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13 Dec

Bob Chen I Am Geo

I am Geography I came to academic geography late, but had a strong interest in environmental issues in college, after starting out in physics. My first job after college involved assessing the environmental impacts of commercial supersonic transports, and I...
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13 Dec

Geographical Review Preview: When fieldwork “fails”: Participatory visual methods and fieldwork encounters with resettled refugees

By: Emily Frazier Article Title, Issue and Volume: When fieldwork “fails”: Participatory visual methods and fieldwork encounters with resettled refugees What is the main purpose of your study? This paper examines the challenges experienced in fieldwork using participatory visual methods...
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12 Dec

Company Spotlight: Hivemapper

By Nathaly Garzon Physical changes to roads, terrain, buildings and more can occur at any moment and affect a vast array of things. More important than fresh maps, are fresh maps that know what’s changed so that’s why it’s important...
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11 Dec

Map of the Week: New York City Brownfields

New York City Brownfields By: Katelyn Neff This series of maps was created to identify the locations of Brownfields in the five boroughs of New York City. A Brownfield site is classified as land that was previously developed and is...
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4 Dec

Map of the Week: Boston Hot Spots

By Dane Gambrell July of 2019 was Boston’s hottest month ever recorded, with an average temperature of 78.5 degrees Fahrenheit. While temperatures continue to rise around the globe, the city of Boston also stays significantly warmer than the surrounding countryside....
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27 Nov

Map of the Week: Where does your Thanksgiving dinner come from?

By Dane Gambrell According to a 2017 estimate, Americans eat 45 million turkeys each Thanksgiving, with the average bird weighing in at 16 pounds. But where do these birds, and the variety of fruits and vegetables that accompany them...
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21 Nov

Map of the Week: Audubon Society Climate Map

By: Juli Miller Migration. It’s an adaptation that has given many different animals an impressive competitive advantage. Rather than risk starvation in the winter, many species opt to move instead. Animals like the blue whale, the monarch butterfly, the...
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20 Nov

Company Spotlight: ACLED

By Dane Gambrell The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) is a data collection, analysis, and mapping project. The project provides a free database of “conflict events”, such as military action, riots, protests, terrorist attacks, and other acts...
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6 Nov

Map of the Week: Stuff in Space

By Juli Miller The night sky we all know is dark. It may hold a moon, a splattering of stars, an intangible mystery just beyond the capability of our mortal understanding… and a lot of space junk. Asteroids, space dust,...
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1 Nov

Geographical Review Preview: The Asymmetric Border: The United States’ Place in the World and the Refugee Panic of 2018

By: John Agnew Article Title, Issue and Volume: “The Asymmetric Border: The US Place in the World and the Refugee Panic of 2018” What is the main purpose of your study? In 2018 a moral panic emerged in the US...
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