I may have mentioned that I am entertained by maps, clever science jokes, and not-too-scary pirates. This xkcd comic ticks all the boxes.
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Posts Tagged ‘geography’
Shiver Me Timbers!
Posted in Funny, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, geography, inspiration, map projections, pirates, Thoughts on February 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A Trip Downstream
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, Science!, tagged #365Ways, environment, fun, geography, interactive, maps, quotes, USGS on May 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Oh, this is fun. If you have a little map, environment and/or geography geek streak, check out this interactive:
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“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.”
― Wendell Berry
When a raindrop falls, where does it go? If it falls on my hometown, it flows 390km to the Atlantic Ocean.
If it falls on the Denver Broncos’ Mile High 50-yard line, just east of the Continental Divide, the path to the Gulf of Mexico is 3862km!
Click a starting point and the site will calculate a route and then do a visual fly-over. I wish it covered places outside the US but it’s still a fun and impressive window into data from the always excellent USGS.*
* Ah, the USGS, font of so much maptitude! Wait, is that a volcano webcam? Stop browsing, woman, you have work to do! But remind me to tell you my volcano story someday:)
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Animated London
Posted in Likes, tagged awesome, cartography, cities, geography, history, infrastructure, London, maps, spatial analysis on June 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Because my father is touching down in the UK today, here’s a delightful look at the growth of London over the past two thousand years:
Watch London Evolve From Roman Times To Today
J.R. Johnson 
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