Monthly Archives: November 2017

Team Map Presentation: Failed/Fragile States Index Map

The Failed States Index Map is a collection of maps produced annually since 2005 by Fund for Peace, an independent nonprofit research organization based in Washington DC. Fund for Peace uses 12 indicators such as security apparatus and state legitimacy … Continue reading

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Team Map Presentation: USAF Lunar Wall Mosaic

This map was created in 1962 by the Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center to aid with NASA projects like Apollo 11. At first glance, this map may seem devoid of useful information, however, the highlight of this map … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: International Drug Addiction

The World High  The World Drug Report estimated that in a given year, 250,000,000 people, that’s a quarter of a billion, used drugs.  Of those people using, it wasn’t all medicinal, it wasn’t all recreational, and it wasn’t all abuse … Continue reading

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Team Presentation: United States Imports and Exports of Commodities: 1967

This map was created in 1967 and published in “The National Atlas of The United States in 1970. The base map was published in National Geographic. The different colors help the audience easily differentiate thematerials being imported and exported. The … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: Expansion of ISIS

  In today’s modern times, many different governments and organizations are in constant conflict.  While these are mostly foreign policy issues, the reality is countries in complete disagreement with one another and this leads to unease in how to resolve … Continue reading

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Blog of the Week: North Carolina Maps

Continuing with the narrative of interesting places to explore in North Carolina, the blog of the week that I have chosen focuses on maps within the state. This blog is interesting in an exploratory sense because it features maps of … Continue reading

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Blog of the Week: These Chinese Cities have GDPs that Match Those of Entire Countries

For anyone interested in international economics, this is a truly fascinating post. Frank Jacobs explores 35 different Chinese cities with GDPs that are the same as entire countries. This post shows how much of an economic force China has become … Continue reading

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Atlas of the Week: Transit Maps of the World

For the Atlas of the Week, I have chosen to look at the atlas, Transit Maps of the World. This atlas is the first and only collection of modern and historical maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. This atlas … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: Overall Water Risk

When thinking about water risk around the world, you immediately think about Africa, Asia, South America, and other developing regions of the world, not the United States. Surprisingly, many different regions in the United States have water supplies views as … Continue reading

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Atlas of the Week

In the spirit of the holiday season and with the thoughts of traveling on everyone’s mind, this Atlas of the Week should be intriguing if anyone will be visiting North Carolina anytime soon. This Atlas focuses on 86 cool and … Continue reading

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