The state resurrected a 190-year-old cartographical mistake and passed a resolution forming a commission to negotiate with Tennessee on moving Georgia's border about a mile north .
The cartographical blind spot had been filled in with 600 miles of burning sand.
Yet many differences abound, suggesting that even here the border is much more than just cartographical whimsy.
The World's Most (and Least) Populous Places Revealed In a Single Map We've seen a lot of world population maps , but this might just be prettiest one yet. Simple black lines trace the population density by latitude, so that a few cities, labeled in yellow, tower like the skyscrapers over the land. It's not unlike a cartographical version of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album cover. Read more...
Jan. 9, 2014 - Gizmodo