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Archives

Since March 2003, I’ve posted a total of 3,561 entries. You can explore them by visiting the archives index, or by choosing one of the monthly or category archives below:

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Recent Entries

• Why More Cameras Don’t Come with GPS (July 29)
• Ottawa Citizen Profiles Tomlinson (July 28)
• Londonist’s Directory of London Maps (July 28)
• Aquatic Dead Zones, Etc. (July 26)
• Isochrone Maps in Google Maps (July 26)
• The Map and the Mind (July 26)
• An Astronomy Roundup: Mars, Microsoft and More (July 24)
• Darker Than You Think (July 23)
• Map Lampshades (July 23)
• This American Life on Mapping in 1998 (July 21)

Recent Comments

• Jonathan Crowe on 976 Map Apps and Counting (July 6)
• Selgart on 976 Map Apps and Counting (July 5)
• Azolnai on More Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Maps (June 27)
• Anthony on Russian Mapmaking and the Legacy of Soviet Secrecy (June 26)
• Anthony on Russian Mapmaking and the Legacy of Soviet Secrecy (June 26)
• Flavius on The Value-by-Alpha Map: An Alternative to the Cartogram (June 15)
• Seth Stark on ‘The Whole Southern Half of the Globe’ (June 14)
• LH2004 on More Fun with Google Maps Errors (June 4)
• russellharrison.com on Woman Sues Google for Walking Directions After Being Hit by a Car (June 3)
• Thoughtless Miscreant on More Fun with Google Maps Errors (June 3)