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29 Sep

Company Spotlight: Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

By Samantha Hinton In 2010, Haiti experienced one of the world’s most catastrophic earthquakes, with impacts still lingering today. Although it only lasted 30 seconds, the 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed an estimated 200,000 people. Last month, in August 2021, another...
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28 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: The coronavirus pandemic and American neoliberalism

By: Barney Warf What is the main purpose of your study? To specify the factors that have made the U.S. uniquely vulnerable to the pandemic, including long-term structural inequalities and the mismanagement of the Trump administration. The paper illustrates that...
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27 Sep

Welcome, Fall 2021 Scholar-Interns

Throughout the year, the American Geographical Society maintains a staff of Scholar-Interns to keep things humming. Our interns help report on the news of the day for DailyGeo, produce new content for our regular Map of the Week and Company...
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23 Sep

Map of the Week: A Short History of International Borders

By: Abigail Vandenberg International borders are widely accepted as immovable and ancient boundaries. Even within a twenty-first century atmosphere of innovations, progress, and change, the placements of land borders are revered as long standing and permanent. After all, the border...
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16 Sep

Map of the Week: Submarine Cables

By Abigail Vandenberg Did you know that submarine fiber optic cables are currently enabling you to view this blog post on your screen? 99% of our international data today is transmitted by underwater cables. This new edition of TeleGeography’s Submarine...
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10 Sep

Map of the Week: Strabo’s Map of Ireland

By: Samantha Hinton Strabo of Amasia was an early Greek geographer from Pontus and lived from roughly 65 B.C. to 25 A.D. In his key writing, The Geography, Strabo reviewed the ancient world. He completed this work around 7 B.C....
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2 Sep

Map of the Week: 2020 Migration Patterns

By: Kallie O’Donnell This StoryMap, Where are people moving? by Jennifer Bell tracks the movement of people to different regions in America during the year of 2020. Data was retrieved from the American Community Survey to visualize the areas with...
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27 Aug

Map of The Week: Surging Seas Risk Zone Map

By Samantha Hinton The Surging Seas Risk Zone Map is an online, interactive database that visually displays the interaction of Earth’s water and coasts by showcasing how projected sea level rise could affect certain areas. Created by Climate Central and...
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23 Aug

Company Spotlight: Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance

By: Kallie O’Donnell The NEPA Alliance is a private nonprofit that focuses on various aspects of community and economic development including business finance, local government assistance, nonprofit development, and transportation. The organization serves 7 counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania covering over...
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19 Aug

Map of the Week: The Lines That Shape Our Cities

By: Kallie O’Donnell The Lines That Shape Our Cities StoryMap (created in collaboration with the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond, The Science Museum of Virginia, and Esri) connects present-day environmental inequalities to their 1930s policy roots. The...
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