Attention Fellow Map Geeks

[Autistamatic]

Of course.

Atlases get republished, however that doesn't mean everyone buys a new one every year. I love my Natl Geographic atlas, but yeah...it's a tad out of date. My bad.

I still like my hardback Star Trek encyclopaedia....
"Updated edition - now includes Seasons 1-3 of Star Trek Voyager, and the latest blockbuster ( ) movie "Star Trek - Insurrection"

 

[tducey]

But it has to be 1950's vintage... I know where to get a modern one...

It was the modern one I was talking about.

Still found a website that has old maps:

Newfoundland.

 

[Judge]

Looks like another more complex change may be coming. A redraft of the borders between Serbia and Kosovo.

"Thaci said in June he would seek a solution with Serbia by “correcting borders”, but politicians and analysts in Kosovo said that would mean land swaps."

Kosovo President ready for compromise deal with Serbia | Reuters

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I am obsessed with maps. Inherited that genefrom my father.

 

[tlc]

First thing that came to mind with this thread is the SNL skit of Wayne's World. "Top Ten Reasons Why We're Bummed That Communism Fell in the Soviet Union"

But I love old maps. Old local maps. A special interest of mine is finding where old railroads went, and remnants of bridges and things. On the old maps they are often marked, or are at least shown as trails. And ghost towns that were only there due to the railroad, are on those maps. I also like to see roads that barely exist now except as a 2 track, and I like to explore them in my Jeep. There was one road a mile from my old house that was recently still on local maps. The road was an overgrown 2 track even 20 years ago.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

First thing that came to mind with this thread is the SNL skit of Wayne's World. "Top Ten Reasons Why We're Bummed That Communism Fell in the Soviet Union"

But I love old maps. Old local maps. A special interest of mine is finding where old railroads went, and remnants of bridges and things. On the old maps they are often marked, or are at least shown as trails. And ghost towns that were only there due to the railroad, are on those maps. I also like to see roads that barely exist now except as a 2 track, and I like to explore them in my Jeep. There was one road a mile from my old house that was recently still on local maps. The road was an overgrown 2 track even 20 years ago.

I am exactly the same. I love old maps. I love exploring old roads and am obsessed with Google Maps. I grew up in a very rural area, and I like to see the old ranchos, the fire roads, the red earth from space, and remember the way it was when most of our friends didn't have electricity.

 

[tlc]

I am exactly the same. I love old maps. I love exploring old roads and am obsessed with Google Maps. I grew up in a very rural area, and I like to see the old ranchos, the fire roads, the red earth from space, and remember the way it was when most of our friends didn't have electricity.

Same here. Even back before it was Google Maps, it was Terraserver. The old railroad routes really stand out too. One thing I discovered playing with Google Earth is you can go back in time, they have footage of some places back to the 80s or 90s. It's really cool seeing how things have changed over the years. Even on my property, I can go back to when the huge pine trees weren't even there.