-------- Original Message -------- Subject: maps in the news Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:04:52 -0500 From: Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]> Organization: University of Maryland Libraries To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> A few interesting things I've stumbled on recently. Enjoy... NPR Two recent NPR stories that mention the US Board on Geographic Names... [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5500502] Kojo Nnamdi Show Maps and Geography : Three out of five American Kids can't find Iraq on a map. But maps can communicate far more than simple geography, from environmental trends to global inequality. We look at new approaches to global geography, and what cartographers are revealing about our neighborhood, around the corner and across the world. [http://www.wamu.org/programs/kn/06/11/13.php#12176] NY Times [reg. req'd] When Maps Reflected Romance of the Road : Perhaps it is the contrast with today's pervasive digital maps that makes old-fashioned paper road maps seem rich and wonderful again. [http://tinyurl.com/yl26jn] mf -- Michael Fry Maps Librarian Government Documents & Maps University of Maryland 301.314.1357 | [log in to unmask]