Maps: February 2008 Archives

WIRED: All Google's Roads Lead to Kansas

Coffeyville: Not only a nice town, but the center of the world according to Google Maps.

Let the Finder Beware: The Republic of New Netherland

Another "what if": A well-sketched-out alternative history of what might exist today had the Dutch retained control of their North American colony, later to become an independent republic, including the present day states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Vermont, western Connecticut, and the Philadelphia area. (Via Strange Maps.)

Handbook of Texas Online - DIVISION OF TEXAS

From the "what if" file: Proposals for dividing Texas into multiple states from 1845 to the present day.