The observation is not wrong — a shaded-area map of the United States does not accurately represent population. But the goal of the printed map is not to reveal who won the 2012 election — a ...

When the California-based software engineer began working on All Rivers, a gorgeously detailed look at the waterways in the 48 contiguous states, it was really just a practice in computer nerdery.

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