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What Does the Acronym BRICS Stand For?
The term “BRICs” is an acronym developed from the names of countries that are in a similar stage of newly advanced economic ...
Where is the Cloud in GIS for Watershed Management?
Barbara Horvatic, the Marketing Manager at GIS Cloud, explains how using a cloud-based GIS can help create a collaborative environment ...
Is GIS Use in Crime Analysis Effective at Curbing Crime?
A new study by researchers at Sam Houston State University found that the use of GIS is widespread in analyzing crime ...
Tracking the Evolution of the Field of Geography over 124 Years and 10,290 Dissertations
Kent State University professors David Kaplan and Jennifer Mapes have undertaken a study to understand how academic research in the field of geography has evolved in the United States.
Mapping Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Researchers recently published the results of developing a system for measuring global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the Journal of Geophysical ...
How Much do Geographers Make?
Geographers find work in a variety of disciplines both in the physical and human geography related fields. Geographers are employed ...
Map Orientation
Maps have not always been orientated northward. Different regional and religious forces have influenced the orientation of maps over time.
Mapping Forest Disturbance with Landsat
The Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) takes advantage of the 30 year Landsat archive to inventory recent disturbances and forest-cover change.
Mapping Iceland’s Bárðarbunga (Bardarbunga) Volcanic Eruption
The second highest mountain in Iceland has been exhibiting heightened activity since mid-August. As a results causing thousands of local ...
Some Common Spatial Analysis with Raster Data
Spatial coincidence, proximity, surface analysis, dispersion, and least-cost path analysis are some common spatial analysis done with raster GIS data.
Create Your Own Mental Maps with MindRider Helmets
A mapping application called MindRider hopes to improve biking experiences by creating mental maps of routes with the help of a special helmet.
What are Mental Maps?
Mental maps are a personalized view of the world's geography. Mental maps combine a person's objective knowledge of places with their subjective perceptions, or opinions, of locations.
Using Social Media to Track Global Eating Habits
According to researchers, social media can be used to track and understand eating habits from around the world. These researchers ...
A Spatial Analysis of Moscow’s Fuel Stations
Andrey Pirogov, a lecturer at the Lomonosov Moscow State University Business School, describes his project to map out and analyze fuel station locations in Moscow, Russia.
How to Make a Map from a Shapefile Using Google Fusion Tables
This tutorial shows you how to make a map in Google Fusion Tables with shapefile data.
How to Make a Map with Excel Data Using Google Fusion Tables
This article will take you though a step-by-step example of using an Excel spreadsheet that contains location information to make a map using Google Fusions Table.
Geography of Car Thefts in the United States
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) each year takes a look at the national picture in terms of car thefts.
Geography of Impact Craters
According to the Earth Impact Database, there are currently 184 verified impact craters that have been documented on Earth.
Impact Craters
Impact craters are the result of an object hitting a larger surface at hypervelocity creating a circular depression in the ...
What is Exo-cartography? Mapping the Climate and Surface of Exoplanets
Exo-cartography or extrasolar cartography is the science of mapping planets that are outside of Earth’s solar system.
Eight Online Maps in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, Wilderness50 was launched by a coalition of agencies, organizations, and universities to help elevate wilderness protection.
Centennial of the Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
September 1, 2014 marks the hundred year anniversary of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon. Passenger pigeons were once the ...
Who Did the Napa Earthquake Wake Up?
Jawbone aggregated data from thousands of UP activity trackers to see what percentage of people in the Bay Area were woken up by the Napa earthquake.
Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change in California
A group of Stanford students taking a biology class entitled Geographic Impacts of Climate Change: Mapping the Stories have mapped out news and journal articles about climate change in California.
Geography of Languages
Information about which country has the most spoken languages, which country has the most official languages, and which language is spoken in the most countries.
Tracking the Effects of Drought in the Western U.S. with GPS
The effects of the drought that has stricken the western United States can be measured with GPS. As anyone who ...