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The first instance of telescopic based lunar mapping occurred in the 1600’s, illustrating human’s obsession with the moon further. Poems, songs, books, motifs in the later–all of have been centered around the moon. As technology increased, humans began lunar mapping … Continue reading →

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/all-over-the-map/ Every week, National Geographic publishes new captivating and informative maps on their website. The maps posted cover a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to, basic topography, bike routes, art, and just plain old mapping history. If you … Continue reading →

https://mapsdesign.tumblr.com/ Beautiful maps, created by Dannys Hess, is a blog dedicated to old maps of every kind. On his blog are maps of everything from Panama to Manhattan, and even star charts. He chooses maps that not only show information but … Continue reading →

The “World Distribution of Spirochaetal Disease” was produced near the beginning of the Cold War in 1955 as one of 17 other maps included in The Atlas of Disease. In collaboration with the American Geographical Society, the United States Armed … Continue reading →

http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/ Andy Woodruff’s cartography blog is full of interesting and creative maps that he created using different techniques. Cartography is a continuously evolving field due to the new technology that is being created for data collection as well as for … Continue reading →

    Above is a complex yet fascinating map created by the congressional House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1956, a pivotal point within the Cold War era. The map itself is a constituent of a report given to congress … Continue reading →

First Map: Second Map: We all know that America is a diverse nation. It embraces people from all over the world. China is also a diverse country, but its diversity is not same as America’s. Even though most of Chinese … Continue reading →

This map was created by Maurice Gomberg in 1941 to predict a “New World Moral Order” after the conclusion of World War II. This map is broken up into two parts: the visual and the written. The visual component of … Continue reading →

The United States Department of Defense has appropriated nearly $3.7 trillion since 2001 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (Crawford, 2016). To effectively conduct military operations, reason stands that the United States invests heavily in its intelligence capabilities. One … Continue reading →

Considering I wrote about airplanes for my map of the week, I thought it would be fitting to look at trains for my atlas. The Canadian Rail Atlas is a comprehensive look at Canada’s near 45,000 kilometer rail system. The … Continue reading →