Issue 15
World
Global democracy
Decolonial Atlas
- https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/
- Interesting activist map. 100 Companies responsible for most greenhouse gas emissions with the names and locations of their executives. Oh, and it’s a Tobler area interpolation of CO2 emissions. https://decolonialatlas.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/names-and-locations.png
- Origins of materials for Lithium Ion batteries: https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/origins-of-lithium-ion-batteries/
- Origins of Geography Terms map: https://decolonialatlas.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/the-origins-of-geography-terms.png
Global Mountain Explorer
- The methodology of the mountain classifications (K1-K3) is explained here. I have nits to pick with the outcome of all three. But it’s pretty cool to play around with: https://bioone.org/journals/mountain-research-and-development/volume-38/issue-3/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00107.1/A-New-High-Resolution-Map-of-World-Mountains-and-an/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00107.1.full
- The interactive map: https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/gme/
Cocoa
Chocolate is a $130 billion dollar a year business. Chocolate farmers make less than $1.00 a day. I really like the flow map details on this supply chain illustration. I’d love to see many more of these although I’m sure they’re very time consuming to create. More art and design than data manipulation.
Oceans
Finally some good news on the 30 by 30 front. After a decade of negotiation The High Seas Treaty has been agreed at the UN. Member countries still need to ratify it so it will be a slow roll out. The last international agreement was signed 40 years ago so at least this is progress.
The Makassan fishers and Australian prehistory Very interesting regional prehistorical geography. Indigenous Australians didn’t just migrate and never leave again. There was trade, flow of people and culture.
Yo ho Sailor
Wow. 100 years of ships logs and a cross Atlantic data cooperation brings us a couple of amazing maps. The European Union’s research project ‘Climatological Database for the World’s Oceans, 1750-1850’ extracted weather data from over 280,000 sailing ship logbooks written between 1750 and 1850. The resulting database, containing comprehensive weather observations and voyage details, is an invaluable resource for the study of climate and maritime history. The Library of Congress has used the resulting database to create an interactive map. The Climatological Database for the World’s Oceans, 1750-1850 allows you to explore the logbook information of Spanish, Dutch, French and English sailing ships as they navigated the globe in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
- https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-climatological-map-of-worlds-oceans.html
- https://loc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/interactivelegend/index.html?appid=b55d3c2ebb4b4b25a48f28cb9309cbd8/?loclr=twmap
Allen Coral Atlas I mentioned this first in issue 11 but since I’m focused on Oceans I wanted to re-post it. It is a pretty amazing global resource.
Africa
Great photos. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64862607
London
Canal & River Trust
- https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network
- Paddington Arm (Grand Union Canal): https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/paddington-arm-grand-union-canal
US
FBI buys location data: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/fbi-finally-admits-to-buying-location-data-on-americans-horrifying-experts/
Alaska
Fisheries collapsing.
- <https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/03/alaskas-fisheries-collapsing-peltola-industry-blame-00066843
United States, Northwest
Biogeography: Sea Star Wasting disease and Ocean Recovery
- Interesting story with big implications for climate (Kelp is a massive carbon store): https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/what-happened-to-the-sunflower-sea-star-this-captive-breeding-lab-is-working-to-find-out/
From Bob DenOuden: Meet the Modern Mapmakers of Central Oregon. https://bendmagazine.com/meet-the-modern-mapmakers-of-central-oregon/