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330 - From Pickin' Cotton to Pickin' Presidents « Strange Maps
Interesting correlation between a map of 1860 cotton production and county results in the 2008 presidential race.
ZuDfunck: NFL Week 10 Announcing and Coverage Maps
Oooooo! More pretty maps! Sunday's CBS and Fox NFL games by TV market.
President Map - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times
More cool maps! An interactive map showing county-by-county results from 1992 to the present. You can even compare this year to a previous year. The only areas that got redder since 2004: Cajun Country, the Redneck Riviera, and a belt from western Pennsylvania, through W. Va., Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and into eastern Oklahoma -- the migration path of the Ulster Scots (including my mother's side of the family).
imagiNATIVEamerica » Oklahoma City's 1910 Plan for Grand Boulevard by W.H. Dunn
Oooooo! Aaaaaaah! Beautiful maps, plans, and renderings of an early day plan for Oklahoma City's parks and boulevards.
FlowingData: Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America
An interactive time-lapse map shows the spread of Wal-Mart stores from its first store in Rogers, Ark., in 1962, to 3176 stores nationwide in 2007. (Via imagiNATIVEamerica.)
U.S. Highway Ends: maps and terminus photos
Another bit of road geekery: Maps showing historic and present-day alignments of U. S. Highways, and photos from where each road ends. (Via Dustbury.)
U. S Highways: From US 1 to (US 830)
For the road geek, a complete guide to the U. S. Numbered Highway System, past and present.
The American Spectator: Map Quest
A review of Mark Stein's How the States Got Their Shapes: "How come Michigan has that whole separate section that's actually attached to Wisconsin? Why does Delaware exist and why isn't it just part of Maryland?"
The States : Frank Chimero : Illustration & Design
Oklahoma, the Towel Rack State: "Each state in illustrated form.... The illustrations for the states don't necessarily have to deal the thematics of the state's culture, it's just a nice exercise for my creative muscles." (Via Strange Maps.)
Strange Maps: 254 - Ludacris' Rap Map of US Area Codes
Where Ludacris keeps his weeding implements. Why does he hate the Nine-One-Eight?
