Category Archives: Maps

Jun 01

Mapquest is here, and maybe we should pay more attention

Posted on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

A couple weeks ago, the Washington Post reminded us that Mapquest is still out there, despite its unpleasant journey from being on everyone’s lips in the early Internet era to virtually invisible and squashed by Google. Now that Google Maps … Continue reading →

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May 30

Google Street View goes tripping

Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at 10:20 AM by Jeff

DUUUUUUUDDDE.

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May 08

RAGBRAI to pass Kinnick Stadium, maybe UNI-Dome

Posted on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

Weeks after the 2015 RAGBRAI route was announced in March, the finalized route in and out of Coralville was added to the map. On the Saturday morning of the ride, bicyclists will go past “the corner of Melrose and Melrose” … Continue reading →

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May 05

2015 Iowa highway map released online

Posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Two months later than expected, the official state transportation map is available through iowadotmaps.com. Changes are minimal, but Tama County had a few of them. The Iowa Juvenile Home is no longer marked. The Tama-Toledo “urban area” is no longer … Continue reading →

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Apr 29

Google kills Classic Maps

Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at 10:07 AM by Jeff

You know how, when new products come out that are worse than the old ones, or are incompatible, or are inextricably linked with “the cloud”, or just plain don’t do what the old one does, the rebuttal is “you don’t … Continue reading →

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Apr 27

Aggregation of Iowa counties’ presidential election trends

Posted on Monday, April 27, 2015, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

The title above is a nonpartisan version of a Washington Post blog entry, “The Democrats’ white-voter problem — in 2 maps”. The two maps in question are county-by-county preferences for the last four presidential elections (two won by G.W. Bush, … Continue reading →

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Apr 24

IA 152 is officially gone

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2015, at 10:07 AM by Jeff

April 25, 2005: The “east” or “south” end of IA 152, right at Osceola’s north city limits. (Can’t believe this picture is a decade old.) Jason Hancock has been checking the status of signs for IA 152 on a regular … Continue reading →

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Apr 20

On legacies, and not being the only one out to visit every Iowa town

Posted on Monday, April 20, 2015, at 10:16 AM by Jeff

Or: Can someone’s thunder be stolen if it isn’t raining yet? June 5, 2014: Not the only buildings in Struble, but close. Struble, pop. 78, is near the Plymouth/Sioux county line in northwestern Iowa. I’ve been chugging along in my … Continue reading →

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Apr 12

I-41 official in Wisconsin

Posted on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at 12:05 PM by Jeff

May 13, 2010: US 41 will be removed from these signs at the Marquette interchange and on its short stretch of surface road in Milwaukee in order to run concurrent with the new Interstate 41. Another 175 miles of interstate … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Historical analysis of 2015 RAGBRAI route

Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

July 28, 2004: RAGBRAI converges on Steamboat Rock. The route for RAGBRAI XLIII was released late Saturday, and a video touts visits to eight towns the ride has never been through. Comparing the 2015 route map — available day-by-day in … Continue reading →

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