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Wednesday, 03 January 2018 00:38

Geoguessr

Embark on a journey that takes you all over the world. From the most desolate roads in Australia to the busy, bustling streets of New York City.

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Thursday, 24 August 2017 00:00

The True Size

It is hard to represent our spherical world on flat piece of paper. Cartographers use something called a "projection" to morph the globe into 2D map. The most popular of these is the Mercator projection.

Every map projection introduces distortion, and each has its own set of problems. One of the most common criticisms of the Mercator map is that it exaggerates the size of countries nearer the poles (US, Russia, Europe), while downplaying the size of those near the equator (the African Continent). On the Mercator projection Greenland appears to be roughly the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland is 0.8 million sq. miles and Africa is 11.6 million sq. miles, nearly 14 and a half times larger.

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Monday, 09 January 2017 00:00

World Population History

This site shows the world population through generational history and displays information about specific locations. Overlays help illustrate different aspects of the changing dynamics of the earth's population over time.

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Sunday, 27 November 2016 00:00

Map Games

This page at Maps.com, an online map store, has great geography games, including a U.S. Capitols map game, a geographic continent map game, various "Find It" games, jigsaws and crosswords, and many more.

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