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21 Aug

Map of the Week: Willie Nelson on the Road

By Nigel Jaffe Few recording artists have seen as much of America firsthand as country music legend Willie Nelson. His signature “On the Road Again” stands out among his most recognized and most autobiographical songs— in more than half a...
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16 Aug

Company Spotlight: SkyTruth

By: Ligia Clara Industrial activities such as mining and oil spills have long altered terrestrial and aquatic environments, and the damage can be partially blamed on a lack of equipment available to monitor the effects of those activities on ecosystems...
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15 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: An On-the-Ground Challenge to Uses of Spatial Big Data in Assessing Neighborhood Character

By: Stefano Bloch Article Title, Issue and Volume: An On-the-Ground Challenge to Uses of Spatial Big Data in Assessing Neighborhood Character Special Issue – Fieldwork in Geography What is the main purpose of your study? This articles challenges scholars to...
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14 Aug

Map of the Week: Booth’s London

By Nigel Jaffe If you’ve ever used Google Maps’s route planner to find directions, you’ll know there are plenty of filters you can manipulate according to your preferred travel plans, adjusting your view of the map to show bike routes...
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7 Aug

Map of the Week: Coral Reefs

By Nigel Jaffe Google Street View provides curious navigators with the ability to take photographic tours of an ever-growing portion of the world’s roads; meanwhile, thorough maps of Mercury, Mars, and the Moon (as spotlighted in the July 24 Map...
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1 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: Time and Care in the “lab” and the “field”: Slow mentoring and Feminist Research in Geography

By: Martina Angela Caretta, Caroline Faria Article Title, Issue and Volume: Time and Care in the “lab” and the “field”: Slow mentoring and Feminist Research in Geography Special Issue – Fieldwork in Geography What is the main purpose of your...
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31 Jul

Map of the Week: Asthma Linked to History of Redlining

By Vayne Ong Not only is your zip code an indicator of your economic destiny, but new research shows it also affects your physical well-being. In a study published earlier this summer, a team of researchers at the University of...
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26 Jul

Company Spotlight: UP42

By Nigel Jaffe To many people, “geospatial data” may seem a difficult concept to define. Its potential applications, meanwhile, can be even more nebulous. Both questions are easier to tackle when you realize that geospatial data, far from being a...
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24 Jul

Map of the Week: Ordnance Survey Maps the Moon

By Nigel Jaffe As noted in our previous Map of the Week, last weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, an event memorialized the morning after by AGS Councilor John Noble Wilford on the front page...
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17 Jul

Map of the Week: Animated Map of the Earth

By Nigel Jaffe In honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Apollo 11 launch—the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon—this coming Saturday, today’s Map of the Week looks at how NASA data can be harnessed to create...
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