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	Strange Maps
skwirlinator
6-3-2007 2:19 AM
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6-3-2007 2:21 AM
skwirlinator
Nice explanations at the source along with more pages of maps and archives
6-3-2007 3:20 AM
sl0wdjin
Nice timesink. I probably spent about an hour on it...
6-3-2007 5:17 AM
Socratoad
I too am a mapophile. Thanks skwirl.
6-3-2007 5:25 AM
kmakice
I <a href="http://www.blogschmog.net/blog/?p=953">blogged</a> about maps not too long ago. Another great resource for maps and other visualizations is the <a href="http://www.scimaps.org/">Places & Spaces</a> exhibit.
6-3-2007 9:48 AM
skwirlinator
At one time in my life my bedroom walls were covered in maps
6-3-2007 12:47 PM
bignosemousie
I once dated an aspiring cartographer. I think maps are beautiful.
6-3-2007 10:10 PM
Tooters
Some of these are kind of funny.
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