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11 Jun

Location Specific Biodiversity App: “Map of Life”

‘ “Putting biodiversity on the map!” With a novel modeling and mapping platform covering tens of thousands of species — everything from mammals and birds to plants, amphibians, reptiles, arthropod groups, and fish — the new app Map of Life...
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9 Jun

State of the Map: Hack day

Monday, June 8th, the American Geographical Society attended the State of the Map US Hack day. AGS staff participated in the Missing Maps workshop where we worked on mapping Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Missing Maps is a project funded by the Red...
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9 Jun

Earthgarage: Greener car, fatter wallet

Does your car need an oil-change, new brake pads, or even just a tune-up? If you are in the Connecticut or New Jersey area, stop in at a certified Earthgarage Dealer. Earthgarage is a company that has tools and tips...
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8 Jun

Map of the Week: World Oceans Day – The Geography of our Oceans

Monday, June 8th is World Oceans Day so our Map of the Week this week focuses on the Geography of our oceans. International laws and regulations on the high seas are difficult to enforce as they are outside any one...
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5 Jun

AGS Awards Certificate of Excellence to State of the Map US

On June 5th, 2015 the American Geographical Society officially released their Certificate of Excellence for State of the Map US 2015, to be held at the United Nations June 6-8, for “outstanding contribution to open development and democratized access of...
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5 Jun

Map of the Week: World Environment Day

June 5th is the UN’s World Environment Day. The day is to promote world-wide awareness and action for the planet. This year’s theme is: Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care. In honor of this day we made a...
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5 Jun

Sea to Table: Providing Sustainable Fish Directly from the Dock to the Chef’s Kitchen

Sea to Table is a seafood provider that connects restaurants and consumers to fisherman in order to ensure a fair, environmentally sustainable and transparent seafood transaction. Sea to Table partners with small-scale domestic fisherman and fisheries that practice sustainable wild...
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4 Jun

Map of the Week: National Doughnut Day

Friday, June 5th, is National Doughnut Day across the US. Both Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme are handing out free doughnuts! We made two maps to show the locations of the two stores. There is an interesting pattern of locations....
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4 Jun

Okeanos Technologies: WaterChip Desalination Development

Okeanos Technologies formed in 2012 to develop a next-generation, desalination technology to address the planet’s increasing fresh water shortages. Okeanos aims to lessen the impact of fresh water shortages that include, economic development, human health, environmental degradation and political instability. Okeanos...
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4 Jun

Sparkgeo: Geo is “Hot,” Using Web-based Geo-Spatial Analysis to Drive Global Impacts

Sparkgeo is a geo-spatial web development company whose mission is to drive “global impacts using maps and the Internet.” They focus on making data and map-making accessible to clients through their consultancy, and help them create site-specific maps on a...
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