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1 Oct

Map of the Week: The Changing Colors of Leaves Across the U.S.

By: Nathaly Garzon September 23rd marked the official start of a new season: Autumn. With autumn comes fall foliage, which refers to the way leaves change colors during this season. Over the course of the next few weeks, leaves will...
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26 Sep

Map of the Week: Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas

By Juli Miller As average global temperatures increase, a vital resource is falling to scarcity: water. Droughts are leaving communities worldwide vulnerable by increasing the intensity of brush fires, driving agricultural production down, and stranding societies without a clean or...
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18 Sep

Map of the Week: Welikia

By Dane Gambrell What did your neighborhood look like 400 years ago? The Welikia Project helps New Yorkers to answer that question– in more detail than they may have imagined. Welikia is an interactive map that lays the natural ecology...
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11 Sep

Map of the Week: The Complicated Landscape of Banning Plastics in the U.S.

By Nathaly Garzon Plastic has been a topic of ongoing discussion over the last few years. As plastic pollution becomes a growing concern across the world, many countries and organizations have taken efforts towards reducing the use of plastic. One...
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5 Sep

Map of the Week: Lack of Running Water Linked to Household Income

By Nathaly Garzon Water is a basic need for all living things. On average, one person in the United States uses between 80-100 gallons of water per day. Although water may seem easy to come across in many parts of...
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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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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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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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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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