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- Should this be a map or 500 maps? https://escapethealgorithm.substack.com/p/should-this-be-a-map-or-500-maps 107 comments
- We have been misled by a flawed world map for 500 years http://livelearnevolve.com/peters-projection-world-map/ 7 comments science
- New technique allows scientists to map 500 times more of the universe than before http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/a-new-way-to-map-the-universe.html?rss=1 6 comments science
- The 1:2,500,000-scale geologic map of the global moon https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2095927322002316 2 comments science
- Map of World War Shows 4,500 Years of Global Conflict https://i.redd.it/3fpegrdco1mx.jpg 154 comments europe
- $500 Mapping Contest for Unity, Sci-Fi/Horror Theme, March 1st-31st http://www.probuilder3d.com/sfhcontest 13 comments gamedev
- Chinese scientists release a Geologic map of the Entire Moon at 1:2,500,000-Scale https://www.universetoday.com/156265/a-geologic-map-of-the-entire-moon-has-been-released-at-12500000-scale/ 9 comments space
- Nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments revealed by laser mapping—many for the first time https://www.science.org/content/article/nearly-500-mesoamerican-monuments-revealed-laser-mapping-many-first-time 364 comments science
- 500 years of European colonialism, in one animated map https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4421631/colonialism.gif 185 comments europe
- getWiFi - A global map of 500,000+ open, public WiFi hotspots https://meshable.io/map?ref=reddit 16 comments technology
- Uncovering Hidden Text on a 500-Yr-Old Map that Guided Columbus http://www.wired.com/2014/09/martellus-map/ 93 comments history
- National Geographic puts more than 500 historic maps on Google http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ro/2013/12/national-geographic-shares-rich-map.html 11 comments history
- 500 year old world map discovered. First one to use the name America. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9373115/500-year-old-birth-certificate-of-america-discovered.html 26 comments worldnews
- The Kingdoms of Britain - 500 A.D. [MAP] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/britain_500_ce.png 3 comments reddit.com
- [OC] List of all NFL teams located within a 500-mile radius of each NFL team (interactive maps included) https://www.mapdevelopers.com/draw-circle-tool.php?circles=%5B%5B804670%2C40.4464775%2C-80.0158042%2C%22%23AAAAAA%22%2C%22%23000000%22%2C0.4%5D%5D 26 comments nfl
- Boston public schools map switch aims to amend 500 years of distortion https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/19/boston-public-schools-world-map-mercator-peters-projection 6 comments nottheonion
- EU ministers draw 500 billion euro road, rail map http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/22/eu-transport-idusl6e8emckm20120322 50 comments europe
- A $500 Million International Project Will Create the Most Detailed Map of the Brain Ever https://singularityhub.com/2022/10/02/a-500-million-international-project-will-create-the-most-detailed-map-of-the-brain-ever/ 32 comments technology
- Boston public schools drop Mercator projection maps in favor of Peters projection - correcting 500 years of distortion https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/mar/19/boston-public-schools-world-map-mercator-peters-projection 7 comments worldnews
- 500 terabytes later, Microsoft finishes Bing Maps high resolution imagery project http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/30/3278363/bing-maps-global-ortho-project-us-completion 57 comments technology
- China has developed a 500 megapixel, panoramic camera capable of instantly recognizing and mapping thousands of people in densely populated areas. https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/09/30/chinas-new-500-megapixel-super-camera-can-instantly-recognize-you-in-a-crowd/ 62 comments privacy
- Map shows 3,500 shipwrecks around Ireland, most remain total mystery - Govt releases a "Wreck Viewer," which maps 1,000s of shipwrecks around Ireland as far back as the 16th century. http://www.businessinsider.com/map-shows-3500-shipwrecks-around-ireland-most-remain-total-mystery-2018-6?r=uk&ir=t 74 comments worldnews
- Wanna Be Ambassador to Argentina? It’ll cost you $500,000. A map of how much some of the plum ambassadorships go for nowadays. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/02/map_of_ambassador_posts_given_to_obama_s_top_fundraisers_noah_bryson_mamet.html 6 comments politics
- France convicts Google Maps for unfair competition, to pay 500,000 euro fine. http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-france-convicts-google-unfair-competition.html 5 comments worldnews
- Astronomers analyzing 3D maps of the shapes and sizes of nearby molecular clouds have discovered a gigantic cavity in space. The sphere-shaped void pans about 150 parsecs—nearly 500 light years. Researchers believe the cavity was formed by ancient supernovae that went off some 10 million years ago. https://phys.org/news/2021-09-gigantic-cavity-space-stars.html 22 comments space
- Satellite maps in recent days have shown alarming levels of SO2 around Wuhan at at a staggering 1,350(µg/m3) over the weekend. The WHO says that a dosage of 500 µg/m3 should not be exceeded for more than 10 minutes. SO2 is produced when bodies and medical waste is incinerated. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7986553/does-satellite-image-scale-chinas-coronavirus-cremations.html 35 comments worldnews
- New high-precision map of Antarctica’s bed topography unveiled. Among the many striking results is the discovery of the world’s deepest land canyon situated below Denman Glacier in East Antarctica which reaches 3,500 meters below sea level. https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/new-high-precision-map-of-antarcticas-bed-topography/ 16 comments science
- Just discovered this awesome site full of code snippets / examples for OpenLayers API + Google Maps API (over 500 examples) ~ geocodezip.com http://www.geocodezip.com/ 19 comments webdev
- Counting crows: Vancouver college maps thousands of attacks - Tool launched in response to dive-bombing birds documents 2,500 attacks since 2016. "You don’t hear anything & just like that you get smacked in the back of the head." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/vancouver-langara-college-crow-attack-map-thousands-of-reports 5 comments worldnews
- Kasganj: Administration draws a map for 'baraat' of Dalit groom Sanjay Jatav, who would be entering bride's village on a horse. DM RP Singh says 'we've made a route from bride's house to some 500 meters where they can take the horse. Further celebrations can take place at a farm' https://twitter.com/aninewsup/status/981518252420591616?s=19 5 comments india
- An international team of archaeologists believes it is on the cusp of pinpointing the location of a secret room hidden within the Great Pyramid of Giza as it uses cutting-edge laser technology to map the 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian wonder. http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-egypt-secret-room-discovered-great-pyramid-archaeologists-armed-lasers-647372 47 comments worldnews
- US schools to get new world map after 500 years of 'colonial' distortion: Expert explains why maps of Britain show Cornwall 'ever so slightly' bigger than it actually is http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/world-map-mercator-peters-gall-projection-boston-globe-us-schools-european-colonial-distortion-bias-a7639101.html 6 comments worldnews
- Scientists have completely mapped the genome of the "Young Man of Byrsa,” a Phoenician who lived 2,500 years ago, and whose remains were discovered outside Carthage in 1994. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/dna-sequencing-of-ancient-phoenician-remains-could-make-us-reconsider-the-history-of-human-movement-a7048046.html 180 comments history
- New satellite maps show polar ice caps melting at 'unprecedented rate'. Scientists reveal Greenland and Antarctica losing 500 cubic kms of ice annually http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/01/new-satellite-maps-show-polar-ice-caps-melting-at-unprecedented-rate 121 comments science
- "Robert White" publishes results of a Bitmessage-address-to-IP-address mapper. Nearly 500 Bitmessage addresses mapped to IPs. http://secupost.net/ 8 comments netsec
- What the last 500,000,000 foursquare check-ins look like. " Plotted out as half a billion points on a map, they start to look pretty amazing " https://foursquare.com/infographics/500million 39 comments technology
- German university researchers have rediscovered a 500-year-old map that had been mistakenly bound in a volume on geometry several hundred years ago. The map, by cartograther Martin Waldseemüller, is one of the first to include the term "America" in reference to the New World. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/munich-researchers-discover-lost-map-of-america-a-842268.html 12 comments history
- Neuroscientists reach major milestone in whole-brain circuit mapping project - 500 terabytes of data so far collected in a project to construct the first whole-brain wiring diagram of a vertebrate brain, that of the mouse. http://scienceblog.com/54768/neuroscientists-reach-major-milestone-in-whole-brain-circuit-mapping-project/ 32 comments science
- France: Google’s Free Map Service Unfair To Commercial Map Sellers: Court ordered Google to pay 500,000 Euros to local map company for unfair practices that constitute an abuse of the “dominant position of its Google Maps application.” http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/france-googles-free-map-service-unfair-to-commercial-map-sellers/ 56 comments worldnews
- Hugo Chavez puts army on alert and breaks "absolutely all" relations with Colombia, who presented photos and maps it said showed 1,500 FARC terrorists hiding in Venezuela. http://af.reuters.com/article/energyoilnews/idafn2224622520100722?sp=true 106 comments worldnews