Category Archives: Maps

May 09

A township that needs to be put out of its misery, but probably can’t

Posted on Friday, May 9, 2014, at 9:58 AM by Jeff

This corner is all that’s left of Bloomfield Township in Polk County (2013 map). Polk County’s Bloomfield Township has been gradually shrinking since it was created. In 1875, the township had boundaries of the Raccoon River, the section line that … Continue reading →

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Apr 28

Google adds Street View time machine

Posted on Monday, April 28, 2014, at 12:05 PM by Jeff

This was sort of under the radar, but the Wall Street Journal and CNET picked up on it. Google added something I had wondered about recently: For places that have had the Street View camera go through multiple times, you … Continue reading →

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Apr 24

New York Times discovers evidence of Brewers fans in Iowa

Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 2:49 PM by Jeff

I thought they were a myth! The New York Times has an interactive “Map of Baseball Nation” that uses Facebook (ugh) data to drill down into Major League Baseball fan preferences by ZIP Code. Iowa is pretty much what you … Continue reading →

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Apr 16

Happy Map Day

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at 10:18 AM by Jeff

Belated Map Day, anyway. The DOT released the 2014 Iowa highway map online yesterday. The most notable change is the logo in the upper right corner — it has the newly designed version rather than the one created in 1975. … Continue reading →

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Apr 14

County counting site adds interstate guide, Google Maps overlay

Posted on Monday, April 14, 2014, at 3:38 PM by Jeff

Some enterprising user of the Mob-Rule.com county counting site has created a map that colors in every county in the country touched by an interstate. Here’s the map, and here’s the page (to select by state). Major interstates have a color … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

2014 RAGBRAI route released

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 3:02 PM by Jeff

Video on the Register’s website and details on RAGBRAI’s website. The Okoboji area is an overnight stop, but the route map only shows A34 through Milford. Details closer to the ride day will determine how Spirit Lake, currently the largest non-metro city … Continue reading →

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Jan 10

Iowa precinct maps

Posted on Friday, January 10, 2014, at 10:37 AM by Jeff

As the Register reported Wednesday, the Iowa Secretary of State’s office has a page with links to all 99 county voting precinct maps. However, not all the maps are locally hosted. Some links go to maps hosted on the individual … Continue reading →

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Dec 22

New York Times dialect quiz

Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2013, at 12:05 AM by Jeff

Take the 25-question test, with somewhat randomized questions, based on the Harvard Dialect Survey, and see your “heat map”. My map centered in Iowa, with Minneapolis, Rockford, and Grand Rapids closest in language similarity. But I think I’ll need a … Continue reading →

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Oct 24

Missouri map includes unfinished bridge

Posted on Thursday, October 24, 2013, at 12:32 PM by Jeff

After 3½ years, Missouri finally updated its state highway map. The previous one was labeled “2010-12” and this one was released just two months ago. The biggest, most visible change is the addition of I-49 along US 71 on the … Continue reading →

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Sep 02

All those Michigan fans in Tama County

Posted on Monday, September 2, 2013, at 11:08 AM by Jeff

This bounced around the Internet last week: A map of college football fandom by county with the caveats that it’s only the top 25, and based on Facebook. This link is to the largest image I could find. The problem with … Continue reading →

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