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Free Vector World Maps Collection

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:33:56 GMT

Link: http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/free-vector-world-maps-collection/3

Average distance to the nearest road in the contiguous United States

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:14:06 GMT

From the USGS.

Link: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/fs/fs20053011

Twitter API Goes Geo

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:59:22 GMT

I think including geography is going to be the killer feature in the next round of webapps. I’ve been waiting for Twitter to get in on the action. This will be cool.

Link: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2008/05/02/twitter-api-goes-geo/

ATP PhotoFinder

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:54:11 GMT

Geotag your photos as you offload them from your CF cards. This would save me tons of time geotagging my uploaded Flickr pics.

Link: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/543425-REG/ATP_Electronics_AF_GPSMBG_GPS_PhotoFinder_Standalone.html

The blonde map of Europe

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:44:00 GMT

Link: http://www.eupedia.com/europe/maps_of_europe.shtml#hair_colour

Not quite two year old knows the geographic locations of more countries than a lot of adults I know

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:28:24 GMT

Not Kansas

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:47:11 GMT

A map of Oz.

Link: http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/69-not-in-kansas-anymore-the-land-of-oz/

Languages of the world

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:26 GMT

Very interesting maps

Link: http://www.gmi.org/wlms/users/huffman/