Greedy Scandinavians are hogging most of the world's metal bands to themselves. How should we resolve this gross injustice? Link -via Nag on the Lake | Image: unknown...

Randall Munroe of xkcd  presents a dozen different ways to project the earth onto a map, and analyzes the fans of each. My favorite (after the globe, of course) is the Robinson projection, which pegs my lifestyle pr...

The Mississippi River seems eternal, but it ch...  ...How much? You can see in a collection of colorful maps at Visual News. Cartographer Harold N. Fisk produ...

The Migrations Map is an interactive map that lets you see which countries people are moving to and from across the world. Here, for example, are the ten largest streams of immigrants into Australia. The UK contribut...

René Voorburg, an archivist at the National Library of the Netherlands, digitized a Roman road map from about 300 AD. OmnesViae displays a route between two towns of your choice and provides driving directions. Pict...

Ingrid Dabringer likes to "...elevate the mund...  ...she finds the forms for human figure drawings in maps . Link -via Geekosystem

I reside squarely in the "iceberg-with-ranch-dressing-eating" area even though I dislike both those things intensely. The best, I think, is the huge collection of countries in Europe who think the others are all arro...

Google Maps has a list of punny slogans that users have tagge...

Photo link Artist Nikki Rosato creates amazing...  ...g sculptures of human figures by using old street maps people have tossed. She started out by cutting fl...  ...he started out by cutting flat silhouettes out of maps , then progressed to this stunning 3D work that sh...  ...tes by eliminating all of the l...

Even driving down the highway can be a virtual experience! With this Google Earth application, just enter your location and destination, hit "go" to find your route, then go to the simulator panel and hit "start." You ca...