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Expansionist Energies and Political Synergies: Unpacking the Brave New World of DOGE

2 months ago

from Musings on Maps in cartography

Donald Trump has so skillfully adopted terms and coopted concepts by slapping his name on them to rebrand them as his own, in ways we may do well to...

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Mapping Whale Superhighways

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Random Italy Maps

2 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

I will finish off my series of posts from my recent trip to Italy with a few random maps I saw in my travels. Hopefully these are interesting beyond...

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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Forecasts

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Taming the Frontier, Part 2

2 months ago

from Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places in cartography

The drive up to Michigan was something I did for myself, and I visited a number of historical and cultural sites along the way. But I took the trip to...

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Belt & Road vs TACO

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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The First Ghetto

2 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

The first ghetto was established in 1516 in Venice, Italy. Jewish residents were forced to live in a small industrial area by the government and...

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Taxing for War

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Make a cross stitch style map in ArcGIS Pro

2 months ago

from Adventures In Mapping in cartography

Yes, yes, maps are spatial communication devices and we can obsess over precision and clarity. But it all depends on your map’s purpose. Maps are also...

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The Largest Gathering in Human History

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Taming the Frontier, Part 1

2 months ago

from Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places in cartography

I didn’t have a proper vacation in awhile. Then, unexpectedly, I had abundant time on my hands. I also needed to bring a kid home from Michigan State...

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Unlocking Google’s Hidden Maps

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

24

Panorama Italia Tapestry

2 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

There was no Map of the Week last week. That is because I was on vacation in northern Italy with my wife and brother in law who provided some local...

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Map Any Event in History (or Fiction)

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Planetfall

2 months ago

from somethingaboutmaps in cartography

Gentle readers, I have just wrapped up a fun side project that will be of great interest to a very small number of you. The result of one of the most...

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Who Are “The Laurentian Elite?” Where Is “Laurentian Canada?” & Why Do Americans Ignore the Saint Lawrence River?  

2 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Canada’s western separatists often refer disparagingly to “the Laurentian elite” and “Laurentian Canada,” terms that are not familiar to most readers...

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Where Americans Live

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Canada’s Population Is Clustered Near the Southern Border, Yet Is Nonetheless Distanced from the United States

2 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Although it is often claimed that 90 percent of the people of Canada live within 100 miles of the U.S. border, this assertion is of dubious validity....

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The Atlas of Drowned Towns

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Exploring the Urban/Rural Electoral Divide in Canada, and Its Exceptions

2 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Although the Canadian electorate is more leftwing than that of the United States, the two counties have similar electoral geographies (see the...

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The Meaning Behind Our Place Names

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Comparing Recent Patterns of Electoral Geography in the United States and Canada (Part 1: State/Province Level)

2 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Comparing electoral maps of Canada and the United States is a challenging exercise. The two countries have markedly different political systems: the...

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A Panorama of Victorian London

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

29

Map of the Month: An Experiment

2 months ago

from somethingaboutmaps in cartography

Friends, you might remember that, last year, I wrote to you about how I was finally able to see a dream I’d had for many years come true: bringing...

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A Major Win for the Left in Canada’s 2025 Election – But Not in Alberta or Saskatchewan

2 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

The Conservative Party was widely expected to win Canada’s April 28 federal election. As recently as January 2025, the party was polling well ahead of...

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Mapping Your Future Climate Risks

2 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Where Does Your Water Go?

3 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

I found this tool six years ago and meant to post it but forgot until now. Fortunately it still works and is still pretty cool. You can click anywhere...

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Serendipitous Street View Fun

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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A Semi-Serious Historically Based Alternative World Regionalization Model

3 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

As I argued in the previous Geo-Currents post, the semi-standard world regional model is indispensable for understanding global geography. But as it...

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Mapping The Surf

3 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Malin and Mizen is a company that makes specialty maps like the California Surf Map   I love the wavy lines and details showing ideal wind and swell...

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Mapping the Sudanese Civil War

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Problematic Countries in the World Regional Model

3 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

While the continental model is ostensibly based on physical features, the world regional model is keyed more to geopolitical factors. As a result, it...

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19th Century Street View of Chicago

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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van Gogh style wind map

3 months ago

from Adventures In Mapping in cartography

Here’s how to use compositing to tint flowing wind patterns by underlying terrain colors. Why? Because rather than a basemap providing some context...

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Introducing Smart Maps

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Adding New “Continents” to the Map of the World – and thus Approaching the World-Regional Model

3 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Almost all maps found in online image searches of “continents map” depict the standard seven-continent model of the U.S. educational establishment. A...

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Find Your Birthday Tree

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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The Problem of Mapping Transcontinental Countries

3 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

As noted in the previous post, most maps of continents found in online images searches divide several countries, particularly Russia and Turkey, along...

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Letts’s Bird’s Eye View of the Approaches to India

3 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Is this a map, a landscape painting or a beautiful piece of propaganda? This panoramic map was produced at the beginning of the 1900’s in London by...

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Snakes on a Plane(t)

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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The Conceptual Incoherence of the Standard Continental Model

3 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

The division of the terrestrial world into seven continents is seemingly the simplest topic in geography, yet it is actually one of the most complex –...

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Some Musical Maps in Motion

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Tracking the Disappeared

3 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

The United States Disappeared Tracker is a new Tableau visualization from Danielle Harlow. It shows where people have been taken into custody by...

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Hyperlocal Social Media

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Floristic Kingdoms and the Architecture of Continents

3 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

The two previous GeoCurrents posts examined the biological significance of continents by looking at the distribution of animals. It is time now to...

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Celebrating 20 Years of Maps Mania

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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2025 AFC Freelancer Survey

3 months ago

from somethingaboutmaps in cartography

Though it’s been about a week since we sent it out there, I just recalled that I haven’t alerted all of you to the 2025 edition of the freelance...

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Spinning at a Thousand Miles an Hour

3 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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A Usefully Useless Projection

4 months ago

from somethingaboutmaps in cartography

Friends, I’m excited to share that I have just completed a world physical map, in my new asymmetric monstrosity projection. It’s free to download, or...

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The Most Beautiful Places in the World

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography