geography

Middle.East.Map.Redrawn
Chris writes:

(This comes) from this article about drawing borders more closely to the ethnic lines that exists on the ground. Not close to lots of ethnic lines for sure, but closer. Would still be chaos to implement, but any drawing of borders is. Interesting to think about given what Pakistan id doing to itself...

[tmbo]geography lesson
it's time for a geography lesson: Yurp. No offense intended. By Yanko Tsvektov

let me count the ways.jpg

various types of world map projections

The_grand_staircase

The Grand Staircase - not as good as Nude Descending a Staircase, but hey.

Usgs_volcano_map

volcanic map of the Hawaiian islands, by the USGS

Smashingmegan

from Montauk to Cape May: The State of the Beaches, by absolutely excellent infographic designer Megan Jaegerman for the New York Times

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