Review | Sprawlball: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
Sprawlball demonstrates how basketball – that is, its professional incarnation in the NBA – has become a game of analytics.
Interactive Map of U.S. National Parks
This interactive map lets you browse interesting geographical facts and trivia about the 61 U.S. national parks.
Teaching Geography Through Map Samplers
These map samplers created by school girls over 200 years ago showed how such craftwork was used to help teach geography.
Test Your Beer Trivia With This Mystery Map Quiz
This interactive map created by CartoVista celebrates the upcoming National Beer Day (Sunday, April 7th) with a map quiz.
Review | Scotland: Defending the Nation, Mapping the Military Landscape
‘Scotland: Defending the Nation, Mapping the Military Landscape’ is a comprehensive history of modern Scotland illustrated through such maps.
Download the Equal Earth Physical Map for Free
Both these physical and political maps are in the public domain which means users can freely download and use them however they want to.
Sunday Maptinee: Time-lapse Animation Shows How the World’s Second Largest Atlas Was Digitized
Watch this time-lapse video of the world’s second largest atlas being digitized.
This 1835 Map Shows Incredible Detail About the Longest Cave System in the World
In 1835, Cincinnati-based surveyor Edmund F. Lee created this elaborately detailed map of Mammoth Cave.
The Spilhaus Endless Ocean Map Projection
However, in 1942, a South African meteorologist, oceanographer, and inventor Athelstan Spilhaus created the world’s first fully ocean-centered map projection.
Over 600 Maps Added to South Dakota Digital Archives
The South Dakota State Historical Society has made over 600 maps available online with the South Dakota Digital Archives.
What Does Ultima Thule Mean?
Ultima thule is Latin and has been used over to the centuries to refer to an area of the world that is the most distant and inaccessible.
Hand Cut Paper Map of Amsterdam in the the Shape of a Leaf
Street artist Nils Westergard created this intricate map of the streets of Amsterdam in the form of a leaf cut out from paper with an X-Acto knife.