Tag Archive for 'national geographic'

Giant Freakin’ Map!

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Modern Hiker
on October 30, 2008
in maps
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Apparently, the National Geographic Society decided they would start touring around with a 26 x 34 foot map of North America without stopping by my apartment.

Lame.

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2007’s Giant Map of Asia

Instead, they’ll be taking this cartophile’s dream to schools, to teach kids about the physical and economic reasons for various city locations, and about where certain types of foods are produced on the continent — which is fantastic, because I’m pretty sure most people my age couldn’t tell you anything about either of those topics.

National Geographic says it’s for grades K-8, but if they could make an exception just for me, I promise not to get in the way of anyone — as long as I get to somersault from L.A. to New York without being interrupted.

Via Contours.

Online Map Jigsaw Puzzles

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Modern Hiker
on May 18, 2008
in Web Sites and Apps and maps
. 1 Comment

Personally, I’m not one for puzzles of any sort. If the solution doesn’t become apparent to me within a few minutes of starting, I end up just getting frustrated and angry. Maybe puzzles are supposed to teach me a life-lesson about dealing with that, but so far they’ve been unsuccessful.

However, I do have a lot of “puzzle people” in my life, and a puzzle that tests your knowledge of geography is ok in my book. Or, at least, as good as a puzzle is going to get.

See how well you know the planet at National Geographic.

Via Contours.