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Category Archives: Maps
Jul
08
An Ohio mapmaker with ‘creativity’ and ‘whimsy’
The AP has a neat little story about the man who’s been in charge of designing the non-highway area on the back of the Ohio state map for nearly 20 years. There’s a video*, too, about the Easter eggs he … Continue reading
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May
10
150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad
August 5, 2016: The restored Union Pacific depot in downtown Cheyenne WY has an inlaid map of the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad. However, it marks Omaha as the terminus. A century and a half ago today, the United … Continue reading
May
09
You don’t need a weatherman…
I’m pretty much obligated to repost this, right? Here is the 2008 presidential election by National Weather Service CWAs! I've also included a 2008 to 2016 margin change map and the original 2016 map again. Despite Obama's decisive win in … Continue reading
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Apr
18
Online mapping and geographical illiteracy
I was all set to cite this story to weep and wail about the state of education — for the most part I still should — but then I stopped to think. ‘Many people can’t find themselves on a map,’ laments … Continue reading
Apr
05
Analysis of 2019 RAGBRAI route
Perhaps the strangest thing about this year’s RAGBRAI route map release, now that the day-by-day trickle is an established thing, is that the Register‘s website didn’t really say anything about it. On that Sunday morning, there was nothing except the … Continue reading
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Mar
14
The west end of US 18 that officially wasn’t
September 17, 2007: Westbound US 18 at US 75 in Sioux County. There are some ag-related businesses here, half a mile east of the unincorporated village of Perkins (which consists of a few houses and a salvage yard). I have … Continue reading
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Mar
13
Significant part of country already ‘ahead of time’
July 15, 2013: The westernmost highway entry into the Eastern Time Zone, MI 28 in the Upper Peninsula, is farther west than a lot of Illinois. Longitudinally, it’s roughly on par with Sterling, less than 30 miles from Clinton. It’s … Continue reading
Jan
14
The 2019 Iowa House, by gender and area
When the new Iowa House convenes today, one party will have a majority of women while a woman from the other party leads the chamber. Let’s look at the map (basemap from Legislative Services Agency, although it was horizontally scaled … Continue reading
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Jan
04
Iowa counties among ‘most representative’
A study from Echelon Insights sought to find “typical counties” in the United States and two counties from Iowa rank in the top 20. The Midwest plus Pennsylvania ranked pretty high overall. The link has a map to play with. … Continue reading
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Sep
11
Johnston annexation puts it on the state highway system
The State of Iowa City Development Board meeting tomorrow includes an annexation by the city of Johnston. Based on a notice from earlier this year, Johnston is making plans to bring a portion of the IA 141 corridor under its control. … Continue reading
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