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Slideshow: The Beautiful and Impactful Aerial Imagery of Grassroots Mapping

The DIY cartography movement of grassroots mapping not only creates stunning imagery, but collects important data that can make a real difference.

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Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good

How to capture your own aerial imagery that's higher resolution than NASA's, for about $100.

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Amtrak As Subway Map

See Amtrak's entire passenger rail system laid out like a subway map.

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Nicaragua Mistakenly Invades Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps [UPDATED]

Here's the amusing story of how one South American nation invaded its neighbor, then blamed a Google Maps error after the fact.

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Typographic Maps: Artful Maps Made Entirely of Type

Each Typographic Map poster depicts the streets, neighborhoods, highways, and physical features of a city using only words.

You Have No Idea How Big Africa Really Is (But This Map Does)

You can fit the United States, China, India, Japan, and much of Europe within Africa's borders. And Kai Krause's new map does just that.