Beautiful Public Data publishes visual explorations of government datasets, such as FAA maps, ship tracking, license plates, and NASA archives.
One commenter lists it as one of their best finds among blogs; HN otherwise links it for its maps and data visualizations.
> I assume if you really want this data for military purposes
Typically we are using NGA 1m DTED for the terrain elevation data but I don't recall off the top of my head who usually supplies the imagery layers. We'll pull multiple map types from a WMS Server, including raster maps like FAA VFR mapsheets for our Area of Operations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTED
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service
https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/faa-aviation-maps/
Depending on your interests there are a lot of blogs out there.
Beautiful Public Data (https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/) is one of my best finds.
Others I read via RSS include:
Wladimir Palant's blog 'Almost Secure' https://palant.info/articles/
Ctrl.blog https://www.ctrl.blog/
Troy Hunt's blog https://www.troyhunt.com/
Molly White's newsletter https://newsletter.mollywhite.net
Well, Maryland is clearly just out of control with the plates: https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/content/images/size/w1600/2023/08/Artboard-1@2x-1.png
By the way, the majority of out-of-staters at UW are from neighboring Minnesota (with tuition reciprocity) and Illinois (the FIBs).