mapping
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Watch How American Cities Grew Through Thousands Of Historic Maps
Good thing it’s almost the holiday weekend and you don’t need to be productive because the USGS just launched a heck of a time-wasting website. Now you can explore cities through beautiful old maps, some dating all the way back to 1884. But here’s the best part: You can mix and match many maps to…
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Drone Mapping Lost Pyramids In The Andes
When Gizmodo last checked in with archaeologist Mark Willis, he was assembling huge 36GB panoramic photographs of ancient rock art in the wilds of west Texas; now he’s flying drones over ancient pyramids in the Andes.
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Google Maps’ New Mountain Street View Lets You Peek At Peaks You’ll Never Climb
Face it, you’re no mountaineer. Unless you are, in which case, congrats. But for the rest of us, there will be no mountain-top revelations to make our souls take flight. Not in real life anyway. Google Map’s new summit shots are the next best thing.
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This Map Shows Every Meteorite That Has Hit Earth Since 2300BC
If we somehow get lucky and don’t kill ourselves first, we’re probably all going to die when a gigantic meteorite slams the crap out of our blue marble. Meteorites hit Earth more than you think! Since 2300BC, you can see all the meteorites that have pockmarked Earth.