Human Geography
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Ghost Towns
I find it fascinating to think about the places human’s choose to call home. Some places are clearly understandable – like along a river – while others are rather perplexing. […]
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Wanna race in the Tour de France?
…. but you’re too lazy to train? Well the helpful people at Google feel your pain! Google has outlined the route of the Tour in their Street view application. You […]
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Environmental, general, Human Geography
Gas Prices Got You Down?
If you drove anywhere of note in the US this weekend, you couldn’t help but note the uptick in gas prices yet again. If you were wondering where might be […]
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Environmental, general, Human Geography
Interactive Map of the Midwest Flooding
If you’re not from the great mass of the middle in the US, some of these places mentioned in the news might be a bit obscure or hard to find. […]
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All Aboard! California High Speed Train
Here’s an interesting little story – California is going to build a high speed, bullet style train that will travel between San Fran and San Diego. The train is expected […]
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
WikiCrimes, Brazil’s police alternative
Just coming off a session where we were talking about how user generated content can offer great advantages to local communities it was interesting to read this article which talks […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography, Physical Geography, WebMapping
What Are You Doing for EarthDay? Google Wants to Know!
Google has put up an interactive Google Map where you can share Earth events and ideas with people around the world. It’s a fairly basic site, but there are some […]
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general, Human Geography, Remote Sensing, WebMapping
A Remote Tribe Goes High Tech With Google
The Surui people, who have been so remote in the Brazilian forests that they were only ‘discovered’ in 1969, have turned to the high tech tools of Google Earth to […]
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general, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Carbon Footprint Map of the US
The Vulcan project is an interesting project out of Purdue University. They seek to “quantify North American fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at space and time scales much finer […]
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General, general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Nonprime Mortgage Maps
As geographers, I know everyone out there is thinking, “I get the the home buying industry in the US is imploding like a black hole, but I still am having […]
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