15 November 2006

Map Morphing : http://www.edgelab.ca/r_mapMorphing Using both blending and distortion, the maps appear to merge into one another. This allows the user to directly visualize how the two maps diverge from one another in their presentation. Via http://flame.cs.dal.ca/~reilly/

Click 'Polygon - add Hexagon' : http://www.wingo.com/gmaps/index.html (also displays zoom level and lat/long).

Interactive Mecca Satellite Map : http://www.sacred-destinations.com/saudi-arabia/mecca-satellite-map.htm The white structure that can be seen in Mecca is the huge Holy Mosque.

Folk Festival Map : http://www.canterburyfolkfestival.on.ca/id8.htm

Between the oldest and the most modern incarnation of the printed atlas there are 500 years of mapping history filled with debate over how to represent the world; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5413010.stm

Map Comparison : http://www.kickdesign.com/mapcomparison/pages/2_LOWERMANHATTANCOMPAR.htm (side-by-side)

Tree Of Life web sitemap : http://www.ladyada.net/

Another map-related RSS reader? : http://www.svgx.org/cartography/

Visual Media Online Exhibitions : http://www.visual-media.eu/exhibition.html

State of the Blogosphere : http://technorati.com/weblog/2006/11/161.html

No Hexagonal Wave around Saturns Southern Pole (PDF) - HTML-Version

Funnies : http://strippette.blogspot.com/

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh." - Philip Dormer Stanhope 1694–1773, Earl of Chesterfield.
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao-tzu Via
"After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done." - Author Unknown
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. " - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1900-1944, poet, inventor, aviator Via

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