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A Map Library Is Digitizing Its Rarest Globes as 3D Models

by Allison Meier February 24, 2016February 24, 2016

“Globes have a very low survival rate,” explained Ian Fowler, director of the Osher Map Library (OML) at the University of Southern Maine.

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Why Cannibals Were on Every 16th-Century Map of the New World

by Allison Meier November 13, 2015November 17, 2015

Many of the first European maps of the Americas included warnings of cannibalism, despite no proof of such activity.

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Mapping the Gender Imbalance in City Street Names

by Allison Meier November 6, 2015November 8, 2015

This August, activist group Osez le Féminisme (Dare to be Feminist) installed guerrilla signs in Paris to rename streets and parks after women like singer Nina Simone, sailor Florence Arthaud, and author Simone de Beauvoir.

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Mapping 13 Centuries of English Metaphors

by Allison Meier July 13, 2015July 13, 2015

A three-year project from the University of Glasgow’s School of Critical Studies mapped 13 centuries of metaphors in the English language.

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Researchers Decipher the Map That May Have Guided Columbus Westward

by Laura C. Mallonee June 19, 2015June 19, 2015

You might call Henricus Martellus’s 1491 world map — which many believe Christopher Columbus consulted before setting out on his voyage — a symbol of the limits of human knowledge.

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An Avant-Garde Map that Enticed Fearful Customers to Air Travel

by Allison Meier April 30, 2015May 1, 2015

When aviation took off in the early 20th century, safety was still shaky and the public needed some convincing to get them soaring among the clouds in the noisy metal contraptions.

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Open-Source Maps Help Guide Nepalese Earthquake Relief

by Laura C. Mallonee April 27, 2015May 1, 2015

A crucial need in any rescue effort — perhaps just as important to saving lives as medical supplies, food, and tents — is an up-to-date map that humanitarian workers can use to more efficiently navigate the rubble.

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Using Fiction to Map the Emotional Geography of Victorian London

by Allison Meier April 23, 2015April 24, 2015

The Stanford Literary Lab has plotted quotes from over 700 19th-century authors who mentioned locations in London in order to compose concentrations of dread or happiness.

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What the World Never Looked Like

by Laura C. Mallonee April 3, 2015April 8, 2015

During the late Renaissance, many gold-thirsty European explorers set sail on a quest to locate the fastest route to the Orient.

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An Atlas Gathers the Most Creative Contemporary Maps

by Laura C. Mallonee April 3, 2015April 2, 2015

Considering how long the earth’s been around, you’d think it would have already been exhaustively charted. But in recent years, mapmaking has exploded.

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From Manhattan Doorsteps to Brooklyn Living Rooms, a Photographic Map of 1970s New York

by Allison Meier February 26, 2015February 27, 2015

Two 1970s photography series that chronicled the urban landscapes of New York City are now accessible on interactive maps through the New York Public Library’s ongoing Photo Geographies project.

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Data-Driven Music for the Disharmony of New York’s Income Inequality

by Allison Meier February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

As the 2 train travels from Brooklyn through Manhattan up to the Bronx, it journeys along 49 stations of neighborhoods as varied as Flatbush, the Financial District, and Wakefield.

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