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How Many People Can New York City Hold?
I thought this was a particularly interesting article in the New York Times since the VerySpatial crew just returned from New York for AAG 2012. The Times sat down with […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
A fellow geographer just gave me the cutest and most appropriate Valentine’s Day card he created. He printed them out in the traditional small Valentine’s Day Card style used in grade […]
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Data, Education, Environmental, general
Project Bird Feeder Watch
It’s that time of year again in North America, Project Bird Feeder Watch for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada. It is a great opportunity for an easy to […]
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Cartography, Cool Stuff, general
What people do with maps in the era of GPS and Web Maps
In the era of GPS and Web Mapping you might think that paper(physical, concrete things you hold in your hands) maps are on their way out. I don’t necessarily agree, […]
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Cool Stuff, general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial), WebMapping
Conserving the Night Sky
Is your portion of the night sky polluted by artificial light? Check out this really slick Google Map interface I found on the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) web site . […]
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Holiday Gift Idea for Your Favorite Cartographer – Typographic Topography
Axis Maps presents a series of maps where all of the features, be they roads, rivers, rails, etc… are converted to text. At a distance it appears to be a […]
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9 Nerdy Film Locations You Need To Visit
I love lists like this – combining space and nerdy things is one of my favorite things in the world! So check out Wired’s 9 Nerdy Film Locations You Need […]
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The Astounding Design of Eixample Barcelona
Sometimes I think we can forget how beautiful the human built environment can become. The All That Is Interesting Blog had an interesting piece last week on the Eixample district […]
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Halloween Maps
Halloween is a holiday that has often been associated with maps… treasure maps, spooky house plans, escape routes, and trick-or-treat routes. I think it is also the holiday with the […]
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