Archie G. Norcross' Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22)
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If the idea of spending a summer in a firewatch lookout tower sounds cool to you, I highly recommend the indie narrative game Firewatch [0]
What will we lose as we pull more people out of nature to have them watch from a computer? Yes it’s more efficient. But I believe something important is being lost in all of this. Those maps are beautiful.
for some meaning of "we"
TIL the word "alidade."