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Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Quick hits: He's not Santa, he's Belsnickel; 'phantom' towns; how music can reframe memories; going out for a walk

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A local constabulary lends the town's Belsnickel a hand. (Photo via Lancaster Farming) Belsnickel may not be as famous as Santa (or as c...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Comparing U.S. broadband coverage using two different maps shows 'stark contrasts' in representation

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Photo by Possessed Photography, Unsplash Two separate broadband maps give different pictures of how the service is offered throughout the U....
Monday, March 05, 2018

Interactive map shows county-level population change

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Map by Benjamin Schmidt; click on the image to enlarge it or click here to see the interactive version A new interactive map shows t...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Map shows global croplands in highest resolution ever, reveals India has more cropland than U.S.

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U.S. Geological Survey map shows North American croplands in neon green. Click on the image to enlarge or click here to see the intera...
Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Map shows percentage of people in each county who believe climate change is happening

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Do people in your neck of the woods believe climate change is happening? The Yale Climate Opinion Maps , created by Yale University 's ...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

What have been the leading causes of death in your county? Study maps 21 major causes, 1980-2014

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Researchers from the  University of Washington  and the  Erasmus University Medical Center  in the Netherlands have charted county-level da...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

D.C. reporter who moved to county labeled worst in natural amenities says rural life is more than sum of data

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What a difference a year makes. In August 2015 Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham made snarky comments about a rural town bein...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Data visualization tools available for journalists

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There are plenty of data visualization tools available on the internet for journalists. A website called Data USA "bills itself as ...

How does your state rank in Google searches? Is it better or worse in comparison to population?

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How often do people use Google to search your state? Since 2004 the most searched states are California, Texas, Florida, Illinois and Penn...
Friday, April 01, 2016

Beware of GPS and Google Maps; you might end up at the wrong location or invade the wrong country

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Flawed GPS and Internet maps are leading drivers to the wrong destinations, Karen Turner reports for The Washington Post . "A Googl...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

W. Post reporter who made fun of rural northern Minn. county about to become its newest resident

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A Washington Post reporter who made snarky comments about a rural town being ranked dead last among the nation's most desirable place...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

County level maps: Indiana's air is most polluted; South, Midwest lead list of top 25 polluted states

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Indiana is the most polluted state in the U.S., according to county-level maps by HealthGrove ranking the 25 most polluted states, Chris...
Thursday, January 07, 2016

County-level model map shows location of CAFOs in Michigan; other states can be mapped by request

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The Center for Food Safety has created a model county-level map of Michigan that includes information about concentrated animal feeding...
Thursday, September 03, 2015

D.C. reporter visits county labeled worst in natural amenities and learns a lesson about rural life

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Natural Amenities Index, which ranked the most desirable counties to live in based on scenery a...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Methodology used for county-level maps of most desirable locations for amenities criticized

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UPDATED, Aug. 20: The index has come into question in many counties known for their natural beauties, especially because of the methodology,...
Monday, August 10, 2015

By gosh, local-level maps show the most popular swear words in tweets in the 48 contiguous states

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When people in the South swear on Twitter, their preferred word of choice is usually "damn." In other parts of the country, Twitt...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Ripped from the pages of literature, interactive map charts roads trips from 12 books

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There's still time this summer to hit the highways and see America. For those looking for a grand adventure straight from the pages of s...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

County and state-level maps show the largest populations by age groups

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American FactFinder has created maps using Census data that chart county and state-level populations for the Greatest Generation (70 and ab...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

County-level map details where sun shines the most and the least in the lower 48 states

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July is the sunniest month of the year, while the sun shines the least during December and January, with July 8 being the sunniest day of t...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Here's 'most distinctive' death cause in your state

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While some causes of death such as cancer are fairly common everywhere, some causes of death are much more common in certain areas. The fol...