Here are five maps I came across during the last few weeks.
They involve high-speed passenger rail; a re-imagined map for the U.S. electoral college; landscape conservation; North American migration flyways; and wildlife “megalinkages.” The images are accompanied by minimal commentary, mainly their source info.
I’ll leave it to you to make any connections. Your thoughts and comments are much appreciated.
U.S. federal investments in high-speed passenger rail were announced last week. Another map of high-speed rail corridors is available here. (Map: US Department of Transportation)
What if the U.S. were divided into 50 states with equal populations (based on 2000 Census)? Neil Freeman produced this thought experiment about electoral college reform. Covered by GOOD; Matt Yglesias; and James Fallows in the Atlantic (here, here, and here). (Map: Neil Freeman)
Landscape conservation cooperatives proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I previously posted about this new framework for addressing conservation at the landscape scale. (Map: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Migratory flyways (Map: Montana Raptor Institute for Research and Education)
The Wildlands Network and The Rewilding Institute stress conserving four “MegaLinkages” to preserve habitat for larger predatory species integral to the fitness of the continental ecosystem. (Map: The Rewilding Institute)
Any thoughts?
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