An aide to Oberstar said he had no hand in the mayors’ wish list, which includes a number of road and highway projects in his district, including $5 million to paint Duluth’s iconic Aerial Lift Bridge. Also tucked in are $2 million for a lake-walk extension at Beacon Point and $6 million for snowmaking and maintenance facilities at Spirit Mountain.
Archive for December, 2008
$6 million of stimulus money to make snow in Minnesota?
Monday, December 29th, 2008
The Boston Globe’s “The Year in Maps”
Monday, December 29th, 2008A cartography boom offers new ways to see the world, from The Boston Globe
The maps of 2008: spontaneous mapping of live events like the terrorists attacks in Mumbai, the first Moon walk overlaid on a soccer field, and of course the presidential election result maps.
July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong and ‘Buzz’ Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon:
Map of the 2008 presidential election results by county:
Map of the 2008 presidential election results by county where the county size is based on population, highlighting the voting weight of populated vs. rural areas:
See more maps from Mr. Newman, a physicist at the University of Michigan. Make your own on this NYT page.
SNL’s Fred Armisen demonstrates their “Megapixel Giant Touchmap” (MegaMap), a parody of CNN’s ridiculous-yet-awesome “Magic Wall” (”Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall”). The MegaMap demo starts about 1:30 into the video.
Via The Map Room
