The rest of the world would only spoil it for the mapmakers.
"Pausing to briefly reflect on their immense good fortune between long sessions of nude sunbathing and plucking perfectly ripe tropical fruit from the rare vegetation surrounding them, the world’s cartographers reportedly continued living their secret lives of luxury this week on the idyllic, never-disclosed eighth continent they call home."
That's the premise of a funny, make believe (OR IS IT?) story written for The Onion.
We assume the GIS technicians among the Planetizen audience can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a secret eighth continent.
Read the full story: World’s Cartographers Continue Living Secret Life Of Luxury On Idyllic, Never Disclosed 8th Continent
Friday Funny: A Font Made From the Maps of Congressional Districts
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Friday Funny: Imagining Taco Bell-Oriented Rail Transit
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Friday Eye Candy: Highly Detailed Cold War Era Soviet Maps of the U.S.
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Planetizen Federal Action Tracker
A weekly monitor of how Trump’s orders and actions are impacting planners and planning in America.
California plans to bury El Niño’s downpour
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Desperate measures: Advocates weigh draining Lake Powell to fill Colorado River
Draining the reservoir could reduce evaporation losses by a couple hundred thousand acre-feet.
California city breaks ground on transit connector
The project includes three mobility hubs and a pedestrian bridge.
After public outcry, Massachusetts city releases housing development tracker
Cambridge’s tracker currently shows 250 housing projects in various stages of development.
40 years after approval, Chicago breaks ground on new park
The park honors Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the city’s first permanent non-native settler.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
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Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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