July 22 2014

New Open Access Geography Journal from the Royal Geographical Society and Wiley

The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers, RGS-IBG) has launched its first fully open access journal entitled Geo: Geography and Environment.  The journal is a partnership with John Wiley and Sons Inc.  "We are extremely pleased to partner with Wiley to offer a journal that will be at the forefront of many of the exciting developments within geographical and …

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Help Analyze Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Crowdsourced science is becoming an increasingly popular tool to harness the power of the crowd in digging into massive amounts of data.  For those that are interested in helping to analyze hurricanes and tropical storms, Rob at Zooniverse has put out a call for help: June 1st marked the official beginning of the hurricane season in the Atlantic, and you can …

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Teaching Basic Map Skills To Young Children

It's never too early to teach young children spatial awareness.  Teaching children how to read a map and relate it to real world objects can start when they are fairly young.  Teaching basic map skills can be achieved through reading books about mapping as well as hands on mapping lessons. Henry's Map Billed as "A fun-filled introduction to maps through the …

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Five Fun Facts About International Borders

Many of us probably think of checkpoints and barriers when we think about borders between international countries, particularly border crossings.  Borders can demark more than just the transition from one country to another.  Borders can highlight the effects of different policies (or lack thereof) can have on the environment from one country to the next.  Borders can also be almost unnoticeable, …

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The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps.

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