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Just another mapper
Mar 30
2012

Holy crap this is a cool map!

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho

http://hint.fm/wind/index.html

 

Oct 28
2011

Your Google Maps API Free Riding Days Are Over (if you are the top 0.35% of GMaps users)

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho

Came across this on the OpenLayers list, thought I'd share:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_maps_api_paid_no_longer_free.php

http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2011/10/introduction-of-usage-limits-to-maps.html

Haters gonna hate, but free can't always be free forever if it isn't sustainable. 

 

Mar 05
2010

via Fark: There are more bars than grocery stores in many flyover states. Take THAT, you rich, uppity, coast-residing bastards

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho
http://consumerist.com/2010/03/illinois-and-wisconsin-do-not-mess-around-when-it-comes-to-drinkin.html
Jan 12
2010

Rare map @ LOC

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho
Rarely seen 400-year old map puts China at the center of the world and shows the Americas off in the corner:

 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/rare-map-of-world-on-display-011210 

Nov 19
2009

Random

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho
Nov 17
2009

National Unemployment Map 2007-2009

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho

Dan S says this is both impressive and depressing:

 

 http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

Sep 16
2009

ColorBrewer in ArcMap!

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho

http://gis.cancer.gov/tools/colortool/

found through: http://freegeographytools.com/2009/colorbrewer-updated-to-version-2-0-add-on-to-arcmap-available

Mar 18
2009

NYC Sitcom Map

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho

via Digg:

http://23.media.tumblr.com/IwM8PIQ02kudgmreiD4AhpNyo1_r1_500.png 

Mar 13
2009

From StrangeMaps blog

Posted by Jason Ho in Weary Mappers

Jason Ho

 

 World War II: If Maps Could Fight 

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/366-world-war-ii-if-maps-could-fight/ 

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