geomantic

Not too long ago, I ran across this line from the Adagia by Wallace Stevens:
“Life is an affair of people not places. But for me life is an affair of places and that is the trouble.”
I should quickly add that I have never read Wallace Stevens and am completely unfamiliar with his work. So, I [...]

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In a city with any number of scenic vantage points, there are a few that stand out head and shoulders above others. One is the Washington National Cathedral. The views from the Cathedral afford a spectacular view of the downtown and monumental core of the city, notable landmarks, and built-up areas of around town, such [...]

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This, via Fuzzy Tolerance (via Free Geography Tools) is a series of online workshops for creating KML and creating custom maps using the Google map API. The KML workshop is past history, but there is still time to register for the custom map workshop on 27 Feb here: Google Geo Developer Series. While you’re there, [...]

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Well sure. It’s a blog about geography in the loosest sense. It’s a blog about space, place, location and, most of all, perspectives on those things. Each place is unique, but just as each place can be viewed from multiple vantage points, there are multiple perspectives on the relationships between places.

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