Archive for the 'Maps' Category
‘Citizen cartographers’ map the microcosms of the world
January 30th, 2010Washington Post – “Coast had the idea for OpenStreetMap in 2004, when he was a student living in London. Coast had a GPS and a laptop, you see, and he figured that with a little programming magic he could build a map of his local haunts that contained more useful information than any service he [...]
China Is Center of World on 1602 Map Shown in D.C.
January 21st, 2010Bloomberg – “In December, Deanna Marcum of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. got a call with an offer that was too good to refuse: a chance to exhibit a 400-year-old complete map of the world, the first China had seen.”
Wikipedia Edits in Real Time…With Maps
November 2nd, 2007This is almost as addictive as Twittervision (via)
We Need More Maps!!
September 11th, 2007Aaron Schmidt – “At the very least, enjoy the pretty map.”
We Need More Maps!!
August 26th, 2007How can librarians help Miss Teen South Carolina:
