Google versus Yahoo -- Comparing the Map APIs : http://www.enterprisej2me.com/blog/java/?postid=155

Restricted Zones Map : http://www.zone-interdite.net/level_01/

Cartography Shop : http://cartographyshop.thegamecreators.com/ from The Game Creators. ("They had a demo to tryout . Even with a $60 price tag, it is the best entry level game map editor available.") Via http://www.binhqx.com/archives/2005/12/cool_map_making.html

All time most popular tags : http://flickr.com/photos/tags/

Making Maps : http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1593852002/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3818525-0357457 Online pdf exerpts : What is a Map? , Why are you Making your Map? , Mappable Data , Map Making Tools , Geographic Framework , Map Layout , Intellectual and Visual Hierarchies , Map Generalization and Classification , Map Symbolization , Type on Maps , Color on Maps , Finishing your MapIndex

PRESENTING THE GLOBE WITH A REGULAR POLYHEDRON : http://www.datamap-bg.com/conference_cd/pdf/40_328_Valev.pdf

zoom Attribute zoom Property : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/zoom.asp HTML and CSS > HTML and DHTML Reference > Properties

Pxn8 : http://www.pxn8.com/ is a free online image editor with a user interface developed with standard web technologies. No software needs to be downloaded or installed to use Pxn8.

Map Galleries : http://www.digitalgrove.net/Links.htm#Galleries (until mid '06?) or http://www.ruraltech.org/gis/map_info/index.asp

Web Design patterns : http://www.welie.com/patterns/index.html "Navigation": · Bread crumbs· Directory· Doormat Navigation· Double tab· Faceted Navigation· Fly-out Menu· Header-less Menu· Icon Menu· Image Browser· Main Navigation· Map Navigator· Meta Navigation· Minesweeping· Overlay Menu· Repeated Menu· Retractable Menu· Scrolling Menu· Shortcut Box· Split Navigation· Teaser Menu· Trail Menu

Collage artists' galleries : http://annuaire.artcolle.com/perso-213117.htm such as http://pierrejeanvaret.artducollage.com/gallery-23917.htm#

Profile of a small mapping business : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_13_26/ai_n6015026

Picture puzzles : http://www.puzzlepress.co.uk/picture.php (Examples)

"Men must be taught as if you taught them not
And things new proposed as things forgot." - Alexander Pope (Essay on Criticism)
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed." - Benjamin Franklin
"And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind." - Thomas a Kempis
"The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not; It was fought by the mothers of men." - Joaquin Miller (pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller)

"Turn away from the predictable, clichéd, and reliable. Brave the void where the darkness is greatest. Trust the quiet, find the stillness, feel the calm. Then, steadily, think, speak and move as if you were led. Behave as if your vision were clear. Anticipate the emotional rush that will come with your triumph. And as if by magic, as you raise your pen to write, you'll find the words have already been summoned, flooded in light that was there all along, in a world that had just as anxiously anticipated your arrival. " - The Universe