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Map of knowledge of Celtic language

Mind your Language – Geography of ‘Celtic’ languages

2017-10-21
By: TheMole19
On: October 21, 2017
In: maps, My Maps
Tagged: Brittany, Catalonia, Cornwall, culture, France, geography, history, Ireland, Isle of Man, language, politics, Scotland, UK, Wales
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Croeso! Fáilte! Degemer mat! Failt ort! Dynnargh dhis! If you managed to work out the languages in the above greetings without Google, congratulations! For those who needed to Google (including myself), will know for the record that the above all means ‘Welcome’ in Welsh, Irish Gaelic/Scots Gaelic, Breton, Manx and Cornish respectively. However, despite being ‘native’ languages to their respective regions of the British Isles and Northern France with long histories, they are minority languages compared to English and French respectively, with differing fortunes and histories. In a previous article exploring the geography of Wales, we have seen how the Welsh language is a historical link to pre Angl0-SaxonRead More →

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Dull Twinned with Boring

A Tale of Twin Cities

2017-06-24
By: TheMole19
On: June 24, 2017
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: carto, cities, culture, europe, gis, mapping, maps, OriginalContent, politics, Population, sister, twin, twincities, UK, urban, web development, world
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Welcome to ‘Twin City’ Enter most towns, cities or villages in not just the UK, but in Europe and beyond, and you will likely find a ‘Welcome to [insert place name]’ and underneath ‘Twinned with [insert twin cities]’. Perhaps it is easy ignore these twin cities and linkages, or dismiss them as nothing more than symbolic, but what is the story behind twin or sister cities and what does it mean today? For those unaware a twin or sister city partnership is where there is a ‘friendship’ and legal/social agreement between one town or city (or even a region) to another , usually in a different country.Read More →

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UK_ESC_Overall_Post2000_Points Comparison

Eurovis-ualisation – Mapping the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

2017-05-12
By: TheMole19
On: May 12, 2017
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: culture, esc, esc17, europe, eurovision, geography, geospatial, germany, gis, history, mapping, music, OriginalContent, russia, UK, ukraine
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Trying to understand and explain the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) isn’t the easy. Tune in on the evening of 13th May 2017 and in between overly-scripted hosts, thumping Eurodance and ballards, you’ll treated performances like Azerbaijan’s which includes a man wearing a horse’s head. Meanwhile Italy is one of the favourites, despite having a man dancing in a gorilla suit- and this is par for the course each year in the ESC. For those unfamiliar with ESC,  on the face of it, this is an annual song contest where each competing European country writes and performs a song, which is then scored by a panel of judges andRead More →

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Mapping the ‘Home of Football’ – Geography of EFL

2017-05-07
By: TheMole19
On: May 7, 2017
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: culture, england, football, geospatial, gis, history, mapping, maps, OriginalContent, sport, UK, Wales
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England is often known as the ‘home of football’ due to the its role formalising the first standardised rules of ‘association football’, and this game that was spread globally over the 19th and 20th century. In its early origins in England , the Football Association was formed in 1863, which formalised the rules of the game and started the FA Cup in 1871, but football remained an ad-hoc amateur game, run by those who could afford to play this as a pastime.  For example, the majority of founding FA clubs were private school teams, despite the large popularity of the game in the industrialised inner cities of Victorian Britain.Read More →

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Football and Economics – A good match?

2017-03-24
By: TheMole19
On: March 24, 2017
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: arcgis, brazil, culture, economics, england, football, futbol, gis, mapbox, mapping, maps, politcs, soccer, sport, uruguay, voetbal, web development, world
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Football is perhaps the true global game, but is it played on a level playing field, particularly economically? Most of you probably know the answer to this, but the relationship between performance and strength economically, and sporting ability and opportunity is still an interesting one. National team football is a better way to analyse this, given the great financial disparities in club football to buy the best talent and that national identity is a more static attribute. Now, I realise that some may love football/sport, some may loathe or have little interest for it. However, exploring the relationship between football and economics tells us something deeperRead More →

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06. Map of The Day – The Shape of Slavery

2017-03-16
By: TheMole19
On: March 16, 2017
In: gis, Map of the Day, maps, Uncategorized
Tagged: culture, gis, mapping, maps, Motd, politics, Population, racism, usa, web development
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It’s been a while since I’ve added to this feature for various reasons, but thanks to the ‘The Pudding‘, a superb infographics and ‘visual essay’ based site, there is a excellent and important entry for Map of the Day. The Shape of Slavery evidences historical and modern day racism, by providing geographical representations of the areas of United States of America where proportion of African-Americans have been over time, the numbers of slaves up until it was outlawed, and the number of (black) incarcerations per state. This is a well designed and thought out web map, which utlises topojson.js and other Javascript libraries, to tie inRead More →

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Happy St David’s Day – Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! (Map of Wales)

2017-03-01
By: TheMole19
On: March 1, 2017
In: gis, Map of the Day, maps, Uncategorized
Tagged: culture, etymology, history, mapping, maps, Wales
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Happy St David’s Day/Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus to all those around the world with Welsh links or sympathies. For those unaware, St David’s Day on 1st March,  is the national day of Wales, celebrating the saint day of the patron saint of Wales, David, and is an excuse (if ever needed) to stock up on Welsh flags, sup some Brains Beer, tuck into Welsh rarebit and Welsh cakes, and sing Calon Lân while watching reruns of Wales beating England in rugby. With all stereotypes out the way, the nation building of Wales/Cymru is an interesting one. The history is uncertain, but Wales has it’s originsRead More →

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5. Map of the Day: Knock on Wood

2017-02-15
By: TheMole19
On: February 15, 2017
In: Map of the Day, maps, Uncategorized
Tagged: anthropology, canada, cartography, culture, geography, greenland, greenlandic, history, inuit, maps, Motd, old maps
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How would you define a map? A type in a popular search engine beginning with ‘G’, has a familiar definition, “a diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.”, and indeed the word map derives from the word ‘mappa’ meaning sheet/napkin. However, ironically though ‘map’ isn’t restricted to this two dimensional version we can fold up; as we all know, we live a digital age where you navigate the world around you with your laptop or smartphone too. But what happens if you live somewhere with little to no mobile internet signal and sub-zero temperatures most of theRead More →

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