Saturday, October 9, 2010

Modern Ruins

This has been floating around the internet for a while. Some great examples of beautiful, unneeded places.

Monday, October 4, 2010

The Balkans Project

The link contains some highly informational maps on refugees and mass graves from the Kosovo War, as well as historical maps of the Balkan regions. Comparative maps of demographics and minority/majority comparisons from before and after the war.

iLegal Timeline

Prishtina Tourist Map



Left; Tourist Map (2010)

Right; Development Map (1995)

Kosovo War occurred from 1998-1999. During the post-war period rapid development has occurred and sparked rapid private development throughout Pristina, Kosovo.

Mapping Stereotypes

This is a really stellar look at how certain countries stereotype the areas around them in Europe, including one on how Americans look at Europe. Completely off topic, but cool.