Boing Boing » manifest destiny http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 23:21:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Mailifest Destiny: U.S. expansion visualized as post offices http://boingboing.net/2011/08/10/mailifest-destiny-u-s-expansion-visualized-by-post-offices.html http://boingboing.net/2011/08/10/mailifest-destiny-u-s-expansion-visualized-by-post-offices.html#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:26:28 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=112727

Derek Watkins created a visualization tracking the spatial distribution of U.S. postal offices from the 18th to the 20th century. Gathering data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, the results were animated using Processing.

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Derek Watkins created a visualization tracking the spatial distribution of U.S. postal offices from the 18th to the 20th century. Gathering data from the USPS Postmaster Finder, with lat/long coordinates extracted from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, the results were animated using Processing. [Thanks, MR!]]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/08/10/mailifest-destiny-u-s-expansion-visualized-by-post-offices.html/feed 23