Strange maps are cool

A poster to my Beat Authority music blog turned me on to the really, really cool blog, Strange Maps. The title pretty much covers what it is – a map of a Dutch city in the style of an artist, a map comparing Ukranian voting patterns to imperial Russian borders, a map comparing where people say “soda” or “pop” or “coke”, southern Ontario as an elephant. If you like maps, it’s a dream come true.

While listening to Brian Mann’s story today on rural voting patterns, I found an incredibly cool map comparing southern counties where Obama won and counties of maximum cotton production pre-Civil War. Amazing, and big thanks to the folks at Strange Maps.

— David