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Map Web Resources

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Tools to Find Maps on the Web

Tineye Reverse Image Search
Search images to find where they appear on the Web

Animated and Interactive Maps

The Political Winds in the U.S. are Swirling from the New York Times, November 7, 2020

Earth: A Visualization of Global Weather Conditions

Blogs

Something About Maps
Blog by Daniel Huffman, cartographer in Madison, WI

The Marauding Carto-nerd
Blog by Kenneth Field, a cartographer with Esri

The Map Room
Blog by Jonathan Crowe, often very topical and timely. “Covers everything from antique map collecting to the latest in geospatial technology.” Includes list of map blogs

Map of the Week
Posts by a cartographer located in Massachusetts

All Things Map-Related
A Reddit forum

Literary and Fantasy Maps

Maps in Literature (website in Italian and English)

Fantasy Maps
Blog by Jonathan Crowe

Fantasy World Maps

Interactive Map of Middle Earth
From the LotrProject

Cartographer’s Guild
Forum specialization in maps of fictional realms

Atlas of Ice and Fire: The Geography and Maps of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice and Other Worlds
Includes a post for Arrakis from Dune

Using Literary Maps in the Classroom
Blog post from the Library of Congress

Atlas of Literary Maps Created by Great Authors
Review of The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands (2016)

The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature’s most Epic Road Trips
Blog post in Atlas Obscura

Wizards, Moomins and Pirates: The Magic and Mystery of Literary Maps by Robert Macfarlane, Frances Hardinge and Miraphora Mina (2018)
Article from The Guardian