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Last year the BBC released a documentary series entitled The Beauty of Maps. Episode 2 explored William Morgan’s remarkable Map of London (1682) which was produced after the Great London Fire of 1666. This was the first time the whole city had ever been surveyed, drawn to scale, and depicted with such detail.

Here are are few resources regarding the recent natural disaster near Honshu, Japan that occured on March 11th:

ESRI's Interactive Japan Incident Map which includes voluntered geographic information including photos and YouTube videos.