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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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25 Sep

Company Spotlight: Cesium

By Nigel Jaffe As with many industries at the cutting edge of technology—bitcoin, AI, machine learning—the world of 3D data can seem opaque even to companies who make use of it every day. Modern society is awash in data to...
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20 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: Evaluating the Geographic in GIS

By: Weihe W. Guan, Matthew W. Wilson, and Anne K. Knowles Article Title, Issue and Volume: Evaluating the geographic in GIS (or how GIS might do geography?) What is the main purpose of your study? In this study, we reflect...
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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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6 Sep

Geographical Review Preview: Fieldwork under surveillance: Rethinking relations of trust, vulnerability, and state power

By: Sarah Tynen and Caitlin Ryan Article Title, Issue and Volume: Fieldwork under surveillance: Rethinking relations of trust, vulnerability, and state power Issue and Volume unknown. What is the main purpose of your study? To compare the experiences of surveillance...
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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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5 Sep

Company Spotlight: The Ocean Cleanup

By: Ligia Clara Along with growing levels of pollution in our environment, increased awareness of these problems has prompted people and organizations to counteract the global damage caused by a lack of environmentally conscious decisions. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit...
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29 Aug

Geographical Review Preview: Doing Strong Collaborative Fieldwork in Human Geography

By: Noella Gray, Catherine Corson, Lisa Campbell, Peter Wilshusen, Rebecca Gruby, Shannon Hagerman Article Title, Issue and Volume: Doing Strong Collaborative Fieldwork in Human Geography Special Issue – Fieldwork in Geography What is the main purpose of your study? To...
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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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