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5 Nov

Map of the Week: Mapping the Global U.S. Military Bootprint

By Ruqaiyah Zarook In 2015, the United States closed hundreds of military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan — just a drop in the ocean of both small and large known military bases operating under the flag of the United States...
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29 Oct

Company Spotlight: King County GIS Center

Across the country GIS is being used by county governments to inform policy. The King County GIS Center is a leader in integrating GIS into county business processes. AGS was able to sit down with Greg Babinski, Marketing and Business...
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28 Oct

Map of the Week: Homeless Shelter Metrics

By Jessie Woldstad The ongoing plight of homeless populations is a ubiquitous issue in society, one that is persistent throughout time, and requires thoughtful problem-solving in order to take steps forward. In an interactive map created by ESRI, the locations...
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21 Oct

Map of the Week: BLM Management of Wild American Mustang Herds

This map shows a loss of 25.6 million acres of designated wild horse and burro areas between 1971 and 2009. By: Abigail Vandenberg The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) controls more land than any other federal agency, with one in...
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19 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: Understanding the Spatial Patchwork of Predictive Modeling of First Wave Pandemic Decisions by US Governors

By: Patricia Solís, Gautam Dasarathy, Pavan Turaga, Alexandria Drake, Kevin Jatin Vora, Akarshan Sajja, Ankith Raaman, Sarbeswar Praharaj & Robert Lattus What is the main purpose of your study? The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded differently across the United...
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14 Oct

Map of the Week: The Most Popular Lullaby From Every Country

By: Abigail Vandenberg Sit back and relax while looking over this week’s highlighted map. Lullabies are widely used to help children fall asleep at night. Every culture on Earth uses some form of lullaby because everyone on Earth goes to...
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12 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: COVID-19 Mortality in New York City across Neighborhoods by Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity Status

By: Samantha Friedman and Jin-Wook Lee What is the main purpose of your study? The purpose of our study is to use descriptive and mapping analyses to examine the COVID-19 mortality rates at the zip-code tabulation area level (ZCTA) as...
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7 Oct

Map of the Week: 2021 Fall Foliage Map

by Jessie Woldstad For many, it’s considered to be the most beautiful time of the year–the world’s trees erupt into a vibrant display of oranges, yellows, and reds. As the days fall shorter and summer nears its end, trees prepare...
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5 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: American ‘Populism’ and the Spatial Contradictions of US Government in the Time of Covid-19

By: John Agnew What is the main purpose of your study? Donald Trump was supposedly elected as President in 2016 on a populist-nationalist platform of “Making American Great Again.” Yet, during the pandemic of 2020 he was unable to put...
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30 Sep

Map of the Week: Mapping Major UN and Western Sanctions

By Ruqaiyah Zarook Throughout much of modern history, sanctions have been used to persuade, dissuade, and generally influence the behavior of governments for political ends, whether during the 1956 Suez Canal crisis, the 2014 Crimean Crisis, or through the ongoing...
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