BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill is disastrous in countless different ways. It is undeniably an environmental catastrophe, destroying key marine and shoreline habitats. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation has recently compiled their North American Environmental Atlas, which includes Marine Protected Areas and Marine Ecoregions, and we were curious to see how these areas are being affected by the oil spill. Unfortunately, these “protected” areas are turning into toxic waters. Download the Google Earth file and play the tour from the table of contents to see the extent of the oil spill, it’s predicted extent, and how our marine habitats are being affected.
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Creator Doug McCune has 3D topographical maps of seven more types of San Francisco crime, from assault to vandalism.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Stephanie Ding
This is a cool map of the dust cloud from the Icelandic volcano.
Click here to see the full animated map…http://i.imgur.com/flMMU.gif
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Accompanied by these awesome photos, we can see why European airspace was shut down.
More photos here… http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Alexandra Barnish
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
To celebrate, we share some fun mental maps with you. Oh, the joy of seeing things through a unique lens!
My personal favorite...
Additional maps by Christoph Niemann in his NY Times blog or on his website.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Alexandra Barnish
Do people realize the powerful role that neighborhoods and social factors play in the development of disease?
An interesting article published by the Oakland Tribune makes the case that unhealthy neighborhoods play a far greater role in triggering diseases than germs, bad genes or irresponsible behavior.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
We want to hear from you. Your friends at GreenInfo Network are conducting a short survey to help better serve your organization.
Click on the link below to take the short survey.
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Alexandra Barnish
The Oakland Tribune published some interesting maps this week: Tracking the average time people spend commuting to work from Bay Area communities, and Comparing travel costs for commuting via car vs. public transit. Considering the input variables changed in each commute comparison, I’m not clear on the direct conclusion, but some interesting things for people to consider as they commute to work.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Alexandra Barnish
While I am a map geek, I also enjoy photo scrapbooks. I came across these two interests of mine meshed into one….A scrapbook cover designed out of vintage maps!
I thought this was a great use of old maps – scrapbook page backgrounds, album covers, etc. A definite must to keep sake the memories of my next road trip!
Designed by artist Lisa Norris, www.madebyonegirl.com
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Fantasy meets reality in this interactive map…
On Christmas Eve, you can follow Santa’s flight path using Google Earth!
And if you can’t wait til then… see where he went last year and visit Santa’s Village for a building footprint of the North Pole.
