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History of Maps

November 8, 2017 B. Bereitschaft Cartography, Historical Geography, Maps

Ancient Maps Maps are one of the oldest forms of human communication, perhaps even pre-dating the written word. Cave paintings dating back almost 20,000 years

U.S. City vs. Metropolitan Population

November 1, 2017 B. Bereitschaft Demography, Maps, Urban Geography

In the United States, cities often sprawl well beyond their municipal borders. The largest cities in the country often cover several counties, and may even

Map Projections

October 25, 2017 B. Bereitschaft Cartography, Maps

I remember back in middle school my geography teacher taking an intact orange peel (I still wonder how he was able to remove it in

The World’s Degraded Lands

October 9, 2017 B. Bereitschaft Environmental Geog., Maps, Physical Geography, Research

Mapping the World’s Degraded Lands Using an in-depth review of available databases and resources, Holly Gibbs and J.M. Salmon at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have

Mental Maps

October 5, 2017 B. Bereitschaft Cartography, Human Geography, Maps

What are mental (or cognitive) maps? When people think of a place, they have a picture in their mind of what it looks like or