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Google Maps & Label Readability

[An examination on why Google Maps seem so much more “readable” than Yahoo or Bing.][link]

[link]: http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability “41Latitude – Google Maps & Label Readability”

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Metaphorical Maps

[Christoph Niemann’s Abstract City maps][link] for the NYT are funny. You may enjoy them.

[link]: http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/my-way/ “My Way – Abstract City Blog – NYTimes.com”

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Tile Drawer

[Crazy-simple and robust-looking solution][link] for hosting your own [OpenStreetMap][osm] instance on EC2, with custom overlays. via [Andy Baio][andy].

[link]: http://tiledrawer.com/ “Tile Drawer”
[andy]: http://waxy.org “Waxy.org”
[osm]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ “OpenStreetMap”