Posts by geogadmin

The following article with the title above is by alumnus Kirk Goldsberry who wrote it for fivethirtyeight.com, an award winning website launched by ESPN: In late October, The Washington Post published a provocative op-ed about the rapidly changing demographics of U.S. cities. An influx of college graduates, it argued, is displacing lower-income African-Americans. Despite rapid overall growth in places such as Austin, Texas, some of...

A posting on UCSB’s Geography Facebook page that linked to an article which summarized how Oliver Chadwick teamed up with archaeologists to clarify factors that contributed to the demise of early Rapa Nui society on Easter Island went viral. The posting was made on January 28, 2015, at 1:50 p.m., and it had only reached 12 people an hour later. Then things went crazy. At that point in time, the Geography Facebook page had...

Maps & Web Mapping establishes an innovative, eText-only introduction to the history, principles, and current technologies used in mapping and cartography in a way that’s never been done before. Created to work with resources in Mygeoscienceplace.com, this solution engages students with interactive tools, including MapMaster™ interactive maps, Google Earth™ exercises, lecture videos, Map Projection animations,...