Monthly Archives: November 2013

Summary of Presentation on North Korean Prison Camps Map

  Geo-surveillance is a revolutionary form of mapping. Or is it really mapping? Are photographs maps? Despite this common argument, geo-surveillance has transformed cartography. Nowadays, mapping is mainly done my machines, such as satellites. As a result of the vast … Continue reading

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“The Nuclear Club” Presentation

“The Nuclear Club” was published in The State of the World Atlas by Michael Kidron and Ronald Segal in 1981. The goal of the atlas was to translate into visual form the current political, economic, and social current events of … Continue reading

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Map Presentation

Source: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/06/24/2013_failed_states_interactive_map Failed States Index map of 2013 is created by Fund for Peace, an independent, nonpartisan, non-profit research and educational organization that strives to prevent violent conflict and promote sustainable security. This map is published by the Foreign Policy … Continue reading

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The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way We Live

The Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way We Live by Daniel Dorling, Mark Newman, and Anna Barford consists of 366 maps that show geographical and social statistics. The number of maps may seem  intimidating to shift through, yet … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: the Most Distorted Ones – The International Migration Map

What the heck is that? That’s the question that was running through my head the first time I saw the International Emigrants Map and International Immigrants map in my geography class. I thought that they must be the most distorted … Continue reading

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Atlas of the Week: Atlas of the Holocaust

The Atlas of the Holocaust was produced after seven years of extensive research by Merton College, Oxford professor Martin Gilbert. The 316 maps in the Atlas document the Nazi attempt to annihilate the Jewish population in Europe during the Second … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: US States renamed for countries with similar GDPs

Click map to enlarge The United States of America has slowly constructed itself through the 20th century to become an economic power house. It is now recognized as a one of the main pillars of our world’s economy along with … Continue reading

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Team Map Presentation: Atlas of Diseases

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Atlas of Diseases: World Distribution of Spirochetal Diseases Created in 1950, this map was included in the set of maps released by the American Geographical Society in conjunction with U.S Armed Forces and various international pharmaceutical … Continue reading

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Map of the Week: Not Just Any Map of Richmond, VA

I was a nonbeliever. I’ll admit it. I recall that Dennis Wood mentioned in his book, The Power of Maps that he intended to keep as many maps as he could for 30 days, yet Wood had to give up … Continue reading

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Team Map Presentation Tuesday November 5th: “National Atlas of USA: Exports and Imports

Nothing can condense and visualize data and information quite like a map can. Maps are most often used and primarily designed to create a visual portrayal of space and location, to let you know where things are, where you are, … Continue reading

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