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Map Men: teaching geography through comedy

Map Men: teaching geography through comedy | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From geographical.co.uk - August 31, 2016 4:34 AM
Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman, the Map Men, tap into a rich vein of geographical quirks to teach through comedy

Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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Jeremy Hansen's curator insight, August 29, 2016 12:43 PM
Holy heck these guys are good! I'd like to see more of these Map Men videos. I'm sure at least some of my 8th graders can appreciate some British wit.
Colleen Blankenship's curator insight, January 22, 2018 1:21 PM
Funny and full of information!
Laurie Ruggiero's curator insight, May 29, 2018 5:29 PM
Unit 1
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The dirty little secret that data journalists aren’t telling you

The dirty little secret that data journalists aren’t telling you | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.washingtonpost.com - July 29, 2016 2:33 AM
How to tell two radically different stories with the same dataset.
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Jose Sepulveda's curator insight, July 29, 2016 1:19 PM
thee precaution should be taken with environmental data published as integrated variable maps   
Colleen Blankenship's curator insight, August 4, 2016 9:12 AM
Maps, like statistics, can tell very different stories using the same information!  Read this for some examples!
Mr Mac's curator insight, August 16, 2017 7:17 PM
Unit 1 - Thematic Maps (use of )
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Why Mercator for the Web? Isn’t the Mercator bad?

Why Mercator for the Web? Isn’t the Mercator bad? | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.mapthematics.com - October 4, 2015 5:35 AM

"As you may know, Google Maps uses the Mercator projection. So do other Web mapping services, such as Bing Maps and MapQuest. Over the years I’ve encountered antipathy toward the use of the Web Mercator from map projection people. I know of two distinct schools of opposition. One school, consisting of cartographic folks and map aficionados, thinks the Mercator projection is 'bad': The projection misrepresents relative sizes across the globe and cannot even show the poles, they are so inflated. The other school, consisting of geodesy folks, thinks mapping services have corrupted the Mercator projection, whether by using the wrong formulæ for it or by using the wrong coordinate system for it."

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Earth From the ISS

From www.youtube.com - October 18, 2014 2:14 PM

"Watch along with Expedition 38 crew members Mike Hopkins and Rick Mastracchio as they look at various cities across the globe from the vantage point of the cupola on board the International Space Station."  


Tags: mapping, perspective, images, remote sensing, geospatial, unit 1 Geoprinciples.

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Olympic Races, in Your Neighborhood

Olympic Races, in Your Neighborhood | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.nytimes.com - August 25, 2016 3:51 AM

"What would Olympic races look like if they took place near you? Enter your address below to find out, or keep clicking the green button to explore races that begin in where you live."

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Eratosthenes calculation for the size of the earth around 240 BC

From www.youtube.com - February 2, 2016 10:33 PM
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Evolution of the World Map

Evolution of the World Map | Human Interest | Scoop.it
From www.msccruises.co.uk - September 18, 2015 10:16 AM
Use our interactive In Charted Waters tool which shows information & visuals on how our knowledge of the world map has evolved.

Via Michael Miller, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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Robert Slone's curator insight, February 25, 2015 7:23 AM

This interactive map is phenomenal teaching tool that would be great for teaching elementary school children introductory geography,
Luis Cesar Nunes's curator insight, February 26, 2015 7:14 AM

History of maps
Samuel Meyer's curator insight, March 23, 2015 12:00 PM

It is notable that the world's map has changed much since the advent of cartography, and many believed that the Americas were part of Asia. This is represented in the map.
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What Does Earth Look Like?

From www.youtube.com - August 26, 2014 7:05 AM
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Courtney Barrowman's curator insight, August 27, 2014 12:37 PM

Unit 1
MsPerry's curator insight, September 1, 2014 9:51 AM

APHG-Unit 1
Alex Smiga's curator insight, September 7, 2015 4:29 PM
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This video covers various topics important to mapping and satellite imagery (and alesson from an APHG teacher on how to use this video with other resources).  There is so much more to the world and space than what we can see see.  Chromoscope, referenced in the video, simulates other forms of energy on the electromagnetic spectrum besides just visible light.  This type of information is at the core of the science behind all of our satellite imagery.  This video also covers many map projection issues and highlights online resources to understand map distortion including:

Google’s Mercator Map PuzzleJason Davies’ interactive map projection websiteInteractive Gnomonic Projectionand the military's live rendering of what the Earth looks like right now.  
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