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United States Exports and Imports of Commodities: 1967

      This map was made by the National Geographic Society, and uses annual reports for the data. As you can see, America is centered in the map with a very distinct white color compared to other countries, giving … Continue reading

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Team Map Presentation – “How Communists Menace Vital Materials”

How Communists Menace Vital Materials was produced in conjunction with a US Congressional report vindicating the Soviet Union for their extension of Communism across continental borders into the Third World. In 1956, when this map was released, Khrushchev was altering … Continue reading

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Atlas of the Week: The Atlas of Design

The Atlas of Design has some of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing cartographic design. New volume of full-color maps is published every two years. They have three volumes of maps now, which includes plenty of cool maps, such as … Continue reading

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Blog of the Week: Mapping the Creatures Living Beneath Our Feet

When most people think about maps, the first impression they have is that map is about depicting the material or abiotic features of the world. However, this blog shows some map about actual living things, such as soil biodiversity around … Continue reading

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Territorial Disputes in Waters Near China

Everyone has the experience of scrambling for something when he/she was a child, such as toy cars or dolls. Sometimes, lots of countries will also scramble for one thing like a naive child. Since the 1970s, the territorial dispute in … Continue reading

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Population Problem

While in the U.S. we might feel as though we are the center of the universe sometimes, the reality is that life revolves around southeast Asia. My map shows that the world truly is skewed in population.  I believe the … Continue reading

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Blog of the Week: If You Love Maps, This Blog Is for You

Some blogs are hard to understand as they are made by cartographers as they explain maps in a way that are difficult to understand for everyday people. This blog is not by professional cartographers, but by normal people who find … Continue reading

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Blog of the Week: Big Map Blog

This blog site is filled to the brim with huge maps encompassing histories most fascinating sects. Maps of concrete jungles and their evolution from small town to sprawling city fill this site alongside intriguing conversations on the maps themselves. Every … Continue reading

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Slew of the Flu

  This year, the flu virus has been uncommonly widespread, wreaking havoc within the American population. For this reason, a dynamic map to compare the progression of the flu in the past few years is a useful diagram to illustrate … Continue reading

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Blog of the Week: Radical Cartography

Radical Cartography has an immense library of cartography at its disposal. The site has three subcategories: geography, problematic, and genre. Each subcategory has numerous filters within themselves. From viewing geography, population density, and spatial time, an individual can spend hours … Continue reading

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