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8 Jun

Map of the Week: World Oceans Day – The Geography of our Oceans

Monday, June 8th is World Oceans Day so our Map of the Week this week focuses on the Geography of our oceans. International laws and regulations on the high seas are difficult to enforce as they are outside any one...
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5 Jun

AGS Awards Certificate of Excellence to State of the Map US

On June 5th, 2015 the American Geographical Society officially released their Certificate of Excellence for State of the Map US 2015, to be held at the United Nations June 6-8, for “outstanding contribution to open development and democratized access of...
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5 Jun

Map of the Week: World Environment Day

June 5th is the UN’s World Environment Day. The day is to promote world-wide awareness and action for the planet. This year’s theme is: Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care. In honor of this day we made a...
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5 Jun

Sea to Table: Providing Sustainable Fish Directly from the Dock to the Chef’s Kitchen

Sea to Table is a seafood provider that connects restaurants and consumers to fisherman in order to ensure a fair, environmentally sustainable and transparent seafood transaction. Sea to Table partners with small-scale domestic fisherman and fisheries that practice sustainable wild...
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4 Jun

Map of the Week: National Doughnut Day

Friday, June 5th, is National Doughnut Day across the US. Both Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme are handing out free doughnuts! We made two maps to show the locations of the two stores. There is an interesting pattern of locations....
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4 Jun

Okeanos Technologies: WaterChip Desalination Development

Okeanos Technologies formed in 2012 to develop a next-generation, desalination technology to address the planet’s increasing fresh water shortages. Okeanos aims to lessen the impact of fresh water shortages that include, economic development, human health, environmental degradation and political instability. Okeanos...
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4 Jun

Sparkgeo: Geo is “Hot,” Using Web-based Geo-Spatial Analysis to Drive Global Impacts

Sparkgeo is a geo-spatial web development company whose mission is to drive “global impacts using maps and the Internet.” They focus on making data and map-making accessible to clients through their consultancy, and help them create site-specific maps on a...
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4 Jun

American Geographical Society

Map of the Week: World Oceans Day – The Geography of our Oceans

AGS Awards Certificate of Excellence to State of the Map US

Map of the Week: World Environment Day

Sea to Table: Providing Sustainable Fish Directly from the Dock to the Chef’s Kitchen

Map of the Week: National Doughnut Day

Okeanos Technologies: WaterChip Desalination Development

Sparkgeo: Geo is “Hot,” Using Web-based Geo-Spatial Analysis to Drive Global Impacts

AGS Councilor Lee Schwartz: GOTUS

EarthViewer: A mobile app to travel through 4.5 billion years of Earth’s history

Spire: Closing the Remote Sensing Data Gap to Improve Weather and Ocean Monitoring