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At first glance, Imus’ “The Essential Geography of the United States of America” may look like any other U.S. wall map. It’s about 4 feet by 3 feet. It uses a standard, two-dimensional ...
In 2016, Power Map became 3D Map, and in 2024, it moved to a different location on the ribbon. The steps and screenshots in this guide apply to Excel for Microsoft 365 and are correct as of June 2025.
Most of us have a rough map of the world in our minds that we use any time we think about places. But these mental maps aren’t necessarily reliable. In fact, many of the maps in our heads share ...
This may seem unbelievable, but in the course of creating this map, I filled my house with 1,001 books. Some are from the 19th century, with cloth bindings; some were published last month.
Would a place by any other name smell as sweet? Maybe. But how would you find it on a map? The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has spent the past 125 years making sure that’s not an issue ...