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Why OpenStreet Map Matters
I really liked this essay by Serge Wroclawski on why OpenStreet Map matters, which I found through the Gizmodo reprint. To be honest it doesn’t exactly say anything ground breaking […]
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A Very Spatial Road Trip: Across the US – Pre-planning
Howdy everyone! We’re beginning the hard planning push for A Very Spatial Road Trip: Across the US! Barb and I are excited to take our road trip across the US […]
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Map of NCAA Affiliation
In honor of March Madness, Gizmodo has a series of NCAA college basketball affiliation as measured by Facebook likes. So if you’re into college basketball and into maps, you’ll really […]
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John Snow Meme
I humbly submit to the geography faithful these two memes I just created EDITED: One of our readers, Catholicgauze as he likes to be called, has crafted this in response. […]
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Moon’s Gravity Mapped To The Micron
Gizmodo has a really cool article about NASA’s attempts to map the moon’s odd gravity down to the micron. Two orbiters around the moon are part of the GRAIL program […]
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Why Red States Are Red And Blue States Are Blue
Has anyone else given this a lot of thought? Why does red = Republican and blue = Democrat in the US? Would it surprise you to find out that convention […]
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Sandy Explained
NASA has given a great explanation of how and why Sandy behaved the way it did. Score several for remote sensing, climate science, and meteorology! Via Gizmodo
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General, Human Geography, WebMapping
Google Adds Amber Alerts to Maps and Search Results
Google has started adding Amber Alerts to its map and search results. They’re doing this through a partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Basically, they’re combining […]
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General, Human Geography, Physical Geography, Political Geography
Scientists Convicted of Manslaughter for Failing To Predict Earthquake
We’ve been following this news item for some time, and I have to say I, for one, never dreamed these scientists would be convicted. An Italian judge has decided six […]
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Clever Google Maps Manipulations by Christoph Niemann
Anyone who spends more than an hour around me knows I like clever word manipulations. Yep, I find them punny. Christoph Niemann has just taken this to a whole new […]
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