Guess the City Based on Street Video
City Guesser is an online geography game that uses audio and visual street video to provide hints about where in the world the city is located.
Caitlin Dempsey
Track Real-Time Air Pollution With this Crowdsourced Map
One way to track air quality at the local level is by visiting PurpleAir, an interactive map that pulls in crowdsourced data.
First Published Map of Wales
Humphrey Llwyd developed the first map focused on Wales which was published in 1573.
Google Adds Near Real-time Wildfire Boundaries to Search and Maps
Google pulls data from NOAA’s GOES satellites to map out wildfire boundaries.
Mapping California’s Heatwave from Space
NASA’s Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment (ECOSTRESS) has been mapping temperatures across parts of California from space.
Mapping University Plans for Fall 2020
The Daily Pennsylvanian has developed a map that is tracking the Fall 2020 plans for 350 colleges across 50 states.
Mapping the Causes of Mangrove Loss
A joint NASA-USGS initiative has created the first worldwide map of the causes of change in mangrove habitats between 2000 and 2016.
South Atlantic Anomaly: A Growing Dent in the Earth’s Magnetic Field
NASA is tracking a dent in the Earth’s magnetic field.
Satellite Captures Derecho Moving Across the Midwest
The GOES-East satellite captured a derecho over the U.S. Midwest on August 10, 2020.
Free Geography Books to Download
Springer has over 60 open access and free-to-download digital geography books.
The World’s Highest-Dwelling Mammal Found Atop of the World’s Second-Largest Active Volcano
Scientists were able to document that the yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis xanthopygus rupestris) is the world’s highest-dwelling mammal.
Time-lapse Photo of the International Space Station Passing in Front of the Sun
NASA photographer Joel Kowsky was able to capture this time-lapse photograph of the International Space Station (ISS) as it passed between the Earth and the Sun.