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Mapping Patagonia

Featuredby natgeosean 1 Comment

In January of this year, cartographers and explorers Ross Donihue and Marty Schnure kicked off a cartographic expedition of Patagonia, a mountainous and archipelagic region at the bottom of South […]

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From the Field, Main, Mapping
Map Links

Create and Share with MapMaker Interactive

03/01/2013by natgeosean 3 Comments

A new tool on the MapMaker Interactive lets you create your own set of links that you can save and share with the world. Check out these example sets of […]

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Geography, Main, Mapping
A map showing Doggerland, a region of northwest Europe home to Mesolithic people before sea level rose to inundate this area and create the Europe we are familiar with today.

Mapping Monday: Maps are for Reading

02/11/2013by natgeosean Leave a comment

In his 2012 book Why Geography Matters More Than Ever, geographer Harm de Blij tells us how he uses maps in the university classroom:         “As I suggest to my […]

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Main, Mapping
NASA Lights at Night

Mapping Monday: Exploring Earth at Night

02/04/2013by natgeosean Leave a comment

A new MapMaker Interactive layer gives you a view of the Earth at night, as seen from space. This new map is a cloud-free view of our planet acquired by […]

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Geography, Main, Mapping

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