Maps

Map Shows World's Most & Least Touristed Areas

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Video, Maps, Tourists Around the World, Most Touristed Areas, Least Touristed Areas, Google Maps, Tourists, Travel News

On the heels of an adapted Google Map that allows users to see how quickly they can navigate a city using public transportation comes an adapted heat-...

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Teen Finds Mistake In NYC's Met Museum Map

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Video, Maps, Benjamin Lerman Coady, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Teen Finds Met Map Error, Met Visit, Byzantine Empire, Historical Error, New York City, Arts News

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut seventh-grader says workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City didn't believe him when he p...

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New Google Maps Features Roll Out

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Google, Video, Maps, Google Maps Traffic, Traffic Google Maps, Google Maps, Google Traffic, Traffic Google, Topicgooglemaps, Google Map, Technology News

Within a week, Google rolled out two updates to Google Maps that should make efficient traveling a little bit easier. The service now shows estimat...

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A Cartographer's Guide To London

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Herb Lester, Herb Lester Maps, Maps, Map of Austin, Map of Brooklyn, Map of London, Travel News

In this age of digital everything, one London company is aiming to turn back time with beautiful maps. Herb Lester, the brain child of Ben Olins an...

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Apple Snubs Google Maps

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Google, Video, Apple Google Maps, Google Maps Apple, Google Maps, Google Maps Foursquare, Iphoto Google Maps, Foursquare Google Maps, Iphoto App, Apple, Googlecom, Maps, Technology News

When Apple unveiled the new iPhoto app for iPad and iPhone on Wednesday, there was one conspicuous absence: geotagging via Google Maps. While iPhoto d...

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OBSESSED: MAPS

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Andrew Bird New Album, Huffpost Obsessed, Maps, Andrew Bird Obsession, Obsessed, Andrew Bird Obsessed, Slidewide, Break It Yourself Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird Break It Yourself, Break It Yourself, Music, Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird Maps, Culture News

Inspired by one professor's infectious enthusiasm for Emily Dickinson, Obsessed is a new HuffPost Culture series exploring the idiosyncratic, all-cons...

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Poverty Moves To The Suburbs (MAPS)

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Breakdown, Foreclosure Crisis, Poverty, Maps, US Poverty, Data, Great Recession, Suburban Poverty, Poverty Rate, Business News

Read more: Breakdown: Americans on the Edge...

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BlackVoices History Quest: Indianapolis

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Indianapolis Black History, Adventure and Educational Travel, Family Trips, Indianapolis, Video, Maps, Family Road Trips, Black History Museums, Road Trips, Travel, Slidepollajax, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Indianapolis. You can plan a trip with your family to these places with the helpful...

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Of Magic And Maps

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Magic, La Cienega, Honor Fraser, LA Gallery, Cartography, Maps, Kaino, Glenn Kaino, Arts News

Glenn Kaino's works are amalgamations of odd parts. Like a mad scientist at work, he incorporates computer science, comics, digital media, maps and ma...

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Mapping the Forest and the Trees: A Visit With Remote Sensing Expert Alan Strahler

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Mapping, Remote Sensing, Earth Observation, Maps, Forest, Science, Satellite, Trees, Boston University, Nasa, College, Space, Satellite Imaging, Environment, Lidar, Laser, Science News

Prof. Alan Strahler's current work involves a ground-based LiDAR instrument called ECHIDNA, after the spiky Australian egg-laying mammal.

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Are Smartphones Replacing Human Memory?

Nancy Colier | Posted 03.19.2012

We must remember to look up from our screens, not only to avoid getting hit by oncoming traffic but because of the possibilities that looking up offers, and to remind ourselves that we are a part of a much larger matrix of life upon which we all depend.

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Highways As Subways: Can't Get There From Here

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Design, Interstates as Subways, Video, Maps, Cartography, Cameron Booth, Interstate Highway System, Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, Politics News

If you've ever wondered how to get from Topeka to Fond du Lac in just one transfer, Cameron Booth has the map for you. The Australian-born designer is...

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Loneliest Places On Earth

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Video, Geography, Maps, Infographics, Remote Destinations, Lonely Planet, Lonely Places, Gotta See This, Infographic, Travel News

From Lonely Planet's new book, How to Land a Jumbo Jet, a visual exploration of travel facts, figures and ephemera. Available now from Lonely Planet. ...

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WATCH: The Strangest Way To Play Piano

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Player Piano, Dutch Design Week, 3d Modelling, Video, Maps, Map, Design, Designers, Design Academy Eindhoven, Dutch Design, Eindhoven, Piano, Akko Goldenbeld, Arts News

Akko Goldenbeld, a graduate student at the Design Academy Eindhoven, has created a realistic model of the city that doubles as a music roll for a play...

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Google's Street View Now Mapping Railroads

google-latlong.blogspot.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Google, Video, Switzerland, Maps, International Destinations, Railways, Trains, Street View, Online Travel, Google Maps, Gotta See This, Destinations, Rails, Travel News

Street View is coming to the rails. Google's photo-mapping tool will now extend beyond roads, avenues and freeways and onto train tracks -- at leas...

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WATCH: Ken Jennings Talks 'Maphead' And His Journey Into The Cartographic Wilds

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Mapping, Cartography, Maps, Skype Interview, Global Pulse, Maphead, Travel Tv, Ken Jennings, Video, Travel News

For several millenia, maps were basically a static medium. The content changed as Europeans discovered the width and breadth of Asia and Asia plotted ...

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A Map Of French Wines

The Daily Meal | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Maps, France, International Destinations, Bordeaux, Travel, France Travel, Destinations, Wine Tasting, Tourism, Foodie Travel, The Daily Meal, Wine, Vacation, Burgundy, Travel News

Intrigued by the various groupings and towns within each wine region in France, Dr. David Gissen, an architectural historian and imaginative wine buff, decided to collect each one together as if they were train stops on the Paris Metro.

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All Hands on Deck: NYPL Turns to the Crowd to Develop Digital Collections

The New York Public Library | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Nypl, Maps, Technology, New York Public Library, Menus, Crowdsourcing, Slidepollajax, New York News

By Vicky Gan, Intern, Strategic Planning Office, The New York Public Library Crowdsourcing is a loaded term. Since its 2006 debut, the word has burge...

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MAPS: The Virginia Earthquake

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011

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An estimated magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Virginia early Tuesday afternoon, with reports of tremors felt as far north as New York City. Accordin...

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Bing's New Feature Will Help Shoppers With Smartphones Navigate Crowded Malls

The Huffington Post | Megan Hess | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Bing, Maps, Shopping, Microsoft, Bing Maps, Bing Mall Maps Mobile, Malls, Microsoft Bing, Technology News

Microsoft's search engine, Bing, announced on Wednesday that the company's mapping service has added floor plans for about 400 shopping malls to the B...

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Maps As Art

Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Maps as Art, Ingrid Dabringer, Maps, Ingrid Dabringer Maps, Travel News

Ingrid Dabringer, an artist whose latest project focuses on map art, has spent her life traveling. She's lived in countless places; born in Vienna, sh...

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You Won't Believe How These Maps Were Made

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Online Sharing Maps, Photo Sharing Maps, Twitter Flickr Sharing Maps, Flickr Sharing Map, Maps, Twitter Sharing Map, Sharing Maps, Slideshows, Eric Fischer, Technology News

If you didn't think people were obsessed with sharing on the internet before, we dare you to feel the same after viewing these maps. Flickr user Er...

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My Block NYC: Mapping The City With Users' Videos

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: My Block Nyc, New York Tech, New York Map, Video, Maps, NY Around Town, My Block Ny, New York News

A new video platform, My Block NYC, has one simple and amazing goal -- to create a collective map of New York City using people's videos. Launched...

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WATCH: OLED Geo-Cosmos Globe Takes Center Stage at Tokyo Museum

Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Video, Maps, Geo-Cosmos, Museums, Oled, Mitsubishi, Technology, Green Energy, Oled Geo Cosmos, Green News

If you've ever wanted to view the world as it's seen from space, now is your chance. The first spherical large-scale OLED screen in the world was unve...

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The Internet Renames Popular Cities In 'America According To Twitter'

Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Urlesque, Art, Twitter, Maps, Technology News

'Hotlanta,' 'El lay,' 'Rock City.' Over 66% of Twitter users don't list their actual location, opting instead for geo-location coordinates, abstract i...

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