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Who Cares About the American Grid?: An Analysis of 2013 Website Data
It has been another great year for the Great American Grid! In 2013, the site had 9,259 visits (+45% compared to 2012), 18,529 pageviews (+44%), and visits from 110 different countries (that’s 54% of all the countries in the world). Read on as I parse the numbers for a continued look at who cares about the American grid… Read more
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- Map of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1868
- The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. The Geography and Map Division of the library “has custody of the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world with collections numbering over 5.5 million maps, 80,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, over 500 globes and globe gores, 3,000 raised relief models, and […] Read more – ‘Map of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1868’.
- Map of Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1889
- The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. The Geography and Map Division of the library “has custody of the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world with collections numbering over 5.5 million maps, 80,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, over 500 globes and globe gores, 3,000 raised relief models, and […] Read more – ‘Map of Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1889’.
- Benefits of the Grid
- During the Great American Grid Debate at CNU 21, Kevin Klinkenberg and I sparred valiantly together to defend the grid’s honor against our arch-nemeses Howard Blackson and Bill Dennis. Dozens of spectators observed us as if we were gladiators battling to the death. In the end no one died, but we bickered as if our […] Read more – ‘Benefits of the Grid’.