Posts Tagged ‘maps’

Hand-drawn ryokan map, Kyoto, Japan, 1990

How inexpertly drawn kanji led me out of Asia to the Middle East and Europe

Car bomb in Beirut, invisible map revealed

Even in peacetime, every Beiruti knows which sect ‘owns’ each district

Rediscovering the joys of web surfing

MapCrunch randomly pulls street scenes from Google Maps. Most of it is ugly, yet irresistible


Mapping the invisible city of Beirut

How a city fed up with thinking about war knows where the next frontlines will be

Where were you on September 11th?

Mapping where I stood on that day, and where others stood around the world at the same moment

Where tourists and locals go in Cairo

Genius mash-up map uses Flickr photos to reveal insiders’ favorite areas in cities around the world


Google Maps finally does a better job hiding Tel Aviv

Israel’s many satellite image “parks” change their colors