

Alejo Malia created illustrations representing what life were like if Google Maps objects existed in real life. I’d love to have prints of these framed. Google’s World – Alejo Malia via Apartment Therapy

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590 Earthquakes in Japan Over Eight Days

By C.G. | Published: March 18, 2011

590. That’s the number of earthquakes Japan has experienced suffered over the last eight days. The animation starts out slow with two tremors of around 5M and then the big one strikes and its quake after quake after quake. It’s no wonder there is so much devastation. When I started looking at this interactive map, [...]

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Central Park Entire, The Definitive Illustrated Map

By C.G. | Published: February 1, 2011

Ken Chaya created the most detailed map of Central Park ever. It took him nearly two years to complete but nothing was left undocumented. Over 19,600 trees were accurately placed on the map, every stone labeled. Every tree symbol represents a real tree in the Park, and you can identify its genus or species with [...]

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Rare Map of New York City Restored

By C.G. | Published: January 20, 2011

The New York Times reports a rare map of New York City from 1770 has been found and restored. There were only three of these “Ratzer” maps (after Bernard Ratzer who is considered the Leonardo Da Vinci of cartography) known to exist. Two of them are in storage at the New York Historical Society and [...]

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Google Map of Animal Mass Die-Offs

By C.G. | Published: January 6, 2011

Someone created a Google Maps mashup showing the reports of mass animal die-offs. I had heard of the two in Arkansas, the one in Louisiana, and one in Sweden. Not the other 26 reports – some just as large. I wish I knew what the crazy conspiracy theorists were saying about all these die-offs. Google [...]

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