Human Geography
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Coke, Pop, Soda…. Other?
Ever taken a long trip across the US and stopped in a local restaurant? What do you ask for when you want some bubbly fizzy sugar water to drink? As […]
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How We Became Urban
For those unaware, we’re about to hit a world-wide demographic flip – very soon we will have more people living in cities than in the country. So how did that […]
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general, Human Geography, Physical Geography
World’s Third Longest River Nearly Irreversibly Damaged
The New York Times reported yesterday that the Yangtze may be so so polluted that the damage is irreversible. It’s understandable that a country wishing to quickly grow its economy […]
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general, Human Geography, Physical Geography
Paleobotany and Terracotta army
The BBC reports on an article from the Journal of Archaeological Science about research on the clay that was used to make China’s Terracotta army. They have recovered pollen from […]
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general, Human Geography, Navigation
Australia Discovered By Portuguese 250 Years Before British
Score one for old maps. An Australian author named Peter Trickett has discovered a map that pretty well proves Australia was discovered around 1520, which is way before James Cook […]
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Building a better traffic light
Traffic is always a problem in every country where lots of people live. The noise, pollution, and physical danger to motorists and the poor shlubs trying to cross the street […]
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Top 11 Underground Systems in the World
Part two of our two part expose of the World’s Great Subways is this great article detailing the Top 11 Underground Systems in the World. If you’ve every had a […]
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general, GIS_Software, Human Geography
NPR discusses Philadelphia GIS project
NPR’s Day to Day featured a piece on a GIS project conducted by Amy Hillier of the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Prof. Hillier’s research mapped low-income neighborhoods in […]
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Data, general, Human Geography
Electorial Geography Website Launches
Our friend Dr. Ken Martis, who we interviewed back in November on episode 68, sent us this link to the new Electoral Geography website that has just launched. Alexander Kireev […]
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general, Human Geography, WebMapping
Malaria Atlas Project aims to produce first global malaria map in 40 years
The Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) is a joint British and Kenya effort to create an updated map of global malaria endemicity, the first update in 40 years. According to the […]
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