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It would be so awesome to have a map nerd in the White House: “Walz tends to speak rapturously about the power of good maps to bring about social change. ‘I know I’m preaching to the choir, but the choir needs to sing,’ he told ESRI in 2024. ‘This stuff works. This stuff makes a difference. The map is wonderful to look at. It’s exciting.’”
#Election2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #Geography #GeographyTeacher #GIS #Maps #MapNerd #MapGeek #DataVisualization #DataViz #SpatialData
Greg Cocks Venice’s Vaporetto Schematic Route Map
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https://www.venice.nu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mappa_linee_di_navigazione-_aprile_2023_web.pdf <-- link to schematic map
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https://youtu.be/VrksgMi9t4M?si=jO9GULt0_IQdA0aj <-- overview video of the vaporetto system in Venice
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The vaporetto (water bus) in Venice, Italy has a schematic map like a subway map.
Indeed, there are strong similarities in colours / fonts / icons to the iconic New York City subway map(s)…
It would be an amazing job, seeing that city from the water every day, and yes, I am romanticizing it of course!
(I had the pleasure of spending most of a Sunday every week in Venice for an Italian winter, as we transferred clients to and from the Dolomites, such an amazing, rich city!)
#GIS #spatial #mapping #mapnerd #transportation #publictransportation #vaporetto #waterbus #bus #venice #venezia #italy #schematic #subwaymap #city #urban #urbantransportation #routemap
cartocacoethes: the compulsion or ability to see random or non-cartographic patterns as maps
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Source: John Krygier from the Making Maps blog
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#mapnerd #spatial #GIS #mapping #cartocacoethes #cartography #vocabulary #patterns #gischat #map #maps #JesusInBurntToast
The world's largest 'triple' / third order island, at least 'so far' - that is, the world's largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island
Victorian Kitikmeot Island (also known as Inception Island), Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada
Most likely no human has ever set foot on this island (????)
69°47'34.8"N 108°14'27.6"W
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https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xf6yKyJUMnakpiHa7
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/subsubsub-island-on-victoria-island
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #geography #geographynerd #mapnerd #nerd #geek #gischat #nerdmap #tripleisland #Kitikmeot #Nunavut #Canada
This week I learned while in Venice that the Vaporetto (water bus) has a schematic map and I love it. It’s even better because the 2 line has the same color / font / icon as the 2 subway line in New York #MapNerd https://www.venice.nu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/mappa_linee_di_navigazione-_aprile_2023_web.pdf
Shortest A road and trunk road in the UK? I offer you the A893 in #Ullapool which is a spur of about 350m off the A835.
The latter is only a trunk road as far as Ullapool but it continues north so the short distance down Shore Street to the ferry, which is still part of the trunk road network, has its own number.
I wonder if anyone can find anything shorter?
Terra Nostra, 1550-1950 - The Stories Behind Canada's Maps [lunchtime reading for a #mapnerd]
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https://www.mqup.ca/terra-nostra--1550-1950-products-9782894484531.php <-- link to book details
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[a wonderful description of maps in their exploration, historic, cultural, economic and political settings]
“Maps have been invaluable throughout Canada's history. They promised fame and fortune to early merchant-adventurers and guided army commanders. They legitimized a politician's dominion and allowed businessmen to stake new claims. And they helped ordinary citizens build communities. Terra Nostra celebrates the mapping of Canada, in part by telling the stories of the exceptional individuals who helped to create the maps..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Canada #history #maps #cartography #gischat #context #historic #nationbuilding #historicmaps #economics #politics #exploration #culture #cultural #appliedscience #cartographie #geography #maplesyrup #Chesterfield
Found the one it replaced because the glass got too scratched. This one had a nice knurled handle that managed the twists and turns beautifully. #mapnerd
