Strange Places: Dubai

Countries with a least one territory part of the Portuguese Empire

Scientific collaborations from 2005 to 2009

This map shows links between a few countries concerning scientific collaborations. This spatial pattern is also visible in many other datasets (namely the Facebook connections map). It shows that globalization isn’t always the rule. In the case of scientific collaborations, “global” means a minority of countries.
Notice that shorelines are not present in this map, although we can inferred the shapes of the continents.

See more details in : http://collabo.olihb.com/

tweetping.net

The World according to tweeter. This is a snapshot of the World between 8:30 AM and 9:00 AM GMT. Excellent tool to study population distribution.

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El caminito del Rey (The Kings “Highway”)

El caminito del Rey (The Kings “Highway”)

 

 

ONE of the many reasons why we need to teach geography

Gil Grosvenor: Why We Need Geography