Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Strange Maps is a pretty good way to waste an afternoon, though no guarantee the info is accurate.

These historical interactive maps of mostly Western civilization give a visual for history.

Stargaze is a great free download that gives you nightly interactive sky maps for anywhere in the world. It's still a map...

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Minard's chart of Napoleon's troops in Russia is not exactly a map, but it does relate the campaign to a series of cities, moving East (and then retreating.) The chart displays proportionally the number of troops Napoleon started out with (over 400,000) and how many made it back (10,000.) Below, the graph displays the sub-zero Russian winter temperatures during the retreat.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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