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kottke.org posts about maps

Quick sketch of London tube traffic patterns

Quick sketch of London tube traffic patterns. The spider that ate London.


Trace of one person’s walking and biking

Trace of one person’s walking and biking in New York City over a year’s time.


A first look at Google Earth, the

A first look at Google Earth, the replacement for the Keyhole mapping software. “View Railroads, Subway lines and Bus routes along with all their stops. Or select multiple locations and have Google give you directions.”


The NY Times’ Randy Cohen is making

The NY Times’ Randy Cohen is making a literary map of Manhattan. Not a map of where authors hung out, but where their characters did.


Ask and ye shall receive: Google Maps

Ask and ye shall receive: Google Maps with the NYC subway stops on it. A little flaky in Safari, but works well in Firefox.


Google Maps launches in the UK with

Google Maps launches in the UK with London Tube stations right on the map. Google, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please do the same for the NYC subway. Please?


What you’d see if you were on

What you’d see if you were on the ground level of a Google Map.


Tufte on the London Tube map

Tufte on the London Tube map.


Frostbite in the frozen tundra

I got my first ever case of frostbite this morning, and let me tell you…it’s not a lot of fun. It happened when I was out in the frozen tundra this morning putting anti-freeze in Nichol’s car. In my rush to get the both of us to work in a timely fashion, I didn’t put on my gloves - even though it was about minus 10 degrees F this morning - and my thumb got all numb…and not in a good way either. It’s just now thawing out, four hours later…most of the feeling is back, and it hasn’t turned any funny colors.

Which is good.