Monthly Archives: October 2014

Atlas of the Week: Atlas for the Blind

Posted on October 23, 2014 by

Atlas for the Blind The David Rumsey Map Collection has preserved and digitized this unique 1837 atlas of the United States.  Made by Samuel Gridley Howe to help children at the New England Institute for the Education of the Blind, … Continue reading →

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Blog of the Week: GeaCron

Posted on October 23, 2014 by

GeaCron Home Page GeaCron is a site dedicated to visualizing historical events around the globe.  With viewing selections such as time period, area, or event, one can truly get a sense of the changing dynamic of political power throughout our … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week: Lloyd’s American Railroad Map

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

  Library of Congress Enlarged Version In the spotlight this week is an 1861 map of the extent of the rail system of the United States, entitled ‘Lloyd’s American Railroad Map.’  James T. Lloyd, the cartographer and designer of this … Continue reading →

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Map of the week: The Geography of Genius

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/the-geography-of-genius Taking an abstract piece of data and turning them into something that can be looked at and understood easily is what cartographers strive for. Frank Jacobs did this when he produced The Geography of Genius for the book Human … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/digital-universe/ This atlas is really interesting because it’s mapping something that we don’t know very well. It might be a stretch but it can be directly related to what we are learning in class. This atlas certainly doesn’t reproduce reality. … Continue reading →

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Blog of the Week:

Posted on October 22, 2014 by

http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/ This blog has some really interesting maps and some funny posts. One of my favorite maps on this blog is one that shows how skewed mercator maps can be. I knew these maps were skewed, but not to this … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week: Omniatlas

Posted on October 21, 2014 by

http://maps.omniatlas.com/ Omniatlas maps regions of the world overdecades and centuries, showing how each region changed over the years. Simply click a button to advance to the next event in that region’s history and see how the geography of that region … Continue reading →

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Altas of The Week

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Shuyi Chen

http://maps.nrel.gov/mhk_atlas This is a National Renewable Energy Laboratory link mainly about the water, such as the wave, ocean current, and tidal stream. What I found interesting is that it includes many mapping and assessment of the United States specifically. Just … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week:A World In A “Color book”

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Shuyi Chen

Are you sure this is a map? Seems like I entered a zoo. The Map we see here was produced during the World War I. It draws our attention to the medley of colors and animals, much like a children’s … Continue reading →

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Map of the Week: Electrical Sockets of the World, and Why the United States’ Socket is the Best

Posted on October 21, 2014 by

There are many things people have to worry about when they travel to another country: Are their passports up-to-date? Do they have enough money to convert to a local currency? Will their electrically-powered devices plug in? While the trouble caused … Continue reading →

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