Mid-Afternoon Map: Trains in Towns

Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, geopolitics, and history from the Caucasus to the Carolinas. Subscribers can look forward to interesting takes on good maps and bad maps, beautiful maps and ugly ones — and bizarre maps whenever possible. Never has it been easier to obtain up-to-date aerial views of Omaha. With Google Earth, you can find one in seconds, even less if you type Omaha right the first time. The Aerial Archives have an entire Nebraska collection, and if you’re wondering what the city’s LED streetlights mean for light pollution,