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Science Buzz NASA just released this map showing where trees are in the US. How treey (not a word) is your state? (via towleroad.com)
Science Buzz This map — according to both the Cartography and Geographic Information Society and Slate, is the finest map of the U.S. ever made. The clarity! The font! The richness of detail! If you ever wanted to learn anything about the geography of the United States, now is a good time to get started.
Culture Buzz These nearly one million tires on 50 acres of land in rural South Carolina might get the property owner arrested. He was apparently hoarding them to sell to China, but the used tire market (sounds legit) collapsed and he got stuck with this sprawling graveyard of rubber and mosquito breeding.
Culture Buzz Personally I can't decide between the Robinson and the Plate Carree. Of course, I didn't even have an opinion on this until this morning. Thanks, XKCD.
Look out, Google Maps. C3 Technologies provides photo-realistic 3D city visualization solutions for the search, navigation and geographic information systems industries. (via netbooknews.com)
Culture Buzz Here's a guide to New York City that's actually useful for once. Leave the boring old Empire State Building to the sad tourists who don't know where to find Spiderman's house. (HUGE thank you to all the awesome BuzzFeeders who contributed to this.*)
This is the geekiest thing you'll see all day. Jesse Eisemann created an awesome Super Mario World inspired map of New York City. Can we have the rest of the world SNES style, please? [Ed. note: Click through to see the whole thing!]
Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998. Anyone else grateful for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
Check out this Cold War relic that indicates where Eastern European officials could and could not travel in the United States in 1967. (via twitter.com)
Culture Buzz London-based designer Yanko Tsvetkovâ's Mapping Stereotypes Project puts a humorous spin on how we view the world around us. Visit his site to see more maps of european and world stereotypes. (via)
Tech Buzz Created by Eric Fischer, these maps combines data from Flickr and Twitter. The red dots represent Flickr pictures while the blue dots are tweets. More on the story at The Daily Mail.
Culture Buzz Here's a map to help you find your way around the rich and wonderful world of British comedy. Why not make a day of it? Hop on the Sitcom line, change at The Office for the Mockumentary line and treat yourself to some of the greatest comedy ever made. Comedy is back on BBC America. The MINISTRY OF LAUGHS, hosted by Chris Hardwick, starts Saturday June 18 at 10/9c only on BBC America.
Ever wondered how geographical maps were done up in the 1800s? Check out these surprisingly colorful and detailed maps of Northern Ireland from the Victorian Era. (Full set with larger images here.)
Culture Buzz These Prints by Jason LaFerrera of Animals made with antique maps are classy and really cool. Found item art projects are the best. They are also pretty pricey, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate how pretty they are. (Via The Uniblog)
Culture Buzz Richmond “I heard there are actually a bunch of anarchists here” Virginia, for the win. (LKirchner via Rumpus)
I know you've all been waiting on the edge of your seats for the Census Bureau to calculate the new center of U.S. population! Here is the exciting result PLUS all the previous COPs since 1790. (via MoJo's Tumblr)
Culture Buzz Here are the official US obesity rate maps dating back to 1985 when the CDC started keeping records. It should be noted that Gushers were invented sometime in the mid-90s.
Did you know that your iPhone has been keeping a record of everywhere you've been since June? iPhone users who aren't creeped out by this weird factoid can create their own map of where they've been for the last six months here. (via Gizmodo)
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