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Category Archives: Map Monday
Map Monday: looking at air quality in a world wracked by wildfires
The topic of this week’s Map Monday was inspired by a link sent to me by a friend. Thanks, Sharon. The world is watching the horrific wildfires in California, Oregon, and the state of Washington, which are following closely on … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Map Monday
Tagged air quality, Climate change, health risk, maps, NASA, pandemic, wildfires, world maps
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Map Monday: taking a look at geological and weather events around the world
This Map Monday presents an overview of what kind of geological and weather events one may encounter across the globe. Some of these maps are a few years old, although within a decade. One thing to keep in mind is … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged Climate change, cyclones, earthquakes, hurricanes, lightning, maps, precipitation, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanoes, weather, world maps
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Map Monday: a map’s-eye view of some of the world’s political and environmental changes
The maps we’ll be perusing today are fairly self-explanatory, but there’s lots more detail to back up their story in the links provided in the captions. As usual, you are encouraged to click on any of the maps to zoom … Continue reading
Map Monday: maps to amuse and perhaps surprise
This week’s Map Monday is inspired by my friend Bob, who pointed me in some interesting directions. Thanks, Bob. Most of these maps speak for themselves. Many are from the site quora.com. Remember that you can click on any of … Continue reading
Map Monday: more fun with maps, playing with population densities
This week’s topic was inspired by a map my niece posted on Facebook, mostly for my interest. Thanks, Heidi! This is the map she posted: You won’t be surprised to learn that she lives in British Columbia. She lives somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged Africa, Australia, British Columbia, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, maps, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, population, population density, Russia, United States, world maps
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Map Monday: a look at the world’s most precious resource – water
This Map Monday was inspired by a link shared with me by my friend Mark Kirby. Thanks, Mark. It’s not exactly a map, but the diagrams and narrative in this Visual Capitalist article are very interesting and well worth a … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged desalination, fresh water, maps, water, water scarcity, water security, water usage, world maps
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Map Monday: a potpourri of world maps
This week, something for everyone, I hope. Sharks versus humans. Humans are terrified of sharks, but clearly it should be the other way around. These are typical killings of sharks by humans and humans by sharks in a given year. … Continue reading
Map Monday: looking at the history of maps
Thanks to a suggestion from a kind reader (thanks, Karl), today we’re going to take a quick trip through the history of world maps. Stop and think about it for a minute. As I’ve tried to show through past Map … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged Catalan Atlas, explorers, history, history of maps, maps, Ptolemy, world maps
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