Spatial Interaction
Saturday September 30, 2006
Guest writer Brett J. Lucas writes about spatial interaction - the flow of products, people, services, or information among places, in response to localized supply and demand. It's a ... Read More
Interesting Boundaries
Thursday September 28, 2006
With 193 countries of the world bordering each other, there are bound to be interesting borders between neighboring countries. In that theme, I present my selection of the 10 ... Read More
The 38 United States of America
Thursday September 28, 2006
This interesting division of the United States made me think about that great book by Joel Garreau, The Nine Nations of North America. Here's a site that has a ... Read More
Geography in Australia Suffers
Wednesday September 27, 2006
Secondary students in Australia selecting geography as their major has dropped in half over the past decade. The Nation reports that students are instead choosing other social science subjects ... Read More
September Equinox on Saturday
Wednesday September 20, 2006
The September Equinox begins fall in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere on Saturday, September 23 (based on Coordinated Universal Time). The exact time of the ... Read More
Louisiana Thinks About Diverting the Mississippi
Wednesday September 20, 2006
Louisiana scientists are meeting later this fall to discuss a plan to restore the state's wetlands buy undo the elaborate levee system and a complete diversion of the Mississippi toward ... Read More
Dutch Are World's Tallest
Wednesday September 20, 2006
The average Dutch man is more than six feet tall and the average Dutch woman is nearly 5 foot 7 inches tall, making those from the Netherlands the tallest people ... Read More
Gibraltar
Sunday September 17, 2006
About.com's Spain for Visitors Guide has written a nice article about the history and current political status of Gibraltar on his site. Check it out!
Unmarried and Singles Week
Sunday September 17, 2006
Happy "Unmarried and Single Americans Week," which is celebrated in the United States from September 17-23. The U.S. Census Bureau provides a plethora of facts about singles. For ... Read More
quickmaps
Wednesday September 13, 2006
The site quickmaps allows a visitor to draw and label a Google Map and post the map onto a website or blog or email the map to someone. It's ... Read More
Mapping the Future of World Population
Tuesday September 12, 2006
This map from Population Action shows the gross gain or loss of population for each "grid cell" of 2.5 minutes of latitude and longitude. It's interesting.
10 Myths About GPS
Monday September 11, 2006
GPSReview.net sheds some light on 10 Myths About GPS, such as "GPS receivers don’t work well when it is cloudy" and "The Government can use GPS to track my movement."
Columnist Attacks Use of Flags for Teaching Geography
Friday September 8, 2006
Denver radio host Mike Rosen has attacked geography and the use of flags to teach about the countries of the world in the classroom. He refers to the recent ... Read More
20 Biggest Cities
Friday September 8, 2006
I've published a listing of the twenty largest cities in the United States based on population. Guess what? New York City is still number one! However, more than ... Read More
Number of Earthquakes Per Magnitude Each Year Worldwide
Wednesday September 6, 2006
Here's an interesting chart of the number of earthquakes each year worldwide based on magnitude.
Los Alamos, New Mexico is Top Savings City
Wednesday September 6, 2006
According to the A.G. Edwards Nest Egg Index, Los Alamos, New Mexico is America's top savings city. In their study of 934 communities, rounding out the top five cities ... Read More
Where Do You Want to Go?
Tuesday September 5, 2006
I was thinking about where I'd like to go next and was wondering where you wanted to go on a dream trip and why? Post your dream destination and ... Read More
Largest Urban Agglomerations
Monday September 4, 2006
I've compiled a new list of the 21 largest urban agglomerations in the world, based on data from the United Nations. This newest list could be the most accurate ... Read More
Largest Combined Statistical Areas
Sunday September 3, 2006
Although the U.S. government changed the name of Metropolitan Statistical Areas to Combined Statistical Areas a few years ago, CSA still refers to big urban and suburban areas based on ... Read More
Most Populous Counties
Sunday September 3, 2006
Recently released data shows that there are now thirty-eight counties in the United States with a population above one million. Los Angeles remains the nation's most populous county, with ... Read More
ZIP Codes
Sunday September 3, 2006
Frequent mailers and those who utilize demographic data will delight in my newly redesigned and updated collection of resources relating to ZIP Codes.
Geography Awareness Week Theme Announced
Sunday September 3, 2006
This year's Geography Awareness Week (November 12-18) theme is "Africa in 3-D: Demographics, Diversity, Discovery."
AP Changes Bombay to Mumbai
Friday September 1, 2006
The Associated Press modified their AP Stylebook, finally officially endorsing the use of the name Mumbai to replace Bombay and the name Chennai to replace Madras. The AP stated ... Read More