Articles
Making a Career in Geointelligence
Sangeeta Deogawanka talks about building a career in Geointelligence, covering areas like security, intelligence, policy analysis, and first response.
World’s Oldest Surviving Terrestrial Globe
The world’s oldest terrestrial globe exists in Germany and shows the world as it was known in 1492 when it was created by Martin Behaim.
Isodistance and Isochrone Maps
Isodistance measures routes of equal time and isochrone measures routes of equal travel times although both are typically represented as bands of polygons.
National Transit Map
The goal of the national transit map is to find the places in America that are being under-serviced (or not serviced at all) by public transportation.
A Promising Future in Global Fishery Management
Fisheries around the world are in peril, both ecologically and economically. According to a new analysis, that turmoil does not have to be permanent.
Geography of Lawns
Lawns now comprise the biggest use of land in the United States. Corn comes right behind grass as the second most grown ‘crop’ in the country.
Where Can You See From the Sea?
Cartographer Andy Woodruff maps out what is directly across the ocean depending on where a person is standing along each continent's coastline.
Color Maps to Your Heart’s Content With this City Maps Coloring Book
City Maps: A coloring book for adults is a 94-page book containing 44 maps covering cities from around the world.
How Unleashing Two Dams Extended Washington’s Coast
The removal of two dams along the Elwha River in the Olympic Peninsula caused an expansion of the coastline of Washington and created a massive estuary.
What Makes a Vibrant City? Lessons from Data Mining
Researchers in Italy used a collaborative mapping tool, census data, land use data, and mobile phone data to compile information about the movement, interactions and life of an urban area.
Mapping of Apparent Fish Available Zones in Indian Reservoirs
This study by Thankam Theresa Paul, Sandhya KM, Manoharan SM and Usha U takes a look at the spatial relationship between physico-chemical variables and fish production using inverse distance weighting.
New Earthquake Maps from the USGS Also Factor Human Activity Induced Causes
The United States Geological Survey has created a new map that highlights where natural and man-made earthquakes could cause damage around the country.
How Users are Helping to Map Kenyan Slums
One of the latest ongoing, user-generated mapping projects involves the mapping of slums in Kenya.
Using LiDAR to Show How Native American Depopulation Impacted Forests in the United States
Researchers have used LiDAR to understand the impacts of Native American population decline on forest fires in the United States.
Eco-certification Trends in Fisheries
A recent study by researchers in Newfoundland and North Carolina looks at new trends in eco-certification and the attendant power dynamics between the parties engaged on a global scale.
Thematic Mapping with MapInfo and Excel
This tutorial by Nick Williams, a MapInfo trainer at Acuity Training, aims to provide an example of how data analysis and cleansing using Excel can be combined with presentation and mapping using MapInfo.
Household Consumption Around the World
A new study quantifies national household consumptions to find which countries are most responsible for climate change based on consumption.
How to Remember the Difference Between Latitude and Longitude
Here's a simple way to remember the difference between latitude and longitude and which comes first when you encounter a set of coordinates.
Where the US Streets Have No Names
Numerical numbering systems, or numbering streets in specific orders, is one way some cities have taking the pain out of navigation. A comprehensive analysis of streets in the US found that half of the cities here prefer to have their streets numbered rather than named.
Is Sexism a Problem in GIS?
This article takes a look the state of sexism in GIS and reports how those working in the field have spoken about how sexism has impacted them.
Noisy Mariana Trench
The researchers put a microphone encased in titanium and sent it to a depth of six miles in the Mariana Trench. The scientists were able to hear the propellers of passing ships on the surface, the sounds of a storm passing overhead, and the calls of whales.
The Map that Started the Red and Blue Election Map Trend
Historian Susan Schulten has traced the practice of mapping elections of the country by color to 1883.
Using Landsat Imagery to Find Shipwrecks
Satellite imagery from Landsat 8 has been used by a Belgian marine research institute to detect shallow water shipwrecks. Satellite imagery from Landsat 8 can detect the concentration of sand and silt particles in the ocean, which can then be used to pinpoint a potential shipwreck location.
The Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017
For the first time since 1979 a total solar eclipse will be visible from the contiguous United States on August 17, 2017. Called the Great American Solar Eclipse of 2017, the moon’s shadow track will only be visible in the United States.
Caño Cristales, the Rainbow River
The river Caño Cristales, is also known as the river of five colors for the vibrant path it winds through the Colombian landscape.
What are Gravity Hills?
There are hundreds of gravity hills around the world and they are characterized as places where a geographical optical illusion has been created.