Sense and Nonsense

U.S. Geology and Topography: Cool Maps

See this interesting set of maps from the U.S. Geological Survey.

The True Size of Africa

It's easy to forget how incredibly large the African continent is. Here's an interesting cartographic mash-up that helps us understand just how big.

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Weather Maps I Understand

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Cool Map

From Strange Maps, via Cool Blogs.

Geo-whiz

How many of us could do this?  Al Franken, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Minnesota, recently drew "a perfect map of the United States from memory while taking questions at a fundraiser."  (h/t to Daily Kos)

 

Naming all the states is one thing; drawing a virtually perfect map of them put together is something else.  Pretty impressive.