ARTICLE: Mapping

Sad Placenames

Article via BigThink: The Joy of Sad Place Names

The Joy of Sad Place Names The scattered toponyms that delight us by their unvarnished expression of downheartedness, defeat and despond. Excerpt: Victors don’t just write the history books. They […]

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Article via Geoawesomeness: Leveraging Geospatial Tools and Technology to Document the Land Rights of Vulnerable Communities

Leveraging Geospatial Tools and Technology to Document the Land Rights of Vulnerable Communities Making a positive difference to society through the use of geospatial technology Everyone deserves to be recognized […]

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Census

Article via PennStateNews: Why is the Census Important?

Probing Question: Why is the census important? Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: tallying up all the people living in the United States and recording […]

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World Map Racist?

Article via Metrocosm: Your World Map is Hiding Something

Your World Map is Hiding Something There is also another point supporting the view that Mercator is culturally biased. Often the top and bottom of the map are clipped unevenly, giving more space to the […]

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Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country

Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country November 11, 2018 While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly […]

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Why we still need paper maps

Article via MotherNatureNews: Why we still need paper maps

Why we still need paper maps GPS may be handy, but there are some serious downsides. Whether you use a GPS device in your car or Google Maps on your […]

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The Epic Story of the map that game America its name

Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name

Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name   Excerpt:A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, a […]

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NEWS & RESOURCE via Washington Post: Germany reunified 26 years ago, but some divisions are still strong

This 2016 article highlights how effects of border changes are still evident today. The article uses choropleth maps to highlight some of the biggest difference between East and West Berliners. […]

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NEWS via Governing: Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms

Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms BY MCCLATCHY NEWS | AUGUST 5, 2014 By Mary Ellen Klas Florida legislators indicated Monday that they will meet in special session […]

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NEWS via NPR: Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen-before The Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before by HANSI LO WANG June 24, 2014 4:03 PM ET  Listen to the Story All Things Considered 3 min 36 sec […]

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NEWS via FCW.com: EPA: Using maps to make sense of water pollution data

EPA: Using maps to make sense of water pollution data By Frank Konkel Mar 17, 2014 West Virginians did not need an app to know that the Elk River had […]

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NEWS via Mashable: Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea

Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea A cartographer at work, circa 1930.IMAGE: VINTAGE IMAGES/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES BY COLIN DAILEDA1 DAY AGO Much of the world is watching how the high-stakes […]

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NEWS via Quartz.com: Here’s what the future of car navigation looks like

Here’s what the future of car navigation looks like By Leo Mirani @lmirani March 12, 2014 In 1946, Jorge Luis Borges wrote “On Exactitude in Science,” a very short story about an empire […]

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NEWS via FCW.com: Why Maps Matter

Why maps matter By Frank Konkel Mar 17, 2014 People used to use maps so they wouldn’t get lost. But in recent years, access to the Global Positioning System and the […]

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NEWS via NPR: An Imaginary Town Becomes Real, Then Not. True Story

by ROBERT KRULWICH March 18, 2014 4:43 PM This is the story of a totally made-up place that suddenly became real — and then, strangely, undid itself and became a fantasy again. […]

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NEWS via NOLA: Putting hip on the map: Real estate markets heat up when a neighborhood turns cool

Putting hip on the map: Real estate markets heat up when a neighborhood turns cool By Richard Campanella on March 12, 2014 at 9:00 AM, updated March 12, 2014 at […]

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NEWS via Newsweek: The Geography of Autism

The Geography of Autism By Rob Verger Filed: 3/14/14 at 2:56 PM  | Updated: 3/14/14 at 4:09 PM A new study hints at why autism clusters, but experts caution seeking an easy solutionEnrique De La […]

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NEWS via Telegraph: The maps which explain the Ukraine crisis

The maps which explain the Ukraine crisis As Russia and Ukraine come ever closer to blows over Crimea, we explain, using maps, the issues at stake 10:35AM GMT 04 Mar […]

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NEWS via NBCNews: First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia

First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia BY ALAN BOYLE WILLIAM MANLEY / IAAR / UNIV. OF COLO. This map shows the outlines of modern Siberia (left) […]

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INFOGRAPHIC via Drew Skau: Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World

Click on the info graph above to interact with place names. Totally inappropriate, totally hilarious. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. […]

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