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Do you like maps? Are you fascinated by maps?

New group all about maps.... [agnostic.com]

Join and Share your favorite maps, map memes, etc.

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SkotlandSkye 8 Sep 12
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I've always loved maps. I like looking at one, and seeing the lines representing roads and rivers, and then later, after I'm there, looking at the map again to get the perspective of where I am.

Though I have been won over somewhat, by GPS, it doesn't replace that "map thing" !

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I've got a obsession with maps, particularly when I read a book set in a place I'm unfamiliar with. I also work in sales for a mortgage company. I find myself looking up cities and towns our clients are from a lot, particularly if it's in a state I've visited or a state I find interesting.

join the group! 🙂

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Do American learn about the Waldseemüller map?
[en.wikipedia.org]

not unless they want to learn on their own 🙂

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I am still in major disbelief that the ass-hats at google, mapquest,.... continue to use the mercator projection for maps.

Doing this contributes the to ignorance and idiocy and the insane republican blackholes.

No wonder there are posts about how greenland is bigger than 'stralia.

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When I was a kid, I used to get the road atlas out and look at it all the time. I still do sometimes ❤

Remi Level 7 Sep 13, 2018
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Yes, I love maps. I create lots of them for my work (ArcGIS).

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How many maps could a mapper map if a mapper could map maps?

godef Level 7 Sep 12, 2018
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I loved maps, and then I asked a tutee where the Middle East was, she pointed to Northern China.

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Hhmm... are we talking maps that would lead to a buried treasure? I like those kind of maps...

Joking aside, I'm considering starting another group, might be called the Federalist Papers, definitely a pro US Constitution group.

@SpikeTalon I can't do anything political other than the Libertarian group....there's too much political stuff on TV and in my news feed right now.....It's screwing with my life balance! LOL

@SkotlandSkye I can relate to that, and after awhile the political talk gets to be too much, clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right. Thought about starting a group for early American history (Federalist Papers) or maybe a pro capitalism group, being there are enough socialist and progressive groups.

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Old maps very much so! The directional roses and little added mythical creations are beautiful!

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I was a Boy Scout leader for many years and one of my favorite activities was teaching overland navigation using topographic maps that I bought from the USGA. Since much of this time we were in Missouri, we hiked many miles far from civilization over the Ozarks, through the Mark Twain National Forest, and through many streams. Not every boy became really competent with a map and a compass but most did. I have great memories of these times and know I helped many boys become competent and confident hikers.

And it never needs recharged.

I've always been great at reading maps and I have a spectacular sense of direction. It's one of those rare gifts where I just always know where I am and which way is which. 🙂

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