An 1882 map by Richard A Proctor showing the cones of visibility of the 2012 transit of Venus (which happens tomorrow). It’s remarkable partly as it’s so well designed, and partly as it’s over a hundred years old but matches the modern map.
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San Francisco Bay Area housing and transportation affordability map (Metropolitan Transportation Commission)
Detailed lithography map of North America at a resolution of 75 kilometres squared
Longvek (Khmer: លង្វែក; meaning “intersection” or “crossroads”) was a city in ancient Cambodia, the capital city of the country after the sacking of Angkor by the Siamese in 1431.
(Source: mapandmaps.com)
Here is a real beauty, by one of my all time favourites Jillian Tamaki. She’s done a few different illustrated maps and each of them is stylistically unique.This one reminds me of a cutaway diagram.
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Mike Lowery for the Oxford American
Pretty much hit the nail on the head with this one.
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This hand-colored geological sheet was issued by the Geological Survey of England and Wales, the first national geological survey organization. It portrays the geological structure in an area on the border of Westmoreland and Yorkshire in 1889.
Pro-Sprawl Policies Help Make Milwaukee America’s Most Segregated Metro
Suburban whites are notably hostile to building any form of public transit to connect city people to suburban jobs, further exacerbating segregation’s ill effects.
If you’re wondering if this can somehow, some way, be blamed on union-busting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the answer is yes. Walker took the lead in a campaign against public transit to connect the suburbs to the city during his time as county executive.
I usually post pretty maps on cartophile, but while this one lacks a certain aesthetic, it’s close to my heart. Milwaukee is my hometown and it’s really hard to see how divisive things have become over my lifetime. I disagree wholeheartedly with Walker’s policies, but this situation predated him, as the 2000 census makes clear (link opens large PDF). The solutions are complex and cannot be attributed to one politician or one legislative session. We must all take responsibility for how our individual choices impact these collective consequences.
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