UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

2 Jan

Company Spotlight: Navteca

By Katelyn Neff “Navteca is a woman and minority-owned technology services company focusing on emerging technologies and IT innovation, like cloud and virtual reality.” https://www.navteca.com/about The American Geographical Society recently spoke with Shayna Skolnik, co-founder, and CEO of Navteca about...
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30 Dec

Map of the Week: Happy New Year!

New Year Map 2020 By Katelyn Neff You can watch in real-time as the New year 2020 moves across the world map! By using the interactive map you can see where in the world moves into the New year first...
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27 Dec

Geographical Review Preview: The podcast-as-method?: Critical reflections on using podcasts to produce geographic knowledge.

By: Eden Kinkaid, Kelsey Brain, and Nari Senanayake Article Title, Issue and Volume: The podcast-as-method?: Critical reflections on using podcasts to produce geographic knowledge. In the special issue: Challenging Research Methods in 21st Century Geography. What is the main purpose of...
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23 Dec

Map of the Week: Cyclist Creates Reindeer Map

By: Nathaly Garzon With the holiday season among us, our minds are filled with thoughts of family, gift-giving, and other fun festivities. Cyclist Anthony Hoyte had reindeers in mind when he set out to map a drawing of the animal...
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20 Dec

Kathryn Hannum I Am Geo

I am Geography I have always acquired great joy from noticing the small details of life. Visible or invisible, the details of the spaces we inhabit are what colors our experiences. Much my worldview has been shaped from the vantage...
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18 Dec

Map of the Week: Surging Seas: Risk Zone Map

By Juli Miller Sea level rise is a very real threat to modern life. Ignited by warming greenhouse gas emissions, these changing tides have become a major source of concern as they threaten to intensify storm surges, destroy marine habitats,...
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13 Dec

Bob Chen I Am Geo

I am Geography I came to academic geography late, but had a strong interest in environmental issues in college, after starting out in physics. My first job after college involved assessing the environmental impacts of commercial supersonic transports, and I...
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13 Dec

Geographical Review Preview: When fieldwork “fails”: Participatory visual methods and fieldwork encounters with resettled refugees

By: Emily Frazier Article Title: When fieldwork “fails”: Participatory visual methods and fieldwork encounters with resettled refugees. Volume What is the main purpose of your study? This paper examines the challenges experienced in fieldwork using participatory visual methods with resettled...
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12 Dec

Company Spotlight: Hivemapper

By Nathaly Garzon Physical changes to roads, terrain, buildings and more can occur at any moment and affect a vast array of things. More important than fresh maps, are fresh maps that know what’s changed so that’s why it’s important...
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11 Dec

Map of the Week: New York City Brownfields

New York City Brownfields By: Katelyn Neff This series of maps was created to identify the locations of Brownfields in the five boroughs of New York City. A Brownfield site is classified as land that was previously developed and is...
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