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Every road in Minnesota CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS! thelandofmaps.tumblr.com

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Are You A Bro, A Buddy, Or A Dude?

Via Deadspin

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Maps: Here Are All of the Areas That Were Hit by Tornadoes in 2014

Via Gawker

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Graduates Of New Hampshire Schools Hold The Most Student Loan Debt In The US

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-student-debt-from-each-us-state-2014-12#ixzz3LmvLWZo7

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Where Men Aren’t Working

"There are still places in the United States where nearly all men in their prime working years have a job. In the affluent sections of Manhattan; in the energy belt that extends down from the Dakotas; in the highly educated suburbs of San Francisco, Denver, Minneapolis, Boston and elsewhere, more than 90 percent of men between the ages of 25 and 54 are working in many neighborhoods. The male employment rates in those areas resemble the nationwide male employment rates in the 1950s and 1960s."

Via The New York Times

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Spin a 3-D Representation of a Beautiful 17th-Century Celestial Globe

But not here. At Slate's Vault

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Map of NGOs around the world

From The Guardian:

"Over the next couple of months, we’ll be crowdsourcing a map of NGOs working in developing countries. If you’re part of a development organisation, we want your help to fill up our map and tell us about the wonderful work that you do.

Why are we doing this? Firstly, we want to know more about our community. We want to reach out to more organisations to write for us and to join our live Q&As. Long term, we also want this to be a non-comprehensive resource for NGOs - somewhere you can go to look for other groups working in your field when you want to collaborate."

Looking forward to it.

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Online map tracks Baltimore's polluted streams, harbor

Via The Baltimore Sun

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Maps Show Where College Football Playoff Teams Recruit From

Via BleacherReport

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Map: Each state's most distinctive job

"Texas is full of oilmen, and Kentucky and West Virginia are big on mining. That's pretty obvious, but some states have disproportionate employment in less intuitive categories. New Hampshire is all about forest fire prevention, Missouri likes to split rocks, and Mississippi is for upholsterers."

Via Vox

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First images of historic San Francisco shipwreck, SS City of Rio de Janeiro revealed

NOAA and partners today released three-dimensional sonar maps and images of an immigrant steamship lost more than 100 years ago in what many consider the worst maritime disaster in San Francisco history.

Via HeritageDaily

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This Interactive Map Shows The World's Ecosystems In Freakish Detail

"The U.S. Geological Survey and Esri have created a zoomable map that lets you explore all of the world's ecological land units down to an astounding 820 foot (250 meter) resolution. Check it out and tell us about your "ecological land unit."

"Via io9

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The Wonderground Map

"In 1914 London's Underground was frequently overcrowded, filthy and confusing. Frank Pick, the network's commercial director, wanted to lighten up the often tense atmosphere. He hired MacDonald Gill to design the "Wonderground" map, a whimsical cartoon map of the system full of jokes, puns and various other cute touches."

Via MapoftheWeek

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December, 915: Berengar I was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.

Yet another map of Ancient Rome, this time in atlas form. This particular version is one of the best known and well respected maps of Ancient Rome, created by an Italian archaeologist named Rodolfo Lanciani.

Atlas: Forma vrbis Romae. Consilio et avctoritate Regiae Academiae Lyncaeorvm formam dimensvs est et ad modvlvm 1:1000, delineavit Rodvlphvs Lanciani.  Mediolani, U. Hoepli [1893]

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Map of Ohio showing distribution of Pre-Columbian Earthworks. [1097×943] CLICK HERE FOR MORE MAPS! thelandofmaps.tumblr.com

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Same holds in the U.S., and especially New England, which was deforested 4 times since colonization.

Watch: How Europe is greener now than 100 years ago

"More than 100 years ago, timber was used for almost everything: as fuel wood, for metal production, furniture, house construction. Hence, at around 1900 there was hardly any forest areas left in Europe. Especially after World War II, many countries started massive afforestation programs which are still running today," Fuchs told The Washington Post.

As a result, Europe’s forests grew by a third over the last 100 years. At the same time, cropland decreased due to technological innovations such as motorization, better drainage and irrigation systems: Relatively fewer area was needed to produce the same amount of food. Furthermore, many people migrated from rural to urban areas, or overseas.

Fuchs’ fascinating conclusion: Forests and settlements grew at the same time and Europe is a much greener continent today than it was 100 years ago. A closer look at different regions and countries reveals Europe’s recovery from the deforestation of past centuries.

More of these maps at WaPo

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The Medieval Tube Map

"If you ever find yourself hanging around in the 11th century, be sure to carry a copy of the Medieval Tube Map. The chart shows the many small hamlets, manors and landmarks that you might have visited in and around London during the Middle Ages."

Via the Londonist