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Santa Claus Travel Time Map - Europe

Santa Claus Travel Time Maps

2020-12-22
By: TheMole19
On: December 22, 2020
In: gis, My Maps, Uncategorized
Tagged: africa, arcgis, cartography, christmas, culture, data visualisation, europe, geography, geospatial, holidays, map, mapping, maps, OriginalContent, qgis, santa claus, travel, UK, usa, world
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‘Memorable’ year (for mapping too) To quote many a commercial from 2020, this year has been “different” and “unprecedented” for all of us. With the Covid-19 pandemic changing our lives, it would be remiss to not mention the impact it has had on us and thank the tireless work key workers have done to protect and take care of us. Data and mapping has come into its own during this time, helping to track the spread of the pandemic, and where possible, to help plan and protect us. Data and mapping has also been vital to perhaps the other two major news headlines – theRead More →

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EU Ref 2016 and 2019 UK General Election Ma

Twas Brexit What Won It – Re: UK General Election 2019

2020-01-26
By: TheMole19
On: January 26, 2020
In: gis, maps, My Maps, News
Tagged: cartography, data, data visualisation, economics, geography, geospatial, gis, map, mapping, maps, OriginalContent, politics, UK
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How we got here On the 31st January 2020, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is set to withdraw from the European Union – marking the end of the beginning of ‘Brexit’ – something which whether ‘remain’ or ‘leave’, has dragged on for some time. It is this sentiment, that seemed to bear out for voters during the UK general election back in December 2019. Regardless of your opinion on the matter, the withdrawal deal is signed and it is all but inevitable Brexit will happen. It hard to remain balanced, and if you follow my Twitter, you probably have a senseRead More →

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How I made a Music Map

2019-10-02
By: TheMole19
On: October 2, 2019
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: canada, culture, data, data visualisation, geography, geospatial, gis, map, mapbox, maps, music, OriginalContent, UK, usa, web development
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This is a follow on from a previous post, where I released my latest incarnation of a music map and discussed other people’s fine work. This post is going to be slightly different from my normal posts, being a FAQ style about the music map for those who are interested to know more. So without further ado… What is the Music Map? The originally named, Music Map, is an interactive map regarding music artists and the geography of music artists. A brief description of this project is to map where music artists, bands or solo artists have ‘originated’, forming a geographical database which can beRead More →

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Mapping Music – Search and Explore

2019-09-30
By: TheMole19
On: September 30, 2019
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: canada, culture, geospatial, gis, history, map, mapbox, mapping, maps, music, OriginalContent, UK, usa, web development, world
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Music to my geographical ears! I’m coming up to a four year anniversary. When I started it, I didn’t think it would take up so many evenings. I didn’t think I’d learn so much. I didn’t think the journey would still be ongoing. I am, of course, talking about my ‘Music Map’.  For those who have followed or explored my site, may have noticed my interactive map regarding music artists and the geography of music artists. A brief description of this project is to map where music artists, bands or solo artists have ‘originated’, forming a geographical database which can be used to display andRead More →

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HateCrimeWatch_India Map

May 2019 – Geography Quiz

2019-06-01
By: TheMole19
On: June 1, 2019
In: News, Uncategorized
Tagged: geography, geospatial, gis, mapping, maps, quiz
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May 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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Eurovision points from Finland

Eurovision 2019: Making your points

2019-05-18
By: TheMole19
On: May 18, 2019
In: gis, maps, My Maps, News
Tagged: culture, cyprus, data, data visualisation, europe, geography, geospatial, gis, greece, israel, map, mapping, maps, netherlands, OriginalContent, politics, russia, sweden, UK
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And now the points from… I wasn’t even planning on another post about the Eurovision Song Contest and the voting geography of this crazy contest. However, messing around on data and geospatial visualisation platforms, and the urge became too strong. So twelve months on here I am again, examining the predictability of voting patterns. The Balkans bloc, the Scandinavian bloc, the former Soviet bloc – you know the drill, so I’ll spare going through the context again – I’ve explored this previously in 2018 and 2017.  Data viz for the Euroviz What’s new for this year are interactive data visualisations where you can explore a country’sRead More →

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April 2019 – Geography Quiz

2019-04-30
By: TheMole19
On: April 30, 2019
In: News, Uncategorized
Tagged: geography, geospatial, gis, mapping, maps, quiz
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April 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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Capital Map Abuja Nigeria

Capitalizing on Geography – Natural and New Capital Cities

2019-04-14
By: TheMole19
On: April 14, 2019
In: gis, maps, My Maps
Tagged: africa, brazil, capital, capitals, cities, geography, history, map, mapping, maps, nigeria, old maps, OriginalContent, politics, UK, urban, usa, world
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This part one of a series on capital cities, exploring influences on their location and history. There will be maps. What about capital cities anyway? Allow me to be controversial – geography is important. I’d actually go as far to say it’s vital. Don’t let comments about it just “being colouring in” tell you otherwise (though I do love colouring in). It’s the influencing factor that explains why where we live or work exist. Whether it’s proximity to water, transport links, natural resources, defensive position or simply other locations – these are all factors. Historically or more recently, locations don’t just ‘happen’ – they emergeRead 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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