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March 2019 – Geography Quiz

2019-03-31
By: TheMole19
On: March 31, 2019
In: News, Uncategorized
Tagged: climate, culture, geospatial, gis, map, mapping, politics, quiz
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March 2019 – Quiz Time! So another month, another geography quiz on geographical related events which have occurred over the last month. You know the drill by now, so test how much you’ve been keeping up with the geographical news with this quiz below. Enjoy!   Happy Mapping, David  Read More →

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February 2019 – Geography Quiz

2019-02-27
By: TheMole19
On: February 27, 2019
In: News, Uncategorized
Tagged: climate, culture, geospatial, gis, mapping, maps, quiz
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February 2019 – Quiz Time! I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a very busy start to the year, so thought I’d take a moment to slow down with another geography quiz. Turns out that both out of this world and on it, it’s been also been a busy month in geographical news. How much have you been paying attention to it? Find out with this short quiz below.   Happy Mapping, David  Read More →

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Which is the Best Sporting City? – USA and Canada

2019-02-26
By: TheMole19
On: February 26, 2019
In: MapNation, My Maps
Tagged: canada, culture, data, data visualisation, football, geospatial, gis, history, map, maps, mlb, mls, nba, nfl, nhl, OriginalContent, soccer, sport, UK, usa
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Unique Sporting Landscape There was a sporting story a few weeks ago about some Patriotic football team from New England winning a record number of ‘Bowls’ last week and somehow male sheep and Maroon 5 were involved. I’m learning a lot about American culture, even falling in with love in many respects, but it’s going to take some time for this blogger to fully understand American football. American culture is a unique, great and fascinating one – a product of its pioneering, multicultural, diverse history and background of starting a country anew. I could easily do an article about the food culture and diversity ofRead More →

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January 2019 – Geography Quiz

2019-01-30
By: TheMole19
On: January 30, 2019
In: News, Uncategorized
Tagged: climate, culture, geography, geospatial, gis, mapping, maps
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January 2019 – Quiz Time! Firstly, a very belated happy new year! It’s still January as I write this, so think I can just about get away with it. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had a very busy start to the year, so thought I’d take a moment to slow down with this geography quiz. Turns out that both out of this world and on it, it’s been also been a busy month in geographical news. How much have you been paying attention to it? Find out with this short quiz below.   Happy Mapping, David  Read More →

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Christmas Metro Map 2018 – who delivers your presents?

2018-12-21
By: TheMole19
On: December 21, 2018
In: maps, My Maps
Tagged: africa, anthropology, cartography, christmas, culture, data, data visualisation, geography, history, mapping, maps, OriginalContent, santa claus, transport, travel, UK, usa, world
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I sense your presents… Wintertime in Western culture is known for the religious and pagan traditions of gift-giving, merriment and feasting around Christmas. Commonly across many cultures, it is considered Santa Claus delivers gifts. Last year we asked, ‘where’ does Santa come from? This year we are looking into ‘how’ – namely how does Santa Claus (or whichever gift-bringer) navigate and deliver their gifts? Using a map of course! We can only guess on the actual map Santa uses – but I imagine that it could look like something like the stylised map below which I hope you enjoy. Several cultures have different figures whoRead More →

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Mind the Gap (again) – Geography of the UK Train Network

2018-11-29
By: TheMole19
On: November 29, 2018
In: gis, maps, My Maps, Uncategorized
Tagged: cartography, data, data visualisation, geospatial, gis, map, mapping, Population, transport, travel, UK
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Further depth Those who’ve explored this site in the past will know that I have analysed the geography of train networks on multiple occasions, particularly in the United Kingdom. Maybe it’s my bias being a rail commuter, but it’s a topic I’m returning to again! Access to train networks shapes many people’s lives – and is two-fold. Am I near to a station and are the trains reliable? To investigate ‘access’, we start by exploring the relationship between population density and station density in the UK. Are there ‘gaps’ in train station provision? Next we examine then the temporal and spatial patterns of train punctuality.Read More →

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Music and Maps

10 Bands/Artists who Love Maps – Part 2

2018-10-12
By: TheMole19
On: October 12, 2018
In: maps, My Maps, News
Tagged: cartography, culture, gis, mapping, maps, music, top 10
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Maps and musicians – the B-side Following on from part one from our look at musicians links to maps, comes the difficult second album, as we look at five more artists and their relationships to maps. Without further ado, let’s get going again… 5) M.I.A. Born as Mathangi Arulpragasam in Hounslow to Sri Lankan Tamil resistance activists, being raised in both Sri Lanka, India and back to London – the artist known as M.I.A., was perhaps always going to have unique geographical take on the world. The Grammy winning artist, is known for her unusual sound sampling, provocative lyrics and subject matters in her work –Read More →

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Music and Maps

10 Bands/Artists who Love Maps – Part 1

2018-09-18
By: TheMole19
On: September 18, 2018
In: maps, My Maps, News
Tagged: cartography, culture, geography, map, maps, music, top 10
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Maps – Wait, they don’t love you like I love you Music and maps. Geography and the arts. They may or may not seem like natural partners – music is about cultural and creative expression, and the general rhythm and tune to life; the other is about precision, accuracy and scientific understanding of the processes and reality of the world around us. However, as I’ve discussed in the past, there are very strong links between the two – the list is endless of number of songs that mention ‘places’ (e.g. London Calling, Born in the USA, Straight Outta Compton etc). That’s before we consider geography’sRead More →

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Map of The Month – August 2018 – You Decide!

2018-08-29
By: TheMole19
On: August 29, 2018
In: gis, Map of the Month, maps
Tagged: cartography, culture, environment, geospatial, gis, history, london, mapping, maps, politics, satellite, taiwan, world
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Vote for your Favourite Map! August for me has gone far too quickly, and Map of the Month has also come round again very quickly! Fortunately, as was the case last month, there’s been some great maps to explore over the dry summer spell. To follow up on last month, congratulations to Craig Taylor on winning the inaugural Map of the Month with his awesome #PlotmyPaws doggy themed data viz. From looking at recent activity, #plotmypaws is going from strength to strength. Back working on my #plotmypaws project this weekend, lots of #dog tracks coming in now! I want to believe they are somehow coordinatingRead More →

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Map of The Month – July 2018 – You Decide!

2018-07-28
By: TheMole19
On: July 28, 2018
In: Map of the Month, maps, News
Tagged: amsterdam, dogs, geospatial, gis, map, mapbox, maps, motm, netherlands, transport, UK, urban, vote
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Vote for your Favourite Map! In the first of a new series comes the (hopefully to become) prestigious Map of the Month award, where we vote on the best examples of  inspiring cartography, data visualisation and geographical science over the last month. After spending the past month trawling through the internet, I’ve whittled it down to 5 nominees for you to vote for. With geographical pride at stake, the power is with you! Let’s look at the candidates… Metro/Tram Map Amsterdam – Eric Hammink   Amsterdam is one of my favourite cities and has recently undergone updates to it’s Metro and Tram infrastructure. A first-classRead More →

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