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5 Apr

Infidelity and the Internet: The Geography of Ashley Madison Usership in the United States

Author Name: Michael L. Chohaney, University of Toledo, Department of Geography & Planning Kimberly A. Panozzo, University of Toledo, Department of Geography & Planning Article Title, Issue and Volume: Infidelity and the Internet: The Geography of Ashley Madison Usership in...
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5 Apr

Travel Time Spotlight

Travel Time platform is a geospatial company based in London, that specializes in travel time. It began with iGeolise in 2009, when co-founder Charlie Davies was set in a traffic jam. As he sat waiting to move, he wondered why...
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4 Apr

Economic-development stakeholder perspectives on boomtown dynamics in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas

Author: Trey Murphy Co-authors: Christian Brannstrom, Matthew Fry, and Michael Ewers (Full article here) What is the main purpose of your study? When we think of boomtowns, it is often in a fantastical imagination of how the West was settled....
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3 Apr

Map of the Week: Cocktail By County

Let’s ice things up this week with a map of the 50 states most purchased cocktails! If you were to travel across the United States trying every one of their favorite drinks, you would come across quite a few of the...
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3 Apr

Green and Sustainable Commercial Property Supply in Malaysia and Nigeria

Preview written by: Onuoha Iheanyichukwu Joachim Full Article Here What is the main purpose of your study? The main purpose of my study is to identify the predictive factors and variables that influence decisions to provide green and sustainable commercial properties...
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27 Mar

Flourish Spotlight

Flourish is an online tool that aims to make advanced data visualization and interactive storytelling available to everyone. Based in London, this project was started in 2016, through the company, Kiln, which is a specialist data visualization agency creating made-to-order...
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23 Mar

Map of the Week: The Lost Colony of Roanoke

“To Seek New Worlds For Gold, For Praise, For Glory”-Sir Walter Raleigh, Founder of Virginia Roanoke was established in 1587 by a group of 115 English settlers. The colony was located on the outer banks of what is today Dare...
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16 Mar

Map of the Week: What’s in an Irish Surname?

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, this week’s map is interactive and explores Irish surnames and their geographic distribution; it was created by Kent Field using Irish Census data from 1890. In the United States, a family...
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15 Mar

Anti-Eviction Mapping Project Spotlight

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (AEMP) began in 2013 to bring light to the gentrification of San Francisco’s Bay area. AEMP is a data-visualization, data analysis, and storytelling collective, documenting through maps and articles, the disbursement of San Francisco Bay Area...
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9 Mar

Map of the Week: Women’s Business Centers and Entrepreneurship

International Women’s Day is celebrated every March 8th and celebrates women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. Data from the American Community Survey and U.S. Census indicates that southern and midwest states have the lowest rates of female business owners,...
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