Cartography
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Cartography, Data, Environmental, GeographyAwareness, Physical Geography
Always… Never Forget To Check With The Experts
Thanks to Real Genius for the title. Climate scientists are engaged in a little damage control after Britain’s Time Comprehensive Atlas of the World mistakenly claimed Greeland’s glaciers are melting […]
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Updates to the Metro mean changes to an iconic map
OK, I’ll admit it, one of my favorite things about visiting relatives and friends in the Washington DC area is getting to ride the Metro. I’m sure for those who […]
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Cartography, Cool Stuff, ESRIUC, Events
Must – Have – Coffee!
Where you live might decide where you get your AM cup of joe (unless you get your fix from a local favorite). Numbers Run has a neat series of maps […]
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AugmentedReality, Cartography, Cool Stuff, Education, general, Human Geography
Animated Maps on Memorial Day Weekend
On this memorial day weekend the History Channel is kicking off a week of Civil War themed shows. While watching I thought I’d see if there were any interesting maps […]
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Google: It’s a visual.
I have started to worry that I am creating an infinite loop back to Apartment Therapy (as Frank rolls his eyes) but I always enjoy the fun posts, especially the […]
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Gough Map of Britain:Linguistic Geographies research project
The interdisciplinary linguistic geographies research project funded by the Arts & Humanities Council (AHRC) conjures up all the “old school” components of geography as a romantic, intellectual discipline but with […]
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To Mars and Beyond
As a young girl reading OMNI magazine, I couldn’t imagine saying no to a one way trip to explore space. I’m a little older now and would ask more questions, […]
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Antiques Roadshow guide to maps
This link is a decade old, but still fun. The Antique Roadshow’s website has a section titled ‘Tips of the Trade‘ where different appraisers give tips that help them in […]
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Cartography, general, GeographyAwareness, Remote Sensing
Grassroots Mapping for the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Recently we featured the Grassroots Mapping project, a community participatory mapping initiative from the MIT Media Lab, on the podcast, and now the Grassroots team has headed down to Louisiana […]
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Cartography, Events, general, GeographyAwareness
Bizarre Map Challenge
For all you students out there whose maps are greeted with a “That’s bizarre…”, I’ve got the perfect map challenge for you! Our reader Keith M. sent us a heads […]
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