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	Map Title: USDA Food Access Research Atlas Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: The US Department of Agriculture produced a map that pulls together Census data and access to supermarkets.
	Map Title: Connecticut Aerial Photos Showing Neigborhood Change Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Look at how any location in Connecticut developed over time courtesy of UConn's Map and Geographic Information Center. The user is able to input any address in Connecticut and see a side-by-side comparison of aerial photos from 1934, 1990, 2004, 2006 versus current aerial photos from Google Maps. There are plans to add aerial photos from the 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s.
	Map Title: Number of Special Districts, 1952 - 2012 Interactive: Yes Printable: No Description: The Census Bureau provides a graphical look at the growth of special districts at the county level across the country over the last 60 years.
	Map Title: Distance to the Nearest McDonald's Interactive: No Printable: No Description: This map uses the location of McDonald's restaurants to help portray the development of the country.
	Map Title: Urban Core Population Trends Interactive: Yes Printable: No Description: This map from the Minnesota Population Centers graphically depicts the population growth or decline or urban centers since 1950.
	Map Title: Connecticut Land Use, 1985 to 2006 Interactive: Yes Printable: Yes Description: Use this map to see how land use policies have changed the state�s landscape.
	Map Title: Satellite Image Map of Connecticut Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: What the state looks like from space.
	Map Title: Connecticut Conservation and Development Policies Plan 2005-2010 Locational Guide Map Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: This is the map that accompanies the state�s Conservation and Development Policy Plan.
	Map Title: Aerial Surveys of Connecticut: 1934, 1938 post-hurricane damage, 1965 Interactive: No Printable: Yes Description: Three aerial surveys of the state.

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