@LookBackMaps

Now a part of the @historypin team. Working to build better tools for collaboration and mapping historical photos. tweets by @jonvoss

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined May 2009
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Georeferencer added to online library, allows comparison of old and new maps. davidrumsey.com/view/georefe…
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Jon Voss@jonvoss20 Apr 2014
I still think we're an island. 18 Maps From When the World Thought California Was an Island wired.com/2014/04/maps-calif… via @erin_potts

18 Maps From When the World Thought California Was an Island

Glen McLaughlin wandered into a London map shop in 1971 and discovered something strange. On a map from 1663 he noticed something he'd never seen before: California was floating like a big green...

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Jon Voss@jonvoss29 Mar 2014
aw yeah! MT @OpenGLAM: .@nypl NY Public Library just made 20k hi-res maps freely avail under #CC0 license ow.ly/v8XQD #openglam

Open Access: New York Public Library Makes 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Available Online, Free to Download...

It’s a big day for map geeks! Here’s news about a new and large treasure chest of map content that is also free to download (hi-res) and use. Enjoy! From the NYPL: The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal...

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Ghosts of DC@GhostsofDC6 Jan 2014
*seriously* cool video reconstruction of what #DC looked like in 1814 ... buff.ly/19MKFLE
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Jon Voss@jonvoss23 Dec 2013
Maps show growing income divide in NY and SF huff.to/1fL9E0G via @nickstanhope
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Jon Voss@jonvoss8 Oct 2013
Colorful data maps of building dates show the aging of global cities psfk.com/2013/10/building-ag… via @psfk @erin_potts
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Random Tao@randomtao18 Aug 2013
Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles. Tao Te Ching 20: randomtao.org/twenty/

Twenty

Give up learning, and put an end to your troubles. Is there a difference between yes and no? Is there a difference between good and evil? Must I fear what others fear? What nonsense! Other people a…

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Random Tao@randomtao18 Dec 2012
Those who boast achieve nothing. Those who brag will not endure. Tao:24: randomtao.org/twenty-four/
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Remember this day. 551-day-old Instagram is worth $1 billion. 116-year-old New York Times Co.: $967 million.
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WhereCamp@wherecamp5 Mar 2010
Want to know more about #wherecamp #gis at Google campus right after #where20? Check it out http://ow.ly/1epL7 - CONFIRMED April 3 & 4
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Want to help with those in Haiti? Join the #rhok / #crisiscamp conference call tomorrow at 8am PST / 11 EST. Email: [email protected]
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