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Monthly Archives: February 2017
CIA: Country Profile of Afghanistan
The United States Department of Defense has appropriated nearly $3.7 trillion since 2001 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (Crawford, 2016). To effectively conduct military operations, reason stands that the United States invests heavily in its intelligence capabilities. One … Continue reading
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Traveling Through Time: an Atlas of London
https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/531500/181500/12/101107 Old-maps.com may seem like an unprofessional source for getting accurate maps of anything with any credibility. However, the services offered in this Atlas for city maps, of not only London (as linked above), is absolutely astounding. This online Atlas … Continue reading
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Hiding Revolutionary Sparks under an Imperial basket
The Western world as seen by the most powerful nation on earth. In February of 1775 such a chart was published by Robert Sayer, in London, depicting the countries surrounding the Western Ocean. As a map from London, it is … Continue reading
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USSR Energy Atlas and Some Interesting Facts about Soviet Mapping
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000292326.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000609108.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol10no2/html/v10i2a04p_0001.htm The first link at the top of the post regards the actual Atlas itself, which is something I stumbled upon that is also part of the CIA database regarding the USSR’s Energy Sources. It’s worth taking a … Continue reading
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“Operation SQUARE DEAL, 9 April 1960” and the CIA’s U2 Program
The map I have chosen may not look like much, but its details and the rich history behind it help give appreciation and meaning to the U2 program. (And no, this is not a map of Bono’s U2 world tour … Continue reading
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Atlas of the Week: Canadian Rail Atlas
Considering I wrote about airplanes for my map of the week, I thought it would be fitting to look at trains for my atlas. The Canadian Rail Atlas is a comprehensive look at Canada’s near 45,000 kilometer rail system. The … Continue reading
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Map of the Week: The World’s Busiest Airports
We all have the typical image of an airport: crowded, loud, chaotic. A place where everybody’s in a rush to get where they’re going and many people get lost in the confusion. This observation is typical of most, if not … Continue reading
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Map Link and Atlas
Map Link: https://makingmaps.net/ During the first half of this course we’ve been studying maps intensively. We’ve even made a few maps of our own, however we have never studied how to make maps. For those interested in taking map making … Continue reading
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An “Alternative Map”: The Vinland Map
On the eve of Columbus Day, 1965, Yale University issued a statement that they possessed a map that disputed the agreed upon fact that Columbus discovered the New World. After this announcement, Yale received visits from many esteemed historians attempting … Continue reading
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Atlas of the Week: Food Environment Atlas
Atlas of the Week: The Food Environment Atlas is produced by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. The purpose of this atlas is to evaluate determinants of food choices and diet quality as well as examine communities’ … Continue reading
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