Monthly Archives: April 2018

The World Through the Ages

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Timothy Feldhahn

The most conventional way to evaluate a country’s health and well-being is usually associated with the economy. This includes statistics such as the overall GDP of the nation, average income per capita, and net exports. These are valuable pieces of … Continue reading →

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Story Maps

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Jeremy Davis

Story maps is a modern blog that wants to tell a story within all of its interactive maps. This blog focuses on mapping interesting events and places around the world providing you with interactive maps as well as images to … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Week

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Jeremy Davis

The New Concise World Atlas is an annually updated Atlas created by some of the world’s finest cartographers. This atlas offers clear and full images of the most recent topographic and political maps. This Atlas also offers cartography diving into … Continue reading →

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Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Jeremy Davis

The map titled, “A decade of migration” offers many implications to migration in the 90’s and early 2000’s and is a very accurate depiction of what was going on in the world and especially in Europe around this time. While … Continue reading →

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Lunar Wall Mosaic 1962

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Abra Granger

by Alex Beran and Abra Granger The USAF Lunar Wall Mosaic was created in 1962 and was intended for astronauts to land on the moon. This map allowed the United States to win the space race against the Soviet Union. … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear Club

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Anni Qu

The Nuclear Club is a radical map that focuses on mapping the possession of nuclear weapons in the world. It was produced in 1981 as part of the Pluto Project that started by a radical British publishing houses known as … Continue reading →

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Atlases of the Week: National Geographic Kids Beginner’s World Atlas

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Anni Qu

Not all atlases are for serious professional and academic studies. Atlases like the Kids Beginner’s World Atlas can provide up to date information while being amusing, interesting and easy to understand. This atlas is designed for children ages 5 to … Continue reading →

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Team Map Presentation – “The World Distribution of Spirochetal Disease”

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Clark-Justin Glory

  The World Distribution of Spirochetal Diseases map was produced during the 1960s by the American Geographic Society. This map was part of a series of maps that were created in order to sort and map out the Third World. … Continue reading →

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Atlas of the Cold War

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Xinyue Wu

This historical atlas introduces 50 maps about Cold War, including popular events like Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Blockade with easily understood synopsis for each. The more interesting contents the author also presents are the themes such as cultural … Continue reading →

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ALL OVER THE MAP

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Xinyue Wu

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/all-over-the-map/  All Over The Map tells stories about past, present, and the future cartography. It is run by Betsy Mason, Greg Miller and a group of science journalists who love maps. They write the blogs with wired but interesting maps like secret Cold … Continue reading →

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