Category Archives: Maps

Oct 25

Google Street View goes to the Grand Canyon

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at 12:52 PM by Jeff

So Google can go through a national park on foot but has yet to cover anything in Tama County beyond signed highways. (And there are state highways in southeast Missouri that haven’t been covered yet either!)

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Oct 24

Sioux City historical map series changes

Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 11:52 AM by Jeff

While looking through old aerial photos of Sioux City I noticed two very little changes to its alignment that I hadn’t included in my map series. (In fact, if I didn’t make this post I doubt they’d be seen at … Continue reading →

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Oct 23

The map of “Revolution”

Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at 12:50 PM by Jeff

I just caught up to episode 5 of the NBC show “Revolution,” about a postapocalyptic world without electricity. The show finally got around to acknowledging the existence of steam power, which based on character reactions somehow managed to avoid being … Continue reading →

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Oct 22

Windsor Heights doesn’t include Hickman Road

Posted on Monday, October 22, 2012, at 10:04 AM by Jeff

Despite being in the southwest corner of the intersection of Hickman Road and 63rd Street, this position is actually in Urbandale. Here’s an interesting tidbit I came across last week. If you look at the DOT city map of Windsor … Continue reading →

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Sep 20

2012 Iowa map errors

Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

This is a refresher on an old task of mine: Proofreading the official state highway map. I skipped two years partly because so many corrections had been made. The entire list is after the jump.

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Sep 12

Unfortunately, I’m out of shelf space

Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 3:12 PM by Jeff

A large three-dimensional map of the battle of Gettysburg with lights signaling troop movements is for sale. (via Fark)

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Aug 17

2012 school directions booklet

Posted on Friday, August 17, 2012, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Just in time for the start of football season (stupid Week 0), I have finished making updates and corrections to the newest edition of the North Tama directory. This booklet has maps for 50 different school districts, including high schools, … Continue reading →

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Aug 13

We might have seen one or two of them

Posted on Monday, August 13, 2012, at 1:53 PM by Jeff

Iowa TV markets rank Nos. 4, 6, and 7 for political ad saturation. On a semi-related note, President Obama’s cross-state trip this week will get him coverage in four of Iowa’s seven media markets (five if KTVO covers him in … Continue reading →

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Aug 09

College conferences and House apportionment

Posted on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 3:00 PM by Jeff

(This is long and deals with the intersection of geography and football. You have been warned.) When Iowa State was on the verge of falling into athletics oblivion a year ago (again), I wrote in The Des Moines Register about … Continue reading →

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Jul 27

No bikes allowed

Posted on Friday, July 27, 2012, at 12:10 PM by Jeff

The segment of US 65 between IA 2 and Lineville on the 2012 Iowa Map for Bicyclists (PDF) doesn’t appear on the map at all. The map is color-coded with traffic counts — purple is the lowest, fewer than 700 vehicles … Continue reading →

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