Human Geography
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Gadgets, General, general, Human Geography
Sometimes you have to look at the ACTUAL road
The Times online has a rather amusing article on the dangers of relying on our technology too much. Apparently quite a few drivers have ignored road signs and conditions in […]
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Cartography, general, Human Geography
Maps of the Religions of the US
Here’s an interesting site that shows the US broken down by religion. Unfortunately, the maps are all stand alone GIF files, one for each denomination. It would be interesting to […]
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Invisible-5 – unique audio tour of California’s Interstate 5
For those of you who live and travel in California, the Invisible 5 Audio Project is a unique self-guided audio tour of the landscape along I-5 between San Francisco and […]
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Cartography, general, Human Geography
Visualizing World Population
The Hive Group created this cool visualization of population facts for the world’s countries using 2004 CIA Factbook data. In addition to representing countries in a tree structure that can […]
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general, General, Human Geography, Physical Geography
California Car Culture Could Heighten Earthquake Woes
Sorry for the excessive alliteration there, but it sums up this article quite nicely, I think. It appears that the infrastructure that surrounds car ownership does more than generate excessive […]
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General, general, Human Geography
Gospel of Judas Found
This is rather off the beat and path from our normal news, but I thought it was interesting given the National Geographic Society’s involvement. Apparently a National Geographic Society expedition […]
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General, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
Trying to Stop Extinction Before It Happens
The BBC has an interesting article about a group trying to pinpoint speicies that might soon be candidates for extinction. The idea is that if you can identify a speicies […]
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Data, General, Human Geography
National Agricultural Statistics Service Updates Site, Includes Mapping
The National Agricultural Statistics Service updated their site to include a whole host of new ways to get their data, including a fancy new mapping service. The latest data I […]
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Comparing ancient landscapes and communities
A recent article on the National Geographic News page discusses the research done by Robert Drennon and Christian Peterson from the University of Pittsburgh comparing 3 ancient chiefdoms in a […]
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“Million Dollar Blocks” mapping project
The Spatial Information Design Lab at Columbia University has been working with the Justice Mapping Center to map the phenomenon of “million dollar blocks” in US cities. These are US […]
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