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Author Jonathan Crowe
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Observatory Books’s Stock Inventoried

Jun 27 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  alaska collecting industry map stores


Franklin Expedition’s Secret Map Available via Access to Information

Jun 27 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  arctic canada history shipwrecks


‘Original’ Disneyland Map to Be Auctioned

Jun 23 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  art auctions disney disneyland theme parks


Canada’s Indigenous Communities on Google Maps

Jun 21 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  canada first nations google maps indigenous mobile


Books Update

Jun 21 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  books housekeeping


xkcd’s Relativistic Election Maps

Jun 21 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  choropleth comics funny unusual maps xkcd


The Lewis Ansbacher Map Collection

Jun 15 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps florida libraries


A Map of the Ideological Leanings of U.S. Congressmen

Jun 15 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  congress house of representatives politics usa


The Business of Making Maps for Self-Driving Cars

Jun 15 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  industry self-driving cars


Baltimore’s Radi(c)al New Transit Map

Jun 15 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  baltimore cities transit


Facebook’s Disaster Maps

Jun 08 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  crisis mapping disasters facebook humanitarian uncategorised


CBS Boston on the BPL’s Weather Maps Exhibit

Jun 07 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps bpl exhibitions libraries weather and climate


NOAA to Move Away from Paper Charts

Jun 07 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  charts nautical noaa paper maps


Roman Roads, Subway Style

Jun 07 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  ancient rome history roman roads tube


A Year’s Worth of Changes in Google and Apple Maps

Jun 03 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  apple maps google maps map design mobile web mapping


‘Based on Something Something Search Data’

Jun 03 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  comics funny unusual maps xkcd


CCA Annual Conference in Ottawa

May 30 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  academe canada cca conferences ottawa


Recent Auctions: Joan Blaeu and Australia, Sam Greer and Vancouver

May 24 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  1600s 1800s antique maps auctions australia


Exhibitions in the Northeast

May 24 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  adirondacks antique maps exhibitions harvard libraries


Manuscript Maps at Harvard

May 24 2017 □ [Archived Version] □ Published at The Map Room under tags  antique maps exhibitions harvard libraries



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