Today, we honor the life of John Glenn, previously recognized by the American Geographical Society as a hero of exploration. In 1962, when he returned from the first earth orbits by an American Astronaut, he was accorded our highest exploration...
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A Bowman Expedition is currently being conducted in Honduras. The AGS Bowman Expedition Program allows researchers to offer practical assistance in mapping, analysis, and GIS functionality for host countries and communities as well as, produce open-source datasets for these areas....
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Keith Masback is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), a non-profit educational foundation that aims to advance the education, training, and tradecraft of geospatial intelligence. He points out that the three “legs of a...
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Hello all! My name is Vivian Chen and I am currently in my second year at the Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College. My hobbies include swimming, eating, painting, reading, and traveling. Although I grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, I...
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It’s hard to believe that my time at the AGS headquarters has come to an end. I couldn’t be anymore grateful for all the lessons I’ve learned and all the open doors this opportunity has provided me. I will never...
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Dr. Jerome E. “Jerry” Dobson is an innovator, popular writer and speaker in the fields of geography and geographic information science (GIS). He has studied and worked in the field of geography ever since the start of his professional career....
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On June 24th, 2016 the AGS staff and some of the AGS council met for a meeting in the Thompson Hine office of Manhattan. The folks at Thompson Hine are important supporters of AGS and we are grateful for their...
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The American Geographical Society and our members mourn the passing of Dr. Barbara Borowiecki. Dr. Borowiecki was first a professor from 1960 and then Chairman of the Department of Geography at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1971 until her retirement in 1992. Among Barbara’s...
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The American Geographical Society (AGS) has been around since 1851, and for its early history pick up John Wright’s classic, Geography in the Making: The American Geographical Society 1851-1951 or check out the timeline on the AGS website. But if you want to...
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