Mapping the Civil War

For map and Civil War buffs, here's one cool map. The casualty count is tough to read but worth the effort. Some other maps here.

Friday Map Blogging

Here's an interesting look at religious demographics in the U.S., though the figures go back to 2000.

Friday Map Blogging

As noted by Doug Caverly on Webpronews, Google is going to map the New York City subway system.

Why would Google want to map the wonderful, sometimes awful, smelly system? Why, to better sell ads, of course, as Dan Frommer points out.