UBIQUE | American Geographical Society

3 Nov

Map of the Week: The Lithium Triangle and Its Challenges

By Sooin Choi Source: Yale Environment 360 The creation of lithium-ion batteries in 1991 transformed the world. Huge amounts of energy can now be stored in rechargeable, light-weight batteries. Today, along with our inseparable relationship with smartphones, the transition into...
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27 Oct

Map of the Week: Most Haunted States

By Jordan Brennan In honor of this spook-tastic month, we’re “creeping it real” and sharing the most haunted states in the U.S.! With the help of this new map , ‘The Most Haunted States in the U.S.,’ made by The...
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20 Oct

Map of the Week: The United States: Zombieland Edition

By Katie Anderson With Halloween quickly approaching, the spooky season is officially underway. Witches, goblins, and ghouls takeover until All Hallows’ Eve. But what if the holiday brings more than just trick-or-treaters to your door? A figure with the most...
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17 Oct

Geographical Review Preview: CHILEAN PATAGONIA

Patagonia evokes images of a remote, unpopulated frontier region endowed with a variety of undisturbed natural environments, including arid steppes, high mountains, fjords, forests, and ice fields. Despite idealized depictions, the expansive region, which econmpasses the southernmost tip of the...
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13 Oct

Map of the Week: L’Enfant Plan

By Sooin Choi When Washington, DC was decided as the capital of the United States, French engineer and architect Pierre Charles L’Enfant asked George Washington to design the new capital city. Washington appointed L’Enfant as the city planner in 1791,...
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6 Oct

Map of the Week: Monsters in America, Cryptids of American Folklore

By Katie Anderson It’s late in the evening on a cold November night, two young couples decide to take a drive through the woods. As they drive, a dark figure appears...
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30 Sep

Company Spotlight: Open Geospatial Consortium

By Jordan Brennan The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is the largest formal international consortium of geospatial organizations. More than 500 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities contribute to OGC’s mission of making geospatial information and services Findable, Accessible, Interoperable,...
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29 Sep

Map of the Week: 2022 Record Breaking Summer Temperatures

By Jordan Brennan In one of the most relentless summers to date, heatwaves have scorched much of the country, breaking thousands of temperature records since early June of this year. The worst, however, may have been saved for last...
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22 Sep

Map of the Week: Null Island, Where the Prime Meridian and Equator Meet

By Sooin Choi Located in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Null Island derives its name from the location 0°N, 0°E. While it is spotted on several web maps including the Strava heatmap...
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15 Sep

Map of the Week: Fall Foliage

By Katie Anderson With the entrance into September, summer is approaching its final days. As Autumn nears, the next few weeks function as a time to prepare for sweater weather and warm beverages. In addition to fall preparations and jokes...
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