GeographyAwareness

June 14, 2010general, GeographyAwareness

When Politicians Attempt Geography

From the always hilarious XKCD.com:
June 9, 2010Environmental, general, Physical Geography

Oostvaardersplassen – The Pleistocene is just a train ride away

Previously we’ve posted about Pleistocene Park, and a similar project in Scotland that are aimed at recreating the fauna and flora of the Pleistocene Era by setting aside protected areas […]
May 6, 2010Cartography, 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 […]
April 22, 2010EarthDay, Events, general, GeographyAwareness

Celebrate Earth Day – Enjoy Great Images of Our Earth!

As I sit here STILL trying to fight off whatever cold/flu combo I brought back from AAG, I thought I would point out some great galleries of imagery of our […]
April 13, 2010Education, Events, general, GeographyAwareness

Inventor of Rubik’s Cube to appear at USA Science and Engineering Festival

You may remember that we’ve mentioned the USA Science and Engineering Festival, which will be held in October in Washington, DC. It is a great idea to celebrate science and […]
April 7, 2010GeographyAwareness, Groups

Directions podcast COGO interview

Joe Francica over at Directions Media Podcast spoke with chair-elect of COGO, Geney Terry, about COGO, its membership, and its role in the community. I haven’t had a chance to […]
March 31, 2010Data, Environmental, general, Physical Geography

Gulf Stream not Slowing Down

Apparently Dennis Quaid was wrong… the gulf stream is not slowing down as some climate change models (and over the top eco-adventure movies) predict. Apparently the belief this might happen […]
March 12, 2010Cartography, 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 […]
March 4, 2010Education, general, GeographyAwareness

Popular Science Archive now online – and free!

Yes, that’s right, 137 years of awesome issues of Popular Science magazine are now available online by searching the archive at the PopSci website. If you’re a science or gadget […]
February 23, 2010General, general, GeographyAwareness, Political Geography

Best US Government Blogs

Ran across this interesting post: the best government blogs and why they’re the best. With the exception of NASA, none of these have a direct geospatial tie. In fact, all but one […]