Gallery: So Long, and Thanks for All the Maps

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    KENT LEE / EAST VIEW GEOSPATIAL
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    This gallery contains some of our favorite Map Lab posts: [The Soviet Military’s Eerily Detailed Guide to San Diego](https://www.wired.com/2015/07/soviet-militarys-eerily-detailed-guide-san-diego/). And the accompanying WIRED feature story: [Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers](https://www.wired.com/2015/07/secret-cold-war-maps/)
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    Jerry Gretzinger
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    [This Man Has Spent 30 Years Mapping the Imaginary Land of Ukrania](https://www.wired.com/2013/09/jerry-gretzinger-map-ukrania/)
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    USGS
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    [Wildly Colorful Geologic Maps of National Parks (And How to Read Them)](https://www.wired.com/2013/08/geologic-maps-national-parks/)
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    Google Maps
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    [The Huge, Unseen Operation Behind the Accuracy of Google Maps](https://www.wired.com/2014/12/google-maps-ground-truth/)
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    <a href="http://nicolasrapp.com/portfolio/211/">Nicolas Rapp</a>
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    [Beautiful, Intriguing and Illegal Ways to Map the Internet](https://www.wired.com/2015/06/mapping-the-internet/)
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    Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
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    [Uncovering Hidden Text on a 500-Year-Old Map That Guided Columbus](https://www.wired.com/2014/09/martellus-map/)
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    <a href="http://cityhubla.github.io/LA_Building_Age/">Omar Ureta</a>
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    [Mapping the History of L.A.’s Notorious Sprawl](https://www.wired.com/2015/06/los-angeles-building-ages-map/)
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    Library of Congress
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    [How the U.S. Maps the World’s Most Disputed Territories](https://www.wired.com/2014/01/state-department-maps/)
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    <a href="http://waag.org/nl">Waag Society</a>
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    [Adventures in Mapmaking: How to Map the Age of Buildings in Your Hometown](https://www.wired.com/2013/10/how-to-map-building-ages-in-your-home-town/)
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    <a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY812150165501920:Official-Map-of-Chinatown-in-San-Fr">David Rumsey Map Collection</a>
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    [1885 Map Reveals Vice in San Francisco’s Chinatown and Racism at City Hall](https://www.wired.com/2013/09/1885-map-san-francisco-chinatow/)
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    <a href="http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130926/srep02710/full/srep02710.html">Tosi et al.
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    [Satellite Maps Reveal Who's to Blame for the Sinking of Venice](https://www.wired.com/2013/10/satellites-map-sinking-venice/)
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    British Library
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    [400 Years of Beautiful, Historical, and Powerful Globes](https://www.wired.com/2014/04/globes-history-book/)
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    Walter H.F. Smith and Karen M. Marks
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    [The New Seafloor Map That Could Help Find Flight MH370](https://www.wired.com/2014/05/malaysia-airlines-mh370-seafloor-map/)
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