Map of the Week

30 Jul

Map of the Week: Forbidden Books From Around the World

By Arden Benner With the exponential growth of social media over the last decade, censorship—the systematic suppression of news, books, film, or other media considered controversial or threatening—has in many ways become more difficult. We often hear of governments cutting...
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23 Jul

Map of the Week: Global Sexual Orientation Laws

Map by International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World). Click on the map to expand. By Conor White The American Geographical Society and our EthicalGEO Initiative’s Location Tech Task Force is convening a series of Blue-Ribbon Panels...
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16 Jul

Map of the Week: D.C. Food Deserts

By Nicole Oveisi The USDA Economic Research Service provides an online interactive map to spatially represent the relationship between food deserts and low income communities in the United States. Food deserts are often defined as geographic areas with limited access...
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8 Jul

Map of the Week: Find Your Home’s Flood Factor

By Conor White Flooding is the United States’ costliest natural disaster. After high temperatures, in terms of human fatalities, it is the second largest weather-related hazard in the U.S. Sea levels are continuing to rise, sea surface temperatures are continuing...
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1 Jul

Map of the Week: World Population History Map

By Arden Benner The first version of this map was created over forty years ago, and the basis was the same—to create a visualization of the human race wherein one dot is equivalent to one million people. The representation begins...
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24 Jun

Map of the Week: Search the Web and Plant Trees

Arbor Day, which is celebrated on the last Friday of April in most states in the United States, is a holiday where people are educated about the importance of trees and encouraged to plant and care for them. It is...
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17 Jun

Map of the Week: Family Video Store Closures

10 Jun

Map of the Week: The Facial Recognition World Map

By Arden Benner Using data compiled from 194 different countries, The Facial Recognition World Map was created by SurfShark as a way to visualize the ongoing spread of facial recognition technology. Perhaps most commonly used to unlock cellphones, facial...
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3 Jun

Map of the Week: Climate Anomalies and Events

By Jake Rogers NOAA releases a monthly report on climate conditions, and anomalies that include many incredible maps to relay the data from the National Center for Environmental Information. These reports are part of the suite of climate services provided...
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27 May

Map of the Week: Public Transit Systems of the U.S.

Written By Jessica Devous This week’s Map of the Week is looking at the best and worst public transit maps in the United States. Based on Christof Spieler’s atlas, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, he shows...
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