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How Does an Updated Map of Zoogeographic Regions Mesh with the Architecture of Continents?

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

An important 2013 article in published in Science, “An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World,” redivides the world’s faunal regions....

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Revolutionary War Semiquincentennial

4 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Semiquincentennial is a word we will be hearing quite a bit over the next few years as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. The...

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Mapping the Red Sea Attacks

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Zoogeographical Regions & the Architecture of Continents: The Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

If the division of the terrestrial world into continents is partially but misleadingly rooted in geology, as recent GeoCurrents posts have argued, we...

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The First Cuckoo of Spring

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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The Biological Significance of Micro-Continents: The Fascinating Caecilians of Seychelles (and Other Parts of the World)    

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

On the surface, there is little to distinguish small islands on continental fragments from oceanic islands that have no continental connections....

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Hack some bokeh into your ArcGIS Online map

4 months ago

from Adventures In Mapping in cartography

You know how you can crank up the sense of drama and studio photography professionalism by switching over to portrait mode on your phone’s camera? It...

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The Treasure Hunting Game

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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GeoCurrents Listed as One of the 100 Best GIS Blogs and Websites in 2025

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

I am pleased to report that GeoCurrents has been selected by FeedSpot as one of the “100 Best GIS Blogs” for 2025. It is an honor to receive this...

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Wall Street Before the Wall

4 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

This bird-eye diagram of lower Manhattan appeared in a Harpers Magazine article from 1908 titled “The Story of a Street.”  In 1844 the Dutch...

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The Future Risk Index Rides Again

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Mapping Continents Based on Continental Crust

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

As the previous GeoCurrents post argued, the division of the terrestrial world into a handful of continents derives in part from the division of the...

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Federal Funding & Jobs Slashed

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Map Art or Scientific Cartography?

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Many maps, in my view, are also work of art, regardless of their creators’ intentions. Some maps, however, are explicitly made as art, and as such are...

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How Deep was That Earthquake?

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Are Continents Rooted in Plate Tectonics?

4 months ago

from GeoCurrents in cartography

Tectonic plates are the basic building blocks of the Earth’s lithosphere, its outermost rocky layer. As these large segments of crust slowly move,...

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Karen Wynn Fonstad's Middle Earth Maps

4 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

I was not aware of Karen Wynn Fonstad until a recent article from the New York Times “Overlooked” series. Overlooked are obituaries about people whose...

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Make Your Own Scrambled Maps

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Inner Glow Effect for Polygons in ArcGIS Online

4 months ago

from Adventures In Mapping in cartography

Sure, there’s a glorious drop shadow effect in the ever-more-capable ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to give features a sweet glow, BUT there’s no inner glow...

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Iditarod Course Change

4 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Alaska’s famous Iditarod dog sled race concluded last week. Global warming meant the route needed to be moved further north to start at Fairbanks...

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State of the Global Climate 2024

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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The Maps of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

4 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a Native American artist died a few weeks ago. Her artwork highlighted a Native worldview juxtaposed with American pop...

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Switzerland’s Landscape - Reimagined

4 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Submission – Chicago Metra Line Rebranding

5 months ago

from Transit Maps in cartography

Submitted by Nick, who says: Hi Cameron. I live in Chicago and our commuter rail Metra is considering rebranding its lines and recently released two...

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Make a seafloor map in the spirit of Marie Tharp & Heinrich Berann

5 months ago

from Adventures In Mapping in cartography

Here’s how you can make a map inspired by the glorious collaboration of geologist Marie Tharp and landscape painter Heinrich Berann. We’ll use ArcGIS...

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ViewPoint 3000

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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The Brattleboro Words Project

5 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Last year I was in Brattleboro, Vermont and saw an interesting map on display. It is part of the Brattleboro Words Project. The project “connects...

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Wiki Explore

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Gradients along lines, rather than across

5 months ago

from Adventures In Mapping in cartography

While there isn’t a direct way to symbolize a line feature in ArcGIS Pro to have a gradient that travels along its length (rather than across its...

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Mapping Myths Across the World

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Submission – Official Map: Metro Rapid Map, Madison, Wisconsin

5 months ago

from Transit Maps in cartography

Submitted by Matthew, who says: Madison, WI just opened the first phase of our new BRT system, with new stations, new electric buses, and a new...

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The Battering School Kids Map

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Victory!

5 months ago

from Musings on Maps in cartography

Sensing a need for administering a national shot of dopamine without much to accomplish for n end to war in Ukraine–despite promises of one being...

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The Invasion of Ukraine

5 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Ukraine was invaded by Russia three years ago. Since the new president of the United States is in full surrender to Putin mode and wants to blame...

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The Best & Worst Rated Countries in the World

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Culpeper Co., Virginia

5 months ago

from Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places in cartography

I enjoy county counting but it becomes increasingly difficult to reach new counties as my count increases. That’s why I began a sub-variant involving...

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Counterfeit Puppets: Hustler’s University, Red Pills and the Manosphere

5 months ago

from Musings on Maps in cartography

HU–“Huster’s University”–bills itself as the only real access to a world of Money Makers where they can lead a fulfilling life, able to lead those who...

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2024 - Another Year of Record Heat

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Submission – Official Map: Transit Map of Denpasar, Bali, 2025

5 months ago

from Transit Maps in cartography

Submitted by Ida Bagus Nararya Adityananda, who says: This is the new transit network map of Denpasar, Bali metro per January 1st 2025. After the...

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Zoom, Pan, and Explore: Sutro Tower in 3D

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Submission – Historical Map: Suburban Tramways of Bordeaux, 1954

5 months ago

from Transit Maps in cartography

Submitted by Florian, who says: I submit this map because first of all, I live there and I was thrilled to learn there is a blog about transit maps...

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Mapping Prejudice

5 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Mapping Prejudice is a project by a team of scholars and activists at the University of Minnesota. The project maps racial covenants, clauses that...

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The Best (and Worst) Cities for Rail Transport

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Putting out Fires and Ensuring Water Flow

5 months ago

from Musings on Maps in cartography

Before the mass firings of civil servants, members of government, and oversight by the Trump administration, we were already shocked by two major...

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Before New York

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Let America be America Again

5 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

When white people like me write about Black History Month, it can seem quite performative. However, in an era when our “leaders” are trying to erase...

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The Flight of the Barn Swallow

5 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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Luko's World

6 months ago

from Map of the Week in cartography

Last week we lost our dog, Luko (a shortened version of an overly long-winded name he came with.) Lots of people will tell you they have the best dog...

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The Digital Twin's Digital Twin

6 months ago

from Maps Mania in cartography

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“You Know,–It’s Over”

6 months ago

from Musings on Maps in cartography

“I am looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now,” President Trump told Jordan’s Abdullah II, “and it’s a mess. It’s a real mess.” Trump seemed not to...