Human Geography
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Gadgets, general, Human Geography
GPS Based Tax
Hot Hardware (a most excellent computer/techie site, by the way) is reporting an interesting proposition by the Governor of Oregon. Apparently Oregon is having a bit of financial difficulty, what […]
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General, general, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
Krugman Predicts End of US Auto Industry
Paul Krugman, Nobel prize winning economist, has predicted the end of the US auto industry. Although this has been widely reported elsewhere, I think it’s interesting to note the reason […]
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Cartography, general, Human Geography
US Census Bureau beginning to hire for 2010 census workers
I just saw last night that the Census Bureau is gearing up the hiring process for workers here in West Virginia, and I am sure the process is also starting […]
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Crime Tracking in the 21st Century
Ars Technica has a pretty nice summary article on a few crime mapping and mashup sites around the web. We’ve reported one or two of these in the past, but […]
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Environmental, general, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Using Remote Sensing to Spot Cholera Outbreaks
Scientists have figured out how to predict cholera outbreaks by looking at sea life. The idea pioneered at the University of Maryland is a rise in sea temperatures lead to […]
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‘New pathway’ for African exodus
You may remember back to our earliest episodes of VerySpatial TV where we each took part in the Genographic project and talked about our results. We may (or may not) […]
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Make Your Own Electorial Map
This is a great tool for those interested in the US Presidential Election – make your own electoral map! The idea is that pundits tells us over and over why […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
Where does your name live?
If you have any mild interest in genealogy, then check out this name checker application. You enter in your surname and it reports back to you the places in the […]
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general, Human Geography, Travel
And you thought you were an adventurer…
I was catching up on the day’s news, and saw this cool post at GOOD Magazine’s site called Wanderlust, which features an interactive map and multimedia about great journeys that […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
The Journey is the Reward
At least the good people at Wanderlust would say. That site shows you the travels of famous journeys throughout the world. It’s kinda fun to trace the routes of, say, […]
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