The Fascinating Ancient Origins of the World Map
Jeremy Shuback looks at the origins behind the first world maps, pondering how they were so accurate despite the lack of world travel at the time.
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How the Issue of Longitude at Sea Was Solved With the Newly Invented Pocket Watch in the 1770s
Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men quite appropriately explain the history of maps, focusing on latitude and longitude, the latter of…
The Mysterious Null Island, The Busiest Place on Earth That Does Not Exist
Tom Scott and MinuteEarth teamed up to reveal the mysterious secret of Null Island, the busiest place on Earth that does not exist. The “island”…
I Know Where Your Cat Lives, A Data Experiment Featuring Public Pictures of Cats on a World Map Based on Metadata
I Know Where Your Cat Lives is a data experiment by Owen Mundy featuring public pictures of cats on a world map based on latitude…
Apple iOS 4 Has Been Secretly Tracking iPhone & iPad Users’ Locations
At Where 2.0 today in Santa Clara researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden announced today that Apple’s iOS 4, which runs on the iPhone and…