Virtually every map or picture you’ve ever seen of the planets in our solar system has had one glaring flaw – it hasn’t been to scale. It’s not because we don’t know the proper scale. Rather the interesting bits, the planets, moons, comets, and even the sun, are insignificantly small… Read more“Map Monday, Planets and the Enormity of Space”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Geographic map of the Internet
Today’s feature is a map of the Internet done in the style of a classic National Geographic map. For those of you who aren’t map geeks (in which case you’ve got to ask yourself why you’re reading this blog), National Geographic magazine is an official publication of the National Geographic… Read more“Map Monday, Geographic map of the Internet”
Map Monday, Thanksgiving turkey edition
On this coming Thanksgiving more than 300 million Americans will sit down and consume cranberry sauce, stuffing, sweet potatoes, corn, mashed potatoes, and for the non-vegetarians, of course turkey. According to the National Turkey Federation (NTF), nearly 50 million turkeys will be cooked (I’m assuming no one will eat them… Read more“Map Monday, Thanksgiving turkey edition”