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Adventures in mapping

Maps don't just tell you which street to turn left on. Maps convey information that shapes our lives, deepen our understanding of problems and our ability to create solutions, and whisk our imaginations to new lands. See what we mean, below.

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Making sense of maps
16:19

Aris Venetikidis

Making sense of maps

16 minutes 19 seconds
Happy maps
07:10

Daniele Quercia

Happy maps

7 minutes 10 seconds
Making maps to fight disaster, build economies
02:37

Lalitesh Katragadda

Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

2 minutes 37 seconds
How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease
09:50

Steven Johnson

How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease

9 minutes 50 seconds
Lessons from the 1918 flu
20:51

Laurie Garrett

Lessons from the 1918 flu

20 minutes 51 seconds
How to build an information time machine
10:06

Frederic Kaplan

How to build an information time machine

10 minutes 6 seconds
New York -- before the City
15:52

Eric Sanderson

New York -- before the City

15 minutes 52 seconds
Augmented-reality maps
07:56

Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Augmented-reality maps

7 minutes 56 seconds
How megacities are changing the map of the world
20:24

Parag Khanna

How megacities are changing the map of the world

20 minutes 24 seconds
Tour Microsoft's Virtual Earth
05:56

Stephen Lawler

Tour Microsoft's Virtual Earth

5 minutes 56 seconds
Mapping ideas worth spreading
07:42

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley

Mapping ideas worth spreading

7 minutes 42 seconds
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