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Megacity
A megacity in geography is an urban area that contains more than 10 million residents.
GIS in Social Science: Mapping Social Capital Strength to Measure Organizational Efficacy
Here are four steps to use GIS in measuring social capital of social service programs, improving understanding of organizational effectiveness and conducting gap analysis.
Why is the Population of Japan Almost Double That of France?
Different countries around the world vary in cultures, populations and traditions, which helps make up the wonderfully diverse world we ...
Using Citizens to Map Atmospheric Particulates
By leveraging data from over 8,000 smartphone users, Dutch researchers successfully mapped atmospheric particulate levels.
Geography of Daylight Saving Time
Not all countries observe Daylight Saving Time, which entails moving the clocks forward an hour in the spring and backward an hour in the fall.
Five Ways to Use GIS to Strengthen Your Nonprofit Fundraising
Here are five ways GIS can improve nonprofit fundraising, from refining prospect pools to partnerships, storytelling, and evaluation.
What are Ley Lines?
The theory of geography that surrounds the existence of ley lines was created in 1921 by a man named Alfred Watkins.
How Geography Influences Animal Evolution: The Story of a Caribbean Lizard
Why are some animal bigger than other? Is evolution only influenced by genes? Does colder and hotter environment have an ...
Mapping Almost 250 Years of Buildings in Manhattan
Morphocode‘s Urban Layers allows users to drill down and view the history of Manhattan’s buildings by mapping out over 45,000 ...
Who Owns the Oceans?
This article explores some of the international convention on jurisdiction over oceans.
Smart Tree Logging with Remote Sensing
Treemetrics is using satellite imagery, UAV, and LiDAR to help forestry managers to map out forests in order to better assess the quality and value of their forests and to cut down on waste.
StateFace
Here’s a font collection cartographers and those in GIS might want to download for future use. StateFace is a sets ...
LANDCARPET: Turning Satellite Imagery into Carpets
This Austrian architect who now lives in Beijing, China has turned his love of the view from above into carpeting made from 100% New Zealand wool.
Five Books about Maps for Young Children
These five books help young children learn about maps and map-making.
Searchable Database of Coordinate Systems
If you need a consolidated place to search for coordinate systems, EPSG.io is a place to start.
New Record Extent of Sea Ice in Antarctica
The polar regions of the Earth, the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica, are of particular concern to scientists and researchers. In ...
Optimizing Taxi Rides with HubCab
A project from MIT called HubCab analyzing 170 million taxi rides has found that sharing rides would reduce trips by 40%.
How the Ebola Outbreak has Highlighted Ignorance of Africa’s Geography
Despite the Ebola outbreak currently only affecting three countries that together make up less than 2% of the total area of Africa, the perception among some is that the entire continent of Africa is currently at risk.
Lake Extremes
What are the world's largest freshwater lake, the world’s largest saltwater lake, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, the highest navigable lake, and the saltiest lake?
Planning with Google Earth – A Cost-Effective Alternative
Rick Tralies of the Natural Lands Trust, explains how organizations and non-profits can use Google Earth as a planning and mapping tool.
OWGIS – Open Source GIS Web Application
Standing for Open WebGIS, the developers of OWGIS describe it as an “OpenSource Java Servlets web application that creates WebGIS sites ...
Types of Medieval European Maps
From the earliest civilizations onwards people have been drawing the world around them on stones, clay tablets, papyrus, and more. ...
Land Cover GIS Data from the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency has released land cover maps covering the 2000, 2005, and 2010 epochs. Developed by ESA’s Climate Change Initiative ...
The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer: Geography in Fine Art
The Geographer was painted by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer in 1669.
Photozincography: Advances in Cartography
Photozincography, or heliozincography, was a revolutionary way of copying photographic negatives onto zinc to be used for map making, outlines, engravings, and the reproduction of images.
