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In 1945 Harold Fisk published 27 large scale geological maps of the Mississippi River. The 15 meander maps of the Mississippi from Cape Girardeau to Donaldsonville are extraordinary data visualizations. We have joined all 15 into one continuous map. davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

A second trailer to "A Stranger Quest," a film by Andrea Gatopoulos about David Rumsey and his map world. Full release in 2024. YouTube link: youtu.be/gYphq7MfedI?si…

1935 Mala Vlastiveda [The Little Civics Reader] Rare brilliant Czech school geography with innovative design and data visualization. Sutnar’s constructivist typography combines with the isotypes of Tschinkel who had worked with Arntz and Neurath in Vienna. davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

David Rumsey Map Center celebrates its 8th Anniversary April 1, 2024 with a special screening the film "A Stranger Quest" - a documentary about Rumsey and his passion for maps. Free to the public, 4:30pm, Stanford. Details, register bit.ly/4a6c4Hr Film release late 2024.

Collaboration between the Rumsey Map Center at Stanford and Monash University’s Embodied Visualisation Group has produced Globes, an App for the new Apple Vision Pro. Blog post by Dilpreet Singh who with Bernie Jenny and Kadek Satriadi developed the App. dilpreet.co/projects/globes

Join us for the public launch of the next generation of OldMapsOnline with the new TimeMap. Wednesday, May 15, from 9:30am to 12:30pm PDT at the David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford University. Attend in person or virtually. Details and registration here - events.stanford.edu/event/the-futu…

35 Japanese infographics from 1944 designed to help the public survive intense fire bombing raids by US planes during World War II. Made by the Great Japan Air Defense Association, they combine strong persuasive power through outstanding graphic design. davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

Globes 1.2 for the #AppleVisionPro can now show globes of the David Rumsey Map Center as 360°-panoramas and place multiple globes side-by-side. apps.apple.com/au/app/globes/…

The 267 sheet Carte de France de l'État Major was produced between 1832 and 1876. At 1:80,000 scale it remains an extraordinary record of 19th century France. From city and town details to alpine glaciers, nothing is missed. A composite of all 267 sheets davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

Rand McNally made Air Trails maps for every U.S. state starting in 1929. Similar to their Auto Trails maps, the Air Trails maps showed the new air routes and airports serving them. They remain a record of the early air age in America, now mostly vanished. davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

Otto Neurath, Gerd Arntz, 1929, Die Bunte Welt. (The colorful world : Pictorial statistics for the youth). Brilliant data visualizations show school children the ethnic, religious, industrial, agricultural, political, and climatic variations of the world. davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

"The Speed of the Earth" installation at Burning Man 2024 by Kevin Kelly and David Rumsey. A nearly mile long line of 30 solar powered LED strobes pulsing at the rotational speed of the earth, 784 mph. Lights use GPS to determine when to flash. Drone video at 400 ft elevation.

Map of The Speed of the Earth on the outer playa at Burning Man.

The Speed of the Earth art installation seen from the man at Burning Man during the day:

The Speed of the Earth, lights move at rotational speed of earth on axis, 1156ft/sec at lat 40.79571, lon -119.18323. Using GPS to time the flashes. A moving map.

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60,000 new maps, views, texts, titles, diagrams, globes, timelines and more have been added to search for Text on Maps - doubling to 120,000 items from the original 60,000 we started with a year ago. Over 175 million words indexed! Try searching for Cairo davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

A Stranger Quest, a documentary and art film combined by Andrea Gatopoulos, surveys the life of David Rumsey and his passion for maps. The film was released to the public in December 2024. Watch it in its entirety at davidrumsey.com/about/a-strang…

1877 Eadweard Muybridge Panorama of San Francisco in 11 sheets. One of the landmarks of 19th-century American photography, and an iconic panoramic image of San Francisco, accompanied by the rare Key to Muybridge's work. High resolution image davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…

TeleGeography, Inc. has been mapping global telecommunications since 1996. Their maps illustrate the remarkable growth of the Earth’s communication exoskeleton, formed by undersea cables and satellites. Explore 37 of their maps at: davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s…