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Favorite Maps

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:38 pm
by NME
I have a healthy addiction to all forms of maps......All links are safe!

This is one of my favorites.

:arrow: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet ... 8%7E1&mi=1#

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:12 pm
by NME
Most of you have probably seen these around the web, but I figured I'd use a collection compiled by the Washington Post rather than some random buzz feed post.

:arrow: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wor ... the-world/

Re: Favorite Map (Historical)

Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:54 am
by Gaara
28. Go Finland lol :woot:

Very interesting facts :)

40. Is my favorite ^^

Re: Favorite Map (Historical)

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:38 am
by Tacityl
That is 84 kinds of cool. Bookmarkified for posterity!

Re: Favorite Map

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:51 am
by NME
Whoever made this definitely chose the right music, establishing a sense of wonder.

Child and Adult friendly flash displaying the scale of the universe.

:arrow: http://htwins.net/scale2/



Old news to the astronomy world, but I'm just glad its getting mainstream coverage.
:arrow: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/26/tech/inno ... index.html

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:43 pm
by NME
In case people have not experienced this yet, i'm sure most of you have, this will give you a good idea about the lands of GOT. It's pretty straightforward and easy to use and very obvious on how to avoid spoilers. Just stay away from the progression slider at the top right.

:arrow: http://quartermaester.info

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:57 pm
by Birko
This is my favourite GoT map. Westeros only and tells the stories, if you know them, without being spoilers.
1.6Mb
http://nerdapproved.com/wp-content/uplo ... os-map.jpg
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Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:58 pm
by NME
Brilliant! Thank you!

I figured i might as well plop this into post....
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Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 1:16 pm
by NME
Heard people talking about languages last week and thought of this, although the publisher did not state what census report they used I would say it's fairly accurate.
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This is clearly not a map, and actually depressing, but i think it's worth a thought nonetheless.
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Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:56 pm
by NME
Ever wonder where the money is going? I thought this interactive chart was pretty cool.

:arrow: http://www.torre.nl/remittances/

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:04 am
by Gaara
NME wrote:Ever wonder where the money is going? I thought this interactive chart was pretty cool.

:arrow: http://www.torre.nl/remittances/
very interesting indeed :nod:

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:50 am
by Birko
That is a graphically beautiful map, but conceptually disturbing.
The retina of the world's woes?
Really stunning.

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:56 am
by NME
Yuuuuuup! Going to try and stay clear of living near these areas.

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Link For Whole Picture (I'll re-size later)
:arrow: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.p ... iaTypeID=1

Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:46 pm
by NME
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Re: Favorite Maps

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:19 pm
by NME
So Sad :x

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My first map came from this collection, and intend to have it count as 1000 future posts.
:arrow: http://www.davidrumsey.com/view/view