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The Map Room

Blogging about maps since 2003.

  • By Jonathan Crowe
  • Based in Canada
  • Roughly three posts per week
  • First post on

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Month starting Posts
Sep 2022 10
Oct 2022 11
Nov 2022 20
Dec 2022 16
Jan 2023 14
Feb 2023 7
Mar 2023 7
Apr 2023 13
May 2023 13
Jun 2023 9
Jul 2023 15
Aug 2023 8
Sep 2023 14
Oct 2023 6
Nov 2023 14
Dec 2023 10
Jan 2024 7
Feb 2024 14
Mar 2024 4
Apr 2024 11

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Most recent posts

Online Maps Roundup: April 2024
Custom route creation and topographic maps are rumored to be coming to Apple Maps in the next iOS release, iOS 18. Google Maps has had custom routes since approximately forever; on Apple Maps we’ve had …
On , by Jonathan Crowe, 167 words
The History of Etak Navigator
It used a vector display and cassette tapes for data storage. It was too early for GPS; instead it invented a process called “augmented dead reckoning” that snapped the car’s position back to the known …
On , by Jonathan Crowe, 118 words
The Map Men on Phantom Islands
There’s no shortage of books about phantom islands—islands on the map that later turn out never to have existed—but now the Map Men have done a video about them, using as a narrative hook the …
On , by Jonathan Crowe, 58 words