Archie G. Norcross' Maine Forest Fire Maps (1918–22) (publicdomainreview.org)

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.

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]

0: https://www.firewatchgame.com/

TIL the word "alidade."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alidade