#3277: calligraphy, geoid, stairs, trains, dataviz
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calligraphy
A guide to discover, plan, and collect goshuin at temples and shrines across Japan, featuring unique, hand-stamped calligraphies from each site.
https://goshuin.com/en/map?src=hero_map -
geoid
The geoid height varies from +85 m in Iceland to -106 m in southern India, as calculated by the GOCO (Gravity Observation Combination) project using millions of data points
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5660/ -
stairs
The stunning staircase at the David Rumsey Map Center, adorned with maps, has been transformed into a pop-up 3D model that fits into an envelope and can be turned into a book
https://www.chartography.net/p/a-world-of-maps-folded-flat -
trains
Interactive map of all passenger train lines globally: including high-speed, commuter, metro systems, and trams, even in countries with limited cartography.
https://trains.theojaffee.net/#view=1.01/0/-127.8 -
dataviz
The Earth, represented as data: winds, currents, terrain, borders, populations, reveals the shapes beneath the numbers in a different way of seeing the world
https://mapped.earth/
Raf