With my own summer vacation rapidly approaching (we always go to the Adirondacks), I thought it would be interesting to see what the most popular attractions were in each state. Putting together data from the National Parks service and local tourist groups, Time magazine’s Laura Stampler created a map that… Read more“Map Monday, Most popular attractions in each US State”
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Map Monday, Worldwide Hyperloop transit map
If Elon Musk is successful with his Hyperloop project, a scheme to replace trains and planes with transit via hyper-speed vacuum tubes, future humans will be able to catch a subway-like train to their global destinations. Is this a real possibility? As it turns out yes, the technology exists today…. Read more“Map Monday, Worldwide Hyperloop transit map”
Map Monday, Why do we remember Marco Polo?
The first time I heard the name Marco Polo was as a kid at the community swimming pool. As part of a then popular game the person who was ‘it’ would keep their eyes closed and call out ‘Marco,’ which elicited the response of ‘Polo’ from the other players. Using… Read more“Map Monday, Why do we remember Marco Polo?”