Any map geeks in here?

[unt0uchable]

This should waste a good portion of your afternoon:

http://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/

Something like 500+ maps from the 18th century onward....

[John in VA]

22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other:
http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps- ... 013-6?op=1

[davintosh]

Thought this was quite apropos considering the snowgasm going on in the south... A map showing the amount of snow it takes to close schools in a given area.


(click on the map for a bigger version)

Lots of discussion about it in the Reddit thread about the map; based on one of the comments, I think this thread should be renamed to MapPorn or something similar. Just a suggestion.

[djazz]

Closer to home, http://www.318ti.org (bottom of main page) has a cool map showing members and a ping ((O)) symbol for the ones that are online.

[funfunfer]

Closer to home, http://www.318ti.org (bottom of main page) has a cool map showing members and a ping ((O)) symbol for the ones that are online.

That's very cool!

[davintosh]

Here's another good one, that's actually quite depressing considering the fact that I was in sunny SoCal last weekend and came back here -- 18 counties away from the Pacific Ocean -- to snow.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment ... ic_coasts/


Click the image for more detail.

[RonW]

Here's another good one, that's actually quite depressing considering the fact that I was in sunny SoCal last weekend and came back here -- 18 counties away from the Pacific Ocean -- to snow.

http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment ... ic_coasts/


Click the image for more detail.

Well, today I learned something new about Delaware and Rhode Island.

[Tammer in Philly]

Here's another good one, that's actually quite depressing considering the fact that I was in sunny SoCal last weekend and came back here -- 18 counties away from the Pacific Ocean -- to snow. :facepalm:

http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment ... ic_coasts/


Click the image for more detail.

Counties in the west are big, so I'll bet that map lines up pretty well with a sort of "center of mass" view of the US. Would like to see that, in fact. Population distribution and a "balance point".

[1st 5er]

... I was in sunny SoCal last weekend...

Did you pick up your My Pretty Pony T-Shirt?

[geordi]

... I was in sunny SoCal last weekend...

Did you pick up your My Pretty Pony T-Shirt?

No, but I bet he took his turn on the motorcycle with the gorilla mask and furry Na-nookie hat on making vroom-vroom noises.

[Tammer in Philly]

More fun stuff:
http://www.cambooth.net/archives/1315

Purchase prints here.

[Tammer in Philly]

Here's another good one, that's actually quite depressing considering the fact that I was in sunny SoCal last weekend and came back here -- 18 counties away from the Pacific Ocean -- to snow. :facepalm:

http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comment ... ic_coasts/


Click the image for more detail.

Revisiting this on a bigger monitor, I feel a little ripped off. My 21-county route to the Atlantic actually puts me in Baltimore, which is on a river mouth that leads to a bay that leads to the Atlantic. <sigh>

[Karl Grau]

My old world map was printed in 1986 so besides being a little rough around the edges (literally), a lot of borders and names had changed. I bought this HUGE one from Amazon. I can't believe how expensive maps are.

[Tammer in Philly]

For the baseball fans: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014 ... eball.html

I live in a majority-Cubs-fan ZIP bordering the northern edge of the White Sox zone. As I grew up in Boone County, Indiana (as a Cubs fan, naturally), I am feeling good about my neighborhood selection. :-)

Also of note, you can see all the retirees in Florida--the 2nd and 3rd most popular teams in most areas of Florida are the Yankees and Red Sox.

-tammer

[Jeremy]

I love baseball rivalries. Especially since I grew up and still live right near the infamous "Munson-Nixon line". There really isn't a clear line, but there are definite border areas where the rivalry is fierce. Families are divided. Mom is a Yankee fan, dad's a Red Sox fan. Son1 roots for the Sox, son2 for the pinstripes.

It's mostly friendly aside from a few jerks, but it's good fun at the bars come end of season and playoff time. I used to go to a bar where one half was all Red Sox memorabilia and the other half was Yankees. Yankees had one bartender, the Red Sox had another. It was pretty hilarious on game nights.

[unt0uchable]

That is awesome. Thanks for posting Tammer!

[davintosh]

Here's an interesting map showing the relative amount of land owned by the federal government in each state.



The question that comes to mind is, "Why is there that much government land in the western states?" That topic is probably best left to the Tailpipe I guess.

http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/w ... d-takeover

[unt0uchable]

...The question that comes to mind is, "Why is there that much government land in the western states?" That topic is probably best left to the Tailpipe I guess.

That is a very interesting topic. I might follow this to the TP if it makes it. I'm curious to know why as well.

[Karl Grau]

...The question that comes to mind is, "Why is there that much government land in the western states?" That topic is probably best left to the Tailpipe I guess.

That is a very interesting topic. I might follow this to the TP if it makes it. I'm curious to know why as well.

I don't know about the other states but in California the National Parks are about the size of Connecticut and then add in military installations and you have a second Connecticut. There are also 100 Federal Indian reservations but I don't know how much land they take up.

[davintosh]

Another interesting map graphic broaching a topic that probably be relegated to The Tailpipe:



http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1171 ... ged-states

[Tammer in Philly]

A major problem for all those purple states (in the post above) is that most of the drugs used for lethal injection are made by foreign companies, most notably Fresenius (German). Many companies HQd in other countries refuse to sell the product for execution as an ethical matter.

Interesting point of reference: Tuscany would have been grey on that map in 1786, and all of Italy by 1889. Only the rise of Fascism brought back capital punishment, which then was banned again after WWII. In case that context is useful to anyone.

[Son of a]

When it comes to the death penalty, looking at it state-by-state only serves to legitimize the act.

This map gives a global perspective.

[davintosh]

A couple more interesting ones popped up today, neither very controversial:





If the average consumption in the US is 7.5 to 9.9 liters per person per year, somebody is working their liver overtime to make up for me. I rarely drink anything stronger than beer, and that only a couple/three times a week. Anybody ready to 'fess up?

[Jeremy]

If the average consumption in the US is 7.5 to 9.9 liters per person per year, somebody is working their liver overtime to make up for me. I rarely drink anything stronger than beer, and that only a couple/three times a week. Anybody ready to 'fess up?

There's no header or information on that map to say what it is. "Per capita consumption" of what over what time period? Is it generalized alcohol consumption (ie, 1oz/30ml = 1 drink), or is it a specific measure of beer consumption? Over what time period? Per year?

I ask because 7.5-9.9 liters of beer a year isn't much really. However, if one beer counts as 30mL of ETOH (1 drink), then it works out to more like 333 beers per year per person. That and I love to geek out over stats like this while sipping bourbon.

[oldskool]

That and I love to geek out over stats like this while sipping bourbon.

Hey, . . while you're feeling all warm and happy, how about letting me back into Tailpipe?

[Jeremy]

That and I love to geek out over stats like this while sipping bourbon.

Hey, . . while you're feeling all warm and happy, how about letting me back into Tailpipe?

"Warm and happy" is considerably different from "completely knackered." You, of all people, I would think should appreciate the difference.

That said, I do owe you a PM ...

[Tammer in Philly]

If the average consumption in the US is 7.5 to 9.9 liters per person per year, somebody is working their liver overtime to make up for me. I rarely drink anything stronger than beer, and that only a couple/three times a week. Anybody ready to 'fess up? :beer:

:wave:

There's no header or information on that map to say what it is. "Per capita consumption" of what over what time period? Is it generalized alcohol consumption (ie, 1oz/30ml = 1 drink), or is it a specific measure of beer consumption? Over what time period? Per year?

I ask because 7.5-9.9 liters of beer a year isn't much really. However, if one beer counts as 30mL of ETOH (1 drink), then it works out to more like 333 beers per year per person. That and I love to geek out over stats like this while sipping bourbon.

It says "pure alcohol," so scale up 20x for beer and 6-7x for wine.

[Jeremy]

Where does it say that? Did you follow it back to the source?

[davintosh]

You've got to read the article to get the details behind the map, and they're kinda buried in it. Tammer summarized it well; this line is what I was going on:

The average figure globally is 6.2 litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

I gravitate towards the 7-12% ABV beers and usually pick up a six pack only every three weeks or so. To meet the high-water mark I'd have to be drinking upwards of 250 of them a year.

You keep right on sipping that bourbon & bumping the averages up, Jeremy. Just don't rely on your reading comprehension when you do.

[Jeremy]

You keep right on sipping that bourbon & bumping the averages up, Jeremy. Just don't rely on your reading comprehension when you do.

Seriously. Where was the link to the article? I must be blind, cause I don't see one.