Cryptic States of America
Looking for something pointless to do for a while? Try these U.S. state quizzes.
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Maps Like You’ve Never Seen Before
As one of GeekMom’s resident geography geeks, I was excited to come across a post of a consolidated list of unique maps.
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Delve Into World Geography With Geoguessr
Geoguessr uses Google Street View technology to challenge players to find locations from around the world.
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The MapMyFitness Team Declares: “Boston, We’re With You”
Loved this run someone did in San Francisco on April 16th, spelling out the word “Boston” with his footsteps. You can view the details of this route through the MapMyFitness map editor. The staff at MapMyFitness wrote a lovely tribute to the Boston Marathon tragedy on their company blog today. Click through below to read more.
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“Live” Maps of UK Railways to Aid Your Procrastination
A collection of maps at Train Times show the approximate real-time positions of trains on the London Underground and those at and surrounding many major UK stations.
Continue ReadingLego Build With Chrome Wins the Internet
If you’ve got kids or just really like Lego – that pretty much includes everyone, right? Use your Chrome browser to navigate to Build with Chrome and start grabbing a piece of virtual Australia or New Zealand. The rest of the globe will still have to wait.
Continue ReadingYou-Topia Contest
Sitting down to sketch or paint a place you love is one of the best ways of revisiting it. That’s because getting the images on paper forces you to re-imagine the sights and sounds, making it come alive more fully in your memory. The folks at They Draw & Travel know all about this […]
Continue ReadingGeekMom Secret – Where to Find the Best (Free!) Map.
Since we’re a family that moves quite a bit, we have a large collection of maps. The first thing we do, after hubby comes home with the news that we’re packing up again, is collect as many maps as we can, of our new home region. This recent move, from NY to Colorado, left me […]
Continue ReadingCelebrate President’s Day with Google Earth
In celebration of President’s Day, Google Earth offers up an entirely new way to discover a little presidential knowledge. Their Explore Our U.S. Presidents map pinpoints where each President was from and offers an image of the President with links to more information. You can download the file and launch it in Google Earth or […]
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