Kid Cid Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 As geographers know, maps can be used to show more than N/S/E/W. Here are eight maps that give a rather interesting take on some of the issues facing the world today. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/13...pper/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 cool stuff--thanks. I think I will use that malaria map in my comparative economic systems course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 cool stuff--thanks. I think I will use that malaria map in my comparative economic systems course. Don't forget to include the part of how malaria has spread rampantly due to the now limited use of DDT in the world, most of this was caused by a campaign from developed nations to halt its use, much to the peril of people in developing nations that are dying at overwhelming rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Don't forget to include the part of how malaria has spread rampantly due to the now limited use of DDT in the world, most of this was caused by a campaign from developed nations to halt its use, much to the peril of people in developing nations that are dying at overwhelming rates. Believe it or not, I already do discuss this in my class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I am curious about map #2. We hear about all of the forest loss in the US. What does this mean? On Map #7 I must ask, do cobras carry rabies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 I am curious about map #2. We hear about all of the forest loss in the US. What does this mean? On Map #7 I must ask, do cobras carry rabies? A map, just as any statistic, can be used to present data or knowledge in a less than clear or even non-truthful way. The loss of forests in the US is an excellent example. What you mostly hear about is the loss of Old Growth forests, or forests that are over 100 years old. If Weyerhauser goes and clear cuts an old growth forest but replants it with new saplings, there is a net loss of zero forest acres. Yet the damage has been done to the ecosystem. I'm reasonably certain that rabies is confined to mammals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 geographers ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Toljall the world was flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Wow. Rabies deaths was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I want to see the map that shows idiots trying to live (excuse me , survive) in environmentally inhospitable areas of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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