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If Shetland<\/a> gets relegated to inset maps all the time, that goes double for Alaska, which on maps of the United States gets reduced in scale too. In response, this map<\/a> turns the tables by relegating the lower 48 (as well as Hawaii) to a tiny and crude inset map. The 17\u00d725-inch paper map costs $15. [Maps on the Web<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If Shetland gets relegated to inset maps all the time, that goes double for Alaska, which on maps of the United States gets reduced in scale too. In response, this map turns the tables by… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[33,192,1176],"class_list":["post-1785501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-unusual-maps","tag-alaska","tag-funny","tag-inset-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785184,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/in-praise-of-inset-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785501,"position":0},"title":"In Praise of Inset Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The kerfuffle about Shetland being relegated to inset maps (Ed Parsons has taken to calling this \"Insetgate\") is not quite done.\u00a0Kenneth Field shares his thoughts in a post titled \"In Praise of Insets,\" in which he calls Scottish politician Tavish Scott's proposal to ban the use of inset maps to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cartography"","block_context":{"text":"Cartography","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/cartography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1785891,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/50-states-one-continuous-view\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785501,"position":1},"title":"50 States, One Continuous View","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 July 2018","format":"image","excerpt":"This is a map of the United States without insets. Published in 1975 by the U.S. Geological Survey, it shows Alaska, Hawaii and the lower 48 states in the same, continuous view\u2014though Hawaii's Leeward Islands are cut off (as are the various territories). Can't have everything, I guess. 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