This Map Shows Where in the U.S. You Have the Highest Chance of Getting Struck by Lightning PSA of the day By Olivia B. Waxman @OBWaxFeb. 28, 2014 Today, Atlantic Cities points out that […]
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Map via WashingtonPost: Where long-term Unemployment is at Historic Highs
Where long-term unemployment is at historic highs Before the recession smashed the record, long-term unemployment peaked at 26 percent thirty years ago. But in 2013 it was higher than that in 41 […]
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RESOURCE via GoogleMapsMania: Google’s Population Explorer-TRY THIS!
Monday, February 24, 2014 Population Mapping Population Explorer is a Google Maps based tool that can estimate the population of any area on Earth, down to an area of 1km2. Draw […]
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NEWS via National Geographic: Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis
Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis The country rests precariously between East and West. A woman wipes away tears as she walks away from a memorial […]
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Map via WashingtonPost: Where people are moving to and from
Where people are moving to and from The map above comes from Atlas Van Lines and shows where their customers were headed last year. Most states had a steady balance of people […]
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NEWS vía Global Times: Island Migration – Canada Closes it’s Doors
Island migration Recently, Canada announced that it would end its investor program, closing off another path for Chinese immigrants. However, as Canada closes the door, island countries such as St […]
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Map via WashingtonPost: Where the Millionaires Are
Where the Millionaires Are Per capita millionaire households (Source: Phoenix Global Wealth Monitor) More than six million households in the United States have liquid assets worth more than $1 million, according […]
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MAP via WashingtonPost: Who’s most well off
Who’s most well off Gallup’s well-being index. Gallup’s well-being index relies on 55 metrics, including rates of obesity, produce consumption, smoking, depression and psychological fulfillment. Generally, the best-off states are […]
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NEWS via PewResearch: Global Population Estimates by Age, 1950-2050-INTERACTIVE
JANUARY 30, 2014 Global Population Estimates by Age, 1950-2050 The demographic future for the U.S. and the world looks very different than the recent past. Growth from 1950 to 2010 […]
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NEWS via Pew Research: Remittance Flows Worldwide in 2012
Remittance Flows Worldwide in 2012 U.S. top sending country; India top receiving country Click above for full interactive “Remittances” are funds or other assets sent to their home countries by […]
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NEWS via Channel NewsAsia: Virginia to be first US state to include “East Sea” in textbooks
The US State of Virginia has recently voted to include the name “East Sea” in its history and geography textbooks, alongside what is now marked only as the “Sea of […]
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NEWS via Al Jazeera: How the North Ended up on Top of the Map
How the north ended up on top of the map by Nick Danforth @ajam February 16, 2014 A cartographic history of what’s up McArthur’s Universal Corrective Map of the World.Flickr A world map […]
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NEWS via Nat’l Geographic: The Growth of Megacities
Geography in the News: The Growth of Megacities Posted by Neal Lineback of Geography in the NewsTM on February 17, 2014 By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM Megacities’ Expansive […]
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NEWS via the Guardian: Time running out for China’s one-child policy after three decades
Time running out for China’s one-child policy after three decades As list of exemptions grows, experts predict scrapping of rule said to have prevented 400m births Even if the one-child […]
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GEOQUOTE: Things Geographers didn’t say, but Might have been Thinking: Norman Borlaug
NEWS via APA: UN: There are 232 million international migrants worldwide
Years later, we still see evidence that Earnst Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration are still at work. -The Human Imprint ▇ ▅ █ ▅ ▇ ▂ ▃ ▁ ▁ ▅ ▃ […]
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INTERACTIVE: Racial Dot Maps via: University of Va.
The Racial Dot Map One Dot Per Person for the Entire United States Created by Dustin Cable, July 2013 Access and Use Policy Link to Full Screen Map The Map | The […]
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NEWS via Pew Research Center: As the population grays, Americans stay upbeat
As the population grays, Americans stay upbeat BY RAKESH KOCHHARLEAVE A COMMENT One-in-five Americans are expected to be 65 and older by mid-century, and this could be a problem for the […]
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NEWS via Times-Picayune: Shotgun geography: the history behind the famous New Orleans elongated house
Shotgun geography: the history behind the famous New Orleans elongated house Few elements of the New Orleans cityscape speak to the intersection of architecture, sociology and geography so well as […]
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NEWS via Business Insider Australia: These Maps Show Which Areas Of The Country Have The Biggest Carbon Footprints
These Maps Show Which Areas Of The Country Have The Biggest Carbon Footprints KELLY DICKERSON YESTERDAY AT 10:01 AM 19 It’s no secret that the U.S. is one of the biggest carbon […]
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NEWS via AlaskaDispatch: How religion in the US today tracks closely with geography
How religion in the US today tracks closely with geography Brad KnickerbockerThe Christian Science Monitor February 9, 2014 Tell me where you live, and there’s a good chance I’ll know […]
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VIDEO RESOURCE via CGP Grey: How Many Countries Are There?
How Many Countries Are There?
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GEOQUOTE: Ellsworth Huntington
GEOQUOTE: Friedrich Ratzel
