Category Archives: Maps

Feb 03

Analysis of 2021 RAGBRAI map

Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

July 22, 2015: A sculpture made of bicycle parts greets RAGBRAI riders as they go through Parkersburg. UPDATE 5/4/21: Revised with information following revised daily route maps. In October, the RAGBRAI website put out unlabeled daily maps, based on the plan … Continue reading →

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Dec 29

I see you, KYOU; and other TV station notes

Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Back in June, I uploaded new TV station maps and county-by-county listings. One of the prompts for making the update was finding out that KYOU, the Fox station in Ottumwa and the only standalone Fox station in Iowa, had added … Continue reading →

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Nov 06

Label-o-matic

Posted on Friday, November 6, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Labels are important when creating maps. This is an obvious truth, but I have a habit of missing the forest for the trees. Thus, when I created highway chronologies, I didn’t really consider the idea that my maps could be … Continue reading →

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Sep 01

Him Jarbaugh

Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

In working on my map of visited counties, I ran into a color problem. With a new color selected every two years (more or less), the palette of strong contrasts is running out. I’ve been through the box of eight, … Continue reading →

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Jan 03

TV station coverage maps updated for the new decade

Posted on Friday, January 3, 2020, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Let’s say you are a presidential candidate. (Odds are you might be.) And let’s say you want to run the same ad at least twice every half-hour*. Since you’re mostly likely in that group with a percentage smaller than the … Continue reading →

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Dec 26

National travel map, macro-level

Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This is an expanded yet condensed version of my 29 states in 12 months of ’16-17. The only additions to the red group on this map were Wyoming (two months before the 12 began), South Dakota (very barely), Washington, Oregon, … Continue reading →

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Nov 01

IA 999: The untold story (2)

Posted on Friday, November 1, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

This excerpt of Missouri football’s 1897 schedule from the 2017 football records book shows one of two games played at Amity College. The meeting appears to be part of a barnstorming tour; the Tigers’ game in College Springs comes three days … Continue reading →

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Oct 31

IA 999: The untold story (1)

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

For decades, the Iowa Highway Commission wanted to get rid of it. For decades, residents of southern Page County begged the state to pave it. Iowa Highway 999 was both an offshoot of and substitute for Iowa Highway 333, and … Continue reading →

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Oct 15

Interstate 880 coming to Iowa!?!

Posted on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

July 24, 2019: For a limited time only The fall meeting of the AASHTO Special Committee on Route Numbering, which took place Oct. 5, has a doozy of a bombshell. Immediate reaction: W.T.F. Item No. 5 – State: Iowa Route: I-880 Action: … Continue reading →

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Aug 21

Re-evaluating Ottumwa’s earliest highways

Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 13, 2016: Northbound US 63 at one of the newest additions to Ottumwa’s highway chronology, a three-point roundabout with US 34. This is one of the very few places in Iowa a roundabout kind of makes sense. Microfilm research … Continue reading →

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