MOTW #58

In honor of New Year's Eve I had posted an interactive Guy Lombardo map of London, Ontario showing all the sites related to his life growing up there. There were lots of amusing and somewhat violent stories attached to the various places he lived and played music. Sadly, the map seems to have disappeared from cyberspace.

MOTW #57

Vwmaps founded by Martin, one of our loyal readers produced this map showing all NPR stations in the USA.

MOTW #56

This is an animation showing the history of empires in the Middle East with a corresponding time line.

MOTW #55

The Giving Map is a simple web-based application that identifies locations in New York's Capital District (aka Albany-Schenectady-Troy) where individuals can make donations of food, cash, clothing or their time this holiday season. While this is not a comprehensive list of all the giving opportunities available, it does provide the names, locations and contact information for many major charitable organizations in the Capital District.

MOTW #54

Pop vs. Soda - what do you think? The image below links to several interactive maps and a whole research study about who calls soft drinks which generic names in various regions of the country. Like the famous "mayonnaise line" there are distinctive lines between pop, soda and coke regions. Also note the odd outlying regions around St Louis and Milwaukee.

MOTW #53

The Livingston County (Michigan) Historical and Genealogical Project has posted the entire USA section of Rand McNally's "New 11 x 14 Atlas of the World" from 1895. Click on the map and scroll down a ways (below the Pledge of Allegiance) to get to the list of states. Click the "button" underneath any state to get a state map or a map for any county in that state.

MOTW #52

This is a map from CNN showing the US Senate makeup after the 2006 election. Note that the middle color on the legend does not match the color on the map.