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Sandy. No, the other one. The Island.1 comment

moemaps wrote 5 months ago: An intrepid team of Aussie researchers set out to find the prize of explorers for centuries, undisco … more →

Tags: Mashups, News & Current Events, Social Studies, Maps, cartography, Travel, Google Earth, Google maps, Google

United Nations News Centre - UN court rules Colombia has sovereignty over islands claimed by Nicaragua

moemaps wrote 5 months ago: United Nations News Centre – UN court rules Colombia has sovereignty over islands claimed by N … more →

Tags: cartography, Education, News & Current Events, Social Studies, boundary dispute, Colombia, Colombia Map, ICJ, International Court of Justice

Hurricanes Tracking Hurricanes

moemaps wrote 6 months ago: If you have ever wondered if or why hurricanes follow a similar pattern from one to the next, check … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Education, K-12, Social Studies, Maps.com, maps101, Geography in the News, Neal Lineback, gitn

What does the Coriolis Effect have to do with Hurricanes?

moemaps wrote 6 months ago: What does the Coriolis Effect have to do with Hurricanes? Today’s entry in our Hurricane Week … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, K-12, Social Studies, Maps, Custom Mapping, Maps.com, Neal Lineback, hurricane map, lineback

IS NO PLACE SAFE FROM HURRICANES?4 comments

moemaps wrote 6 months ago: Our Thursday topic in our series of Hurricanes Week features is another great Geography in the News … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Education, K-12, Social Studies, Maps, Custom Mapping, coastal development, Geography in the News, gitn

Hurricanes and the Caribbean Islands

moemaps wrote 6 months ago: On the topic of Hurricanes this week, here is another great Geography in the News article from our a … more →

Tags: Education, K-12, Maps, News & Current Events, Social Studies, Geography in the News, GeorgeS, gitn, hurricane

Superstorm Sandy Calms

moemaps wrote 6 months ago: Superstorm Sandy may have calmed down, but New York and the East Coast are just beginning to recover … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Maps, NOAA, maps101, Geography in the News, Sandy, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy video, hurricane video

enter the candidates; the 2012 US Presidential Debates

moemaps wrote 7 months ago: Cross posting this from our friends at Green Comma. The first of the 2012 US Presidential Debates st … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Education, K-12, EdTech, Social Studies, Maps, Custom Mapping, Apps, Maps.com

Wikipedia Map Fail, courtesy of The Atlantic3 comments

moemaps wrote 8 months ago: Once again the news world has errantly relied on Wikipedia for its information. Worse, they used it … more →

Tags: cartography, Maps, News & Current Events, @max_fisher, theatlantic, atlantic, Bing Maps, cartography, Fail

More flooding devastates China.

RB wrote 9 months ago: For the second time in 2 years China is reeling from massive flooding that has left death and destru … more →

Tags: cartography, News & Current Events, Beijing, cartography, China, custom mapping, Flood, Maps.com, rain

Calling All Patrons of Past Pineapple Produce Plantations

RB wrote 11 months ago: Next time you have some extra cash lying around, why not use it to buy a tropical island?  98% of La … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, cartography, custom mapping, custom maps, DOLE FOOD COMPANY, Geography, GIS, Google Earth, Hawaii

no one's snoring in dull or boring1 comment

RB wrote 11 months ago: Location related news flash: The tension is building in the closely related, soon (hopefully) to be … more →

Tags: cartography, custom mapping, corporate maps, GIS, Geography, dull, Dull Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Boring Oregon

another member of the axis of google-bashers speaks up

RB wrote 1 year ago: With China actively seeking to eliminate Google from its virtual shores, even going to the effort of … more →

Tags: Mashups, News & Current Events, cartography, cartography, custom maps, Google maps, Maps.com, Atlas, gulf

apple dropping google in cartographic celebrity divorce?2 comments

RB wrote 1 year ago: According to several sources close to Apple, the new IOS6 operating system for iPhone will no longer … more →

Tags: Mashups, News & Current Events, EdTech, Maps, Apps, cartography, custom maps, GIS, Google Earth

Maps.com Teaches Cartography to Local Elementary School Students1 comment

RB wrote 1 year ago: By Eric Wilder, Cartographer, Maps.com. It's Science Night Last week marked an exciting time fo … more →

Tags: Education, K-12, EdTech, Maps, cartography, Custom Mapping, cartography, corporate maps, GIS

What Did You Have for Dinner Last Night?

moemaps wrote 1 year ago: Despite what most observers consider a success in the transition of Sudan into two separate states, … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Social Studies, Sudan, State Department, South Sudan, sudan map, South Sudan independence, South Sudan map, Sudan Oil Pipeline

U.S. Opens New Tehran Embassy, Well Sort Of 1 comment

moemaps wrote 1 year ago: No, U.S. diplomats haven’t returned to Iran to face the mob that overran the British Embassy last we … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Education, Social Studies, Maps, cartography, Maps.com, Education 2, united states, maps101

Map community watches Thailand closely.

RB wrote 1 year ago: Maps have many uses! Bangkok Resident waits out the flooding: CNN With much of the world’s weather a … more →

Tags: News & Current Events, Education, Maps, cartography, Mapping, Flood, International Map Trade Association, Thailand, Bangkok

No Sudan movements from map-makers as the South celebrates.

RB wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia The people of South Sudan celebrated this week as they became Africa’s 54t … more →

Tags: Mashups, News & Current Events, Education, K-12, Social Studies, Maps, Custom Mapping, Google maps, Bing Maps


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