roomthily

Sensory Maps by Kate McLean: Newport, RI

tracing the creation of an oxbow lake, Angleton, Texas

via Google Earth Time Machine

also, google earth time machine, the blog

Modern Political Geography (Richard Muir)

via Montague Projects Blog

dividedcities:

“A condominium is a territory jointly administered by two or more countries, often (but not necessarily) a territory on the common border between the parties involved. As one might surmise, such an arrangement depends on the benevolent cooperation of all parties involved — and indeed, historically, most condominiums have not survived very long.

Pheasant Island is not only the oldest surviving condominium, it is also the only one where sovereignty isn’t shared simultaneously, but alternately. For six months a year, Pheasant Island is French; for the other six, it is Spanish.” Frank Jacobs, NYT Opinionator

shriyashriyashriya:

dadatavis:

Ought to point out that this can also be folded up into a little pocket pamphlet for handy reference - remind me to upload a photo

Most of the info comes from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15125287

Though the best part about cities are that they become the sites for collective dreams; sometimes the point is to be lost.

polycentricity and sustainable urban form in London (or changing patterns in employment geography)

via Urban Geographics

How Many Continents? (tomtom)

via Neatorama

confusion + answers = science!

Warm vs. Cold Geography

(above: green lines in Des Moines marking OSM contributors’ reviews of TIGER data (left); red lines in Omaha marking original TIGER data untouched by OSM contributors (right))

OpenStreetMap needs those flesh and blood contributors, because it is ‘Warm Geography’ at its core: real people mapping what is important to them — as opposed to the ‘Cold Geography’ of the thematic geodata churned out by the national mapping agencies and commercial street data providers; data that is governed by volumes of specifications and elaborate QA rules.

via oegeo