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3 Mar

Map of the Week: Female Cartographer Spotlight

By: Abigail Vandenberg As we kick off the beginning of Women’s History Month this March we bring you a map of an untold story of the Canadian Beothuk tribe from female cartographer Shawnadithit. Born in Newfoundland in 1801, Shawnadithit’s childhood...
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1 Mar

AGS Statement on the Invasion of Ukraine

The American Geographical Society wholeheartedly condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an unprovoked war of choice, and calls upon the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) to remove President Vladimir Putin as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RGS. By...
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28 Feb

Company Spotlight: GEO261

By Mike Wallace The world is inundated with spatial data today like never before. Devices such as satellites, drones, smartphones and all the Internet of Things (IoT) are constantly monitoring movements and collecting information, and geospatial technology has advanced to...
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25 Feb

Map of the Week: Black Cartographies

By Catherine McKenna Maps, given their limitations requiring inclusion or exclusion of information, can carry inherent bias and further one’s personal agenda by representing the world in unequal ways, for example: redlining or colonizers “discovering” and settling different lands. Counter-mapping...
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24 Feb

Welcome, Spring ’22 Interns

Throughout the year, the American Geographical Society maintains a staff of Scholar-Interns to keep things humming. Our interns help report on the news of the day for DailyGeo, produce new content for our regular Map of the Week and Company...
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18 Feb

Map of the Week: Mapping Environmental Injustice

by Mike Wallace In January of 2021 the Biden administration issued the Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad executive order outlining a new federal environmental justice and climate action agenda. The order arrived alongside the Justice40 initiative, a...
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11 Feb

Map of the Week: The Geography of Marriage

by Catherine McKenna Happy Valentine’s Day, AGS readers! This map from the New York Times is a by-county representation of the likelihood that a 26-year-old in the United States will be married. One’s hometown plays a large role in shaping...
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4 Feb

Map of the Week: Forecasting bird migration in real-time with BirdCast

By Mike Wallace Bird-watching was a rare bright spot for many people during phases of lockdown and quarantines, and initiated a boom in the hobby that continues today. This newly found fascination with the avian species who live and transit...
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31 Jan

Company Spotlight: Plum Run

By Jessie Woldstad The American Geographical Society recently had the opportunity to meet with Keith J. Masback, Principal Consultant of Plum Run, LLC, a boutique consulting firm specializing in supporting early-stage startups operating in geospatial intelligence and related fields. Since...
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27 Jan

Map of the Week: Bathymetry and History of the Hunga Tonga Caldera

By: Abigail Vandenberg Many of us watched the footage of the massive eruption that occurred on January 15, 2022 in the island nation of Tonga. The submerged caldera known as Hunga Tonga is one of many volcanoes in the Tonga-Kermadec...
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