Aug

31st 2007

7 Deserted Wonders of the (Post)Modern World

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Web Urbanists has parts One and Two of their “7 Deserted Wonders of the (Post)Modern World”, detailing abadoned urban areas around the world. 

Aug

31st 2007

Miss S.C. Teen geography Pop Quiz

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Just to complete the trifecta of posts relating to Miss South Carolina Teen’s geography chops, here is a pop quiz available from People.com hosted by Lauren Caitlin Upton. 

Did you laugh at her geography gaffe on YouTube? Now, beauty queen Lauren Caitlin Upton challenges you to find the Queen Maud Mountains.

Aug

29th 2007

Maps For Us

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A new web site in reaction to the recent Miss South Carolina Teen USA’s garbled answer to a question about American’s inability to read maps has popped up.  A tongue-in-cheek blog, Maps for Us is reaching out to it’s readers:

The children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don’t have maps. Such as South Africa.  Therefore, you must email us maps to make it better.

The blog was only launched today, but already there are some hilarious map posts.  Thanks to a heads up over on James Fee’s blog.

Aug

28th 2007

Who is Sick?

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Bookmark this site for when you come down with the sniffles and, in your misery, want to see who around you shares your company.  Who is Sick? is an epidemiology map created by users who log such information as their illness type, length of illness, gender and age.  Those who have logged an illness are displayed on a Google map.  A running summary on the right hand side provides statistics about the number of illnesses in the current view along with percentages of symptoms.  You can also narrow down the information presented through the search tab. 

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Aug

28th 2007

Miss South Carolina Teen USA causes flap over maps

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Miss South Carolina Teen USA when asked during the Miss Teen USA contest this past why one-fifth of Americans couldn’t find USA on a map gave a bumbling answer that news pundits are still trying to decipher.  Her response to the question “Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map.  Why do you think this is?” was Read more

Aug

26th 2007

Children’s Geography Books Reviewed

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Elizabeth Ward from the Washington Post has a review of some emerging books on geography for children.  From Jinny Johnson’s interactive Maps and Mapping to Peter Malone’s The Man Who Made Time Travel, find some interesting titles for your children to read and learn.

Aug

26th 2007

Oddens’ Bookmarks

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Started back in 1995 by Roelof Oddens, the curator of the map Library of the Faculty of GeoSciences at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands), Oddens’ Bookmarks is a phenomenal collection of links to maps and mapping on the Internet.  Now with over 220,000 links, visitors to this site can search by keyword, country and category.  You can also explore what’s in the extensive database by browsing through the links to the right of the homepage.

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