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Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago

Meet the TTC cartographer giving its map a mega makeover | CBC News

TTC cartographer Alex Blackwell redesigned Toronto's transit map to add Finch and Eglinton LRTs, requiring about 20,000 map replacements and multiple design compromises.
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

Why Does Greenland Look So Big on the Map?

If you did this, you were probably struck by one thing above all else: Greenland is huge. Freaking huge. It looks about twice as big as the U.S., roughly as big as North America and Central America combined. And despite the public waffling between saying we need it for its military or natural resource offerings, this is probably the reason Trump wants it.
US politics
Design
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
4 weeks ago

Hand-drawn map of the hills is Berkeley tattoo artist's love letter' to her new home

An illustrator and tattoo artist hand-drew a vintage-style pictorial map of the Berkeley Hills inspired by local paths, landmarks, nature and neighborhood character.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Is it time to redraw our maps?

Conventional maps present nation-states as neat, homogeneous units, obscuring internal variation and inequality and prompting calls for mobility-focused, human-centered mapping.
History
fromMail Online
2 months ago

First 'Bible map' still influences how we think about borders

A 1525 Bible map misoriented the Holy Land but popularized territorial divisions, influencing modern perceptions of borders.
History
fromianVisits
3 months ago

Warning: This exhibition contains classified maps. Also the word 'Secret' about 9,000 times

Maps function as political tools used for state control, secrecy, surveillance, and revealing hidden infrastructure.
Data science
fromFlowingData
4 months ago

Explaining the true size of Africa, a lesson in map projections

Africa's landmass is far larger than commonly portrayed, and Mercator projection significantly distorts relative sizes compared with equal-area projections.
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fromFortune
5 months ago
World news

African Union endorses campaign to finally fix the maps that massively understate how big the continent really is

fromFortune
5 months ago
World news

African Union endorses campaign to finally fix the maps that massively understate how big the continent really is

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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

African Union joins call for true-to-size world map to replace Mercator version

The Mercator map distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles while shrinking Africa and South America. This false representation influences media, education, and policy.
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Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

From Madonna to New Order and Oasis, one man's odyssey to make an atlas of album cover maps'

Maps have significantly influenced album cover design, inspiring a unique coffee table book titled 'Maps on Vinyl'.
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fromColossal
7 months ago
Arts

Faith XLVII Sews Textiles Made from World Maps and Currency to Explore the 'Veins of the World'

Faith XLVII's artwork challenges perceptions of value, borders, and geopolitical systems through deconstructed maps and currency.
fromColossal
7 months ago
Arts

Faith XLVII Sews Textiles Made from World Maps and Currency to Explore the 'Veins of the World'

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London
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Looking for the last human place on the internet? Try Google Maps

Google Maps offers entertainment value beyond navigation, as users explore geographical features and local oddities.
A community of local guides enriches Google Maps with user-generated content.
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