Archive for the 'Maps' Category

Electric Map Is Gone

One of the main displays at the Gettysburg National Park Visitor’s Center, The Electric Map, designed and constructed by Joseph L. Rosensteel in 1937-38, has now been taken away for shelter. As York Town Square reports, an artifact of history which has attracted millions of visitors over many years should by all means now be [...]

National Geographic Society Launches Topo.com

The National Geographic Society has launched Topo.com, a comprehensive database and guide for topographic maps in the United States of America. Topo.com will allow its visitors to browse inside and around the Google maps that NGS has links to. Tarvel News reports that the best part of this database is that its users can add [...]