30 March 2006

Worldmapper : http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/ is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. (Example http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/display.php?selected=31 shows the proportion of all cars in the world that are found there).

Earth Lights : http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~pesti/night/ on Google Maps.

Places & Spaces: Mapping Science : http://vw.indiana.edu/places&spaces/nypl/

Best technology demo (ever?) : http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html (original video has been edited into 35 segments and reformatted as RealVideo streaming video clips. A brief abstract of the subject matter treated in each segment is provided).

Foldable maps : http://www.progonos.com/furuti/Origami/Cart/projFold.html

Hall of Hexagons : http://www.drking.plus.com/hexagons/index.html

Maps of California as an Island : http://www.fairmaps.com/cgi-bin/map-builder.cgi?California-as-an-Island

What are the solutions to the Israeli - Palestinian conflict? : http://www.israelipalestinianprocon.org Site Index

"A map is a way in to a territory. When you get there, the map changes." - http://www.magpienest.org/scgi-bin/wiki.pl?MapsAndPlace
"From a purely semiotic point of view, comic strips constitute one of the most complex and sophisticated areas of drawn communication." - Clive Ashwin
"2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2." - http://www.helsinki.fi/~ssyreeni/quotes/quotes-c-01

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