Some great geography stories I just came across today:
21st Century Datacenter Locations Driven by 19th Century Politics – How the transcontinental railroad lead to Data Centers a hundred and fifty odd years later.
Cartographers of North Korea – who creates OpenStreetMap data for North Korea?
Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering game that puts the fun in undermining democracy – A board game based around Gerrymandering.
How a Gerrymander Nearly Cost Us the Bill of Rights – James Madison wanted to join Congress so he could amend the new Constitution. Patrick Henry was determined to stop him. By Richard Labunski