What it’s like to walk across Massachusetts
A visually-aided journal of a very long walk home.
From The Pudding
Discover
Wander the web like a shoreline.
Something new washes up every time: pages from all kinds of people, made with all kinds of tools. Beachcomb shows you what it found, then gets out of the way.
Pick a few topics
NYC's Urban Textscape
What if you could search every visible word on New York City’s streets?
From The Pudding
Terragen
Photorealistic 3d terrain generator. Some versions are free for noncommercial use
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Max Dietrich
Hi, I'm Max Dietrich. I currently work as Teamkoordinator GIS-Applikationsmanagement at Bayernwerk (E.ON). Beside that I ride my mountain bike in the alps, code and design my website and publish new content whenever I can.
From personalsit.es
Visualizing Map Distortion
visualizing map distortion. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
From Awesome Explorables
I built a map of billboards and banners in Poland (gpy.pl)
Punkty reklamowe w całej Polsce - billboardy, ekrany LED, bannery i citylighty. Znajdź lokalizację dla swojej kampanii albo wystaw własną powierzchnię i znajdź najemcę.
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Diagrams for Travel from the Qanoon-e-Islam (1832)
Diagrams from a now-lost Urdu manuscript illustrating the propitious days and directions for travel.
From The Public Domain Review
OpenTaxRate – open-source US sales tax rates by street address
US sales tax rates by street address, from the states' own published data. - equated-org/opentaxrate
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Archie G. Norcross’ Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)
Circular maps custom-made for the fire towers that once dotted the American wilderness.
From The Public Domain Review
Spectral Codex
Photo essays, road trips, and a geospatial database with a particular emphasis on the history and culture of Taiwan.
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Weedon Island Preserve
Weedon Island Preserve is a 3100-acre county park located in St Petersburg, Florida. It is a wildlife refuge encompassing a series of islands in Tampa Bay, consisting mostly of mangrove swamp and slash pine/cabbage palmetto scrub. But its primary importance is as an archaeological site, centered…
From Kagi Small Web
Surprise! Largs Community Garden (hidden in the train station)
There’s a definite phenomenon arising from NOT crawling around a place you visit, and examining it in detail. Although I’ve walked from the northern extend of the town, where I found various things, including Lord Kelvin’s house, and gone as … Continue reading →
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GPS - Global Positioning System
A detailed interactive explanation on how the Global Positioning System works.
From Awesome Explorables
A Road Trip To The Alps and Dolomites
About three years ago I watched a YouTube video of a couple of trail runners running the Alta Via 2 in the Dolomites. It’s a 100 mile route through the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy and as soon as I watched them I realised I had to go there. Not to run the route, but … Read more
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Independent Vet – Find locally owned vets (and corporate ones) near you
Find locally owned veterinary practices near you and see which clinics are verified independent or corporately owned.
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AI Heat Map Sourced from over 140 News Feeds
An interactive map of the AI companies, models, products, people and ideas getting the most attention in English-language news over the last 7 days.
From Show HN
terrain.party
nice interface for getting terrain heightmaps anywhere in the world
From Tiny Tools Directory
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