Eff Yeah, Geography Major Alligator!

For anyone ever who's studied Geography and only been asked, "What's the capital of Canada?" For anyone who's wanted to show that not all Americans are geographical morons. For anyone who thinks knowing about the world at large is, quite frankly, a good thing. I can't do follow-backs because this isn't a personal blog. Sorry about that, if you were hoping otherwise. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-27042196-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

[mapsontheweb]

Writing of the /x/ sound in European languages using the Latin alphabet

Writing of the /x/ sound in European languages using the Latin alphabet

[romancechimique]

fuck it, mcr as cartographic projections

Frank -> Mercator. Controversial. People who know nothing about cartography love to shit on it but it's needed for important purposes (maritime navigation & web maps)

Ray -> Winkel tripel projection. Triple threat. Used by national geographic so you know it's the good stuff. Beautiful, underrated.

Gerard -> Dymaxion projection. Weird and unusual but at its core deeply human (shows the migration of early humans easier than any other projection). Top 5 projections that say "any pronouns are fine"

Mikey -> Werner projection. <3 MIGEY

[happybean17]

Hey, I'm curious: does anybody out there work in the GIS (geographic information systems/science) field? Or know anyone who does?

I'm looking into a career change, and I have an interest in data analysis, but I've just stumbled upon GIS again and honestly it sounds SO much more interesting that your average corporate America data analysis bullshit, so I'm trying to learn more about a possible career in GIS.

I know there's obviously probably a wide variety of jobs within the field, and that will definitely affect what tasks would look like day to day, but I'd love to hear from anyone currently (or previously!) working in GIS, especially what an average day might look like, and what kind of skills/certifications might be more useful.

Feel free to respond in reblog, tags, asks, or DMs! I'm eagerly absorbing all info about it at the moment 👀👀👀

[mapsontheweb]

Space is a lot closer than most people realize

[spaceexp]

Orbital launches by countries, first half of 2025

The US leading with 96 launches of total 146.

Details: https://spacestatsonline.com/launches/year/2025

[mapsontheweb]

Literacy rate in Pakistan.

[mapsontheweb]

Recognition of Palestine in Europe

(by europe.magazine/threads)

[mapsontheweb]

Fall vs Conquest of Constantinople: The title map of the relevant Wikipedia pages in different languages

[fyeahgeographyalligator]

Posted without comment.

(From @/pokateo_maps on Twitter)

[fyeahgeographyalligator]

Happy GIS Day!

(By @ pokateo_maps on twitter)

[fyeahgeographyalligator]

Former geography teacher Tim Walz is really into maps • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz really, really likes maps.  The former Mankato geography teacher, now a vice presidential candidate, identifies as a

Could we be getting a GIS nerd in the second-highest office in the US?

[mapsontheweb]

Highway / national equivalent signs in European countries ➖ (some countries don’t have highways, so signs for expressways/other is used.

by amazing__maps

[5-pounds-of-carrots]

why is the default symbology the ugliest thing ive ever seen like Who want a map that looks like That

[fyeahgeographyalligator]

Looks like people are traveling to see the solar eclipse on April 8!

Source:

https://x.com/jamie_lane/status/1775281707358335296?s=46&t=ou8F8eAoMv5nxmJQB3xQJA

[mapsontheweb]

Legal system in Germany before the unification of civil law, 1895.

[mapsontheweb]

Christmas day forecast

by u/makella_

[girard]

the extent that i would be at emo night at sneaky dees every single weekend is crazy. you would think i was canadian.

[piercedneckboy]

@amtrak-official

[queer-as-city-folk]

So connect the Windsor-Quebec Corridor and the Northeast Corridor with HSR, that isn't that bad of an idea. It doesn't even need to be that distant dream that is Meglev, just making it fast frequent rail would do it, I would prioritize getting a connection between Boston and Montreal in this system but it is an exciting idea

[queer-as-city-folk]

Anyways the travel times on that map are insane, but it would be a good system still. Anyways here is a picture of the proposal from a geographic map instead of a stylish visual