Google Maps Licensing Got You Down? : http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2135&trv=1 Try Pushpin http://www.placebase.com/

Dual map experiment : http://koti.mbnet.fi/ojalesa/exam/newdual.html (using Google Map API).

Knowledge Structure Mapping Service : http://www.akri.org/research/ksm/ksmservice.htm

Visual Information : http://www.qviz.org/visualization.html for the Quantum Age.

Interactive Gough Map : http://sarah.gg.qub.ac.uk/website/goughmap/viewer.htm "Britain's First Road Map" Via http://www.qub.ac.uk/urban_mapping/gough_map

Links to SVG and mapping sites : http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/links/

Hexagons in a Cubeoctahedron : http://www.drking.plus.com/hexagons/solids/cubeocta.html (Animated rotations) and http://www.drking.plus.com/hexagons/solids/truncocta.html, http://www.drking.plus.com/hexagons/solids/trunctetra.html.

WhatTheBleepDoWeKnow Map : http://www.knowledgecenter.com/ions/NoeticMap.html

"The more you know; the more you see." - Aldous Huxley
"God is in the details." - Mies van der Rohe
"The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught." -Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues
"A closed mouth says nothing wrong; a closed mind does nothing right." - http://www.helsinki.fi/~ssyreeni/quotes/quotes-c-01

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

Cartographical Map Projections : http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/TOC/cartTOC.html preserving distances (equidistance, isometry), geodesics (great circles), preserving directions, preserving shape (conformality), preserving area (equivalence), general distortion pattern (Tissot indicatrices).

Issues with Hexagonal Coordinate Systems : http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CVonline/LOCAL_COPIES/AV0405/MARTIN/Hex.pdf

Fictional maps : http://the0phrastus.typepad.com/the0phrastus/2005/10/fictional_maps.html Via http://the0phrastus.typepad.com/the0phrastus/sketching/index.html

Now featured here : http://clairelight.typepad.com/atlast/ under 'Cartblography'.

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
“My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?” – Charles M. Schulz (via http://www.woodka.com/category/tao/page/2/ )
“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.” – Buddha

Geometric Visualization of Hexagonal Hierarchies: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~copyrght/image/solstice/sum04/sampler/index.html

'Most frequent' tags : http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/subjectheatmap.html (HeatMap)

Homing pigeons are finding their way around Britain by following roads and railways, zoologists claim : http://zinken.typepad.com/palaeo/2004/02/pigeons_reveal_.html the birds' natural magnetic and solar compasses are often less important than their knowledge of human transport routes.

Map-A-Week Archive : http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/arch/mw suitable for use as adventure locales or as inspiration to spur your imagination in the D&D game.

What a 'turkish map fold' looks like : http://www.califiabooks.com/finepress/v/Venturelli-Lunar-Journey-L.jpg Viahttp://www.califiabooks.com/finepress/v/Venturelli.html

"Never start stopping, and never stop starting, something new." - The Universe
“Solitude vivifies; isolation kills” — Joseph Roux
"Do not imitate the ancient masters, seek what they sought." - ?
“I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.” — Dalai Lama

Google Adding Graphical Ads to Maps : http://www.shimonsandler.com/?p=120 Via: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3175

Conference on the History of Cartography : http://www.ichc2007.ch/invitation/en/ (held every second year).

California Coast Diving Maps Fish Cards Fishing Maps Hawaii Maps Surfing Maps Trail Maps : http://www.frankosmaps.com/

Various map links : http://users.tkk.fi/~vesanto/link.useful/maps/maps.html (gamer-ish).

"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them." - John Updike
“Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.” – Shakti Gawain
“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.” — William Somerset Maugham

MAP
"It tells the truth by lying,
like a poem with bold hyperbole of shape and line--
A masterpiece of false simplicity.
Its secret meanings must be mulled upon,
Yet all the world is open to a glance.
With colors to fire the mind, a song of names,
A painting that is not at home on walls
But crumpled on a stations wagon floor,
Worn through at folds, tape patched and chocolate smudged
(What other work of art can lead you home?)
--A map was made to use. " - Juliana Muehrcke

John Snow's Map of London Stops Cholera : http://geography.about.com/cs/medicalgeography/a/cholera.htm A map is not just an effective tool for finding the right place, it can also be a life saver.

Live mapping demonstration project : http://lehdmap.dsd.census.gov/ shows in high definition the geographic relationships between where people live and where they work.

Creating Concept Maps : http://itdl.org/Journal/jan_06/article02.htm Integrating Constructivism Principles into Online Classes

Timeline of astronomical maps, catalogs and surveys : http://www.masterliness.com/a/Timeline.of.astronomical.maps.catalogs.and.surveys.htm

Map Site Directory : http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/directory/ Blogs, Groups, Mailing Lists and Online Publications

Hexagonal Maps : http://www.zuggsoft.com/zmapper/hexmaps.htm in zMapper.

The Image of Maps • Maps of the Imagination : http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ball2144/ A two day conference that will investigate the relationships between the history of imagined mental 'maps' - those that are used as cognitive and memory tools - and the history of the image of the cartographic map. "Historically, the creation of maps has been at the intersection of a broad spectrum of issues that include the relationship between art and science, the philosophy of space, cultural and political geographies, among many others. "

"Between youth and maturity comes a time of questing and discovery; between apprenticeship and mastery comes journeying." - M. S. Rohan, The Forge in the Forest Via : http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~gringer/quotes.htm (Quotes about landscapes, both personal & cartographic)
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. " - Lin Yutang
“Making mental connections is our most crucial learning tool, the essence of human intelligence; to forge links; to go beyond the given; to see patterns, relationships, context...” – Marilyn Ferguson

"Before emptying, there must be fullness.
Before shrinking, there must be expanding.
Before falling, there must be ascent.
To destroy something, lead it to its extreme.
To preserve something, keep to the middle." - Deng Ming-Dao, 'opposites' (from the book /365 Tao//Daily Meditations/ISBN 0-06--250223-9 )

Fractal Geometry : http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/

Essays / Papers on "Mapping the World of Science" : http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/mapping/mapping.html

How to get bought by Google : http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/new-home-for-last-software.html and http://www.sketchup.com/index.php?id=1439

Modern day dadaist : http://www.seanhillen.com/pictures/index.html

Make Windows XP Run Faster : http://askbobrankin.com/make_windows_xp_run_faster.html
Should I Buy Anti-Spyware or Anti-Virus Software? : http://www.askbobrankin.com/should_i_buy_antispyware_or_antivirus_software.html
Removing Winfixer Popups : http://www.askbobrankin.com/removing_winfixer_popups.html

"What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true?" - Steven Pinker (http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html )

Instead of saying "All things in moderation" shouldn't it be "Some things in moderation"?
"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." - Dr. Martin Luther King