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Rebecca Maxwell

Rebecca Maxwell is a freelance writer who loves to write about a variety of subjects. She holds a B.A. in History from Boise State University. Rebecca has also been a contributing writer on GISLounge.com

Find Your Way Downstream with Streamer

March 24, 2016July 11, 2014 by Rebecca Maxwell

Water is essential for life on the planet, and tool from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) makes it easy and fun to trace water flow across … Read more

Categories Maps and Cartography, Physical Geography Tags hydrology, streamer, USGS

Zoomorphic Maps: Imagining Maps as Animals

August 20, 2019March 31, 2014 by Rebecca Maxwell

These zoomorphic maps were created for propaganda purposes, portraying the world according to what point the cartographer wanted to get across.

Categories Maps and Cartography

Maps as People: Anthropomorphic Maps

May 26, 2021February 20, 2014 by Rebecca Maxwell

Cartographers have been creatively crafting heads and bodies out of mountain ranges, coastlines, and other physical features. These anthropomorphic maps were intended mostly as propaganda pieces to show off the might of one country or stereotype foreign lands.

Categories Maps and Cartography Tags anthropomorphic maps, people in maps

Underwater Global Warming

March 17, 2020February 19, 2014 by Rebecca Maxwell

Scientists are using satellites and remote sensing to better understand changes in sea-surface temperatures.

Categories Oceanography Tags climate change, oceans, remote sensing
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