Springfield, Missouri: 1970 to Present

Click the image below to access a swipe map showing old and new imagery near downtown Springfield, Missouri.

Click the image to access the interactive web map.

Geo Names

 

Taken from the United States Board on Geographic Names document Principles, Policies, and Procedures: Domestic Geographic Names:

“The names of geographic features in the United States are a valuable reflection of the history of our country and its changing face. Names of Native American origin are found sprinkled generously across the face of the land. Strong traces of the national languages spoken by the early explorers and settlers are visible in many sections of the country with often an accommodation in pronunciation based on local usage. Frequently, geographic naming reveals the rough and brawling nature of the environment that greeted the westward expansion. It is in these ways and many others that geographic naming gives us a clear, exciting profile of the United States that is unmatched in any other medium.”

Heavy.

Burn some time exploring this sample of named places for portions of Kansas City within Jackson County, Missouri.

 

Data Source: USGS and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names

 

Change

Three aerial images showing twenty years of change for the area around  the I-435/I-70 interchange in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Civil War Battlefields

If you’re a history buff looking to kill some time, the Battlefields of the Civil War map recently published by Esri may fill your slack. Plus, as far as web maps go, it has a solid design that’s simple to use.