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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

For you people who love scary movies and get excited with playing Ouija, you are going to love this weeks atlas of the week. The Atlas of Cursed Places. The atlas goes into depth of every place on the Earth … Continue reading →

This week’s blog of the week is definitely worth every penny… Well depending on what country you’re in. It’s a map here to tell you which countries you should tip in and how much. http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/in-which-countries-should-you-tip-and-how-much

  The map, “What Do You Call Sweetened Carbonated Drinks?” was created by Joshua Katz in 2014, to determine what people from each state call this specific kind of drink. He is examining the different dialect that varies from region … Continue reading →

The “Exports and Imports of Commodities” map was published in 1970 by the National Atlas, whose stated purpose was to help US government officials visualize country-wide patterns and phenomena. With the Cold War going on during the time this map … Continue reading →