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Category Archives: Map Monday
Map Monday: election results and cartograms
Canadian politics flies under the radar screen for most of the world, but Canadians are all well aware that we just completed a 5-week snap election last week. It’s been a while since Map Monday looked at cartograms, but it … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged Canada, Canadian election, cartograms, election results and maps, maps
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Map Monday: changes in world populations through the ages and associated factors for today’s world
Welcome back to Map Monday. This week we’re going to use cartograms to illustrate our story. Remember, cartograms are these strange looking maps that distort the shape of countries to reflect their relative contribution to the total amount being displayed. … Continue reading
Map Monday: indigenous history around the world, pre- and post-colonization
Today is the last day of May, the day before the beginning of June, which is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. There can be no more chilling reminder of why Canada needs to have a National Indigenous History Month … Continue reading
Map Monday: a cross-section of intriguing maps
This week’s Map Monday doesn’t have a specific theme. A number of these maps come from suggestions by generous readers, some of which pointed me to related intriguing maps. Many thanks to Adam, Sharon, and Jeff. I’ll get back to … Continue reading
Map Monday: where the animals used to roam
We get used to being told that many of our most iconic animals are endangered, due to climate change, destruction of natural habitat, poaching and overhunting. But we rarely stop to think about what things were like when these magnificent … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged bears, buffalo, elephants, endangered species, giraffes, historical ranges of animals, history, lions, maps, pandas, rhinos, tigers, wildlife
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Map Monday: more fun with projections and cartograms
We’ve looked at map projections before on Map Monday. To remind you, the most common projection – that is, the representation of the 3-D globe on a 2-D map – is the Mercator projection. There are many reasons for this, … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged age of population, education, map conventions, maps, Peters projection, populations, projections, voter turnout, world maps
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Map Monday: the future of the Arctic with global warming and economic “opportunity”
As most of you know, the Northwest Passage has been in the sights of explorers and traders for literally centuries. The dream has always been to find a shorter route from Europe to Asia than going all the way around … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged America, Arctic sea ice, Arctic shipping routes, Canada, China, maps, Northwest Passage, Russia, shipping
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Map Monday: why World Water Day is needed
Human beings can’t live without a certain amount of fresh water. Fresh water is a requirement for life, and therefore it would be hard to imagine anyone disagreeing that access to clean water should be a human right. But, as … Continue reading
