Category Archives: Maps

Coffee makes the world go round

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

 

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From-To

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

The new website From-To promises to ‘make new places familiar’. It does this by comparing districts in the city you wish to travel to with a city you know well. For example if you are traveling to New York from … Continue reading →

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Diabolical Maps

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Along with some hilarious cartoons, former NASA scientist Randall Munroe creates some very vexing maps for his website xkcd.com. I’m hoping that he turns his acerbic mapping talents towards Euope next.    

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Take the Night Train

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

On December 11th at 8.18pm the night train to Paris left Berlin Hauptbahnhof. This was remarkable because it was the first Berlin-Paris night train in over 9 years. The new Nightjet service between the German and French capitals is more evidence … Continue reading →

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Where comedy meets geography

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

It’s always a treat when two of one’s interests intersect. In my case, I’m a huge comedy fan and a big old geography nerd. So I was happy to recently discover that Geographical magazine has a profile of the Map Men—that is, … Continue reading →

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Thank a pirate for guacamole

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Born in England in 1651, William Dampier embarked on a life of piracy in 1679 in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche after a number of unsuccessful early jobs. He changed his fortunes by joining the rapidly growing field of high seas … Continue reading →

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Information Is Beautiful

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

I am a sucker for infographics. Show me a cleverly designed graphic on any subject whatsoever and I’m in. So of course the Information is beautiful awards 2023 website sent me down an deep, deep rabbit hole. The Information Is Beautiful Awards … Continue reading →

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Maps: A Stranger Quest

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to TBTP are well aware of my life-long fascination with maps, globes, and all things cartographic. So it won’t be surprising to find that I am excited to learn that Italian filmmaker Andrea Gatopoulos has made a documentary … Continue reading →

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omnium-gatherum

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Using survey data, responses from community boards & city council members, and over 37,000 responses from NYC residents, a team at the NY Times has made a detailed map of the 350+ distinct neighborhoods in NYC. This map shows the 50 … Continue reading →

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Everybody Has A Podcast

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Maps.fm is a clever project that lets you use a world map to select podcast episodes that are about or related to a specific location on the map. Want to instantly be able to access every single podcast ever recorded … Continue reading →

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