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Geopolitical Consulting and Advising for International Business Risk Assessment

Geopolitical advisory is a niche but crucial sector where experts provide insights and counsel to...

London UK - Global Startup Hubs and Innovation Clusters

A collection of resources about London's startup ecosystem, showcasing its role as a global hub f...

Zimbabwe, Africa - culture, history, geography

Zimbabwe, Africa - culture, history, geography

Spain - geography and history, culture

Spain - geography and history, culture

The Arctic Circle - weather, polar vortex

The Arctic Circle - weather, polar vortex

The Arctic Circle and shipping, transportation

The Arctic Circle and shipping, transportation

OpenStreetMaps - API - alternative to google maps

OpenStreetMaps - API - alternative to google maps

How cities use economic development incentives to attract startups

How cities use economic development incentives to attract startups and entrepreneurs

Volcanoes

a collection of articles about volcanoes

Drawing maps

A collection of articles about maps

Flat Earth - theory, people, beliefs

A collection of articles and videos about Flat Earth - theory, people, beliefs

Rural artistic havens and creative hubs

A collection of articles about Rural artistic havens and creative hubs

Tech and Innovation in Brazil

a collection of articles and resources about Tech and Innovation in Brazil

The Arctic Circle

articles and videos looking at the Arctic Circle

Maps and Geography (surprising)

Surprising facts about maps and geography

European Union - introduction

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Article

The Rise of the Meta City

The playing field of corporate location is changing, driven by new digital technologies and the shift to remote work. The authors outline the struc... (2023)


Article

Lost Water in Amman, Jordan

The desert city of Amman is running out of water. Meanwhile, officials fixate on gleaming visions of growth, perpetuating the fantasy that urban dy... (2023)


Article

Why the gusty North Sea could give Europe an industrial edge | The Economist

Wind power is breathing life into a new green economy on its coasts | Leaders (2023)


Article

If Latin America has a commercial capital, it is Miami | The Economist

Despite not being in Latin America, it offers cash, connections and creativity to the region | The Americas (2022)


Article

Greenland is melting | VOA Special Report

The front lines of climate change run through the rapidly warming Arctic. The changes taking place on this faraway, frozen island will be felt much... (2020)


Article

This Train Trip Hits Every Corner of America in a Week for Less Than $1000

Instead of taking a traditional vacation, make the most of your travel time by visiting every corner of America by train in just seven days. (2020)


Article

How Google used AI to supercharge Maps in 2019

Google has used new machine learning models that enable the service to recognise building shapes and handwritten numbers. (2020)


Article

Finding Pleasant Routes Using GIS

GIS is being to used to plan pedestrian routes not based on the fastest way but centered on finding the quietest, shadiest, or most pleasant paths. (2019)


Article

Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Goalkeepers 2019 Report Description EXAMINING INEQUALITY HOW GEOGRAPHY AND GENDER STACK THE DECK FOR (OR AGAINST) YOU Co-chairs Bill & Melin... (2019)


Article

Geolocation API - Web APIs | MDN

The Geolocation API allows the user to provide their location to web applications if they so desire. For privacy reasons, the user is asked for per... (2019)


Article

New Berlin rapid transit route map

A transit map should be simple, comfortable, and nice-looking, designed with loving care and for people. It should attract tourists to the city and... (2019)


Article

One Strange Rock - Educational Resources | National Geographic Society

Use the classroom resources below to explore Earth's unique properties and processes. Only 556 people have escaped the bonds of Earth's gravity ... (2019)


Article

The north magnetic pole just changed. Here's what that means - National Geographic

The foundation of many navigation systems, the World Magnetic Model finally got a much-needed update with the end of the U.S. government shutdown. (2019)


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Crowdsourced maps should help driverless cars navigate our cities more safely - MIT Technology Review

Swedish startup Mapillary is compiling a huge database of roadside objects such as signs and markings to help driverless vehicles get around. (2019)


Article

My parents are Flat-Earthers

Flat Earth theory entered my life around October 2015, when I received a Facebook message from Dad linking me to a YouTube video called “Flat Earth... (2019)


Article

DuckDuckGo Taps Apple Maps to Power Private Search Results

We're excited to announce that map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple's MapKit JS framework. (2019)


Article

Apple’s New Map

Has Apple closed the gap with Google’s map? (2018)


Article

Small Colleges Can Save Towns in Middle America - Bloomberg

There's just one reason Pikeville, Kentucky, population 7,000, is alive and well (2018)


Article

How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are contributing to an openly licensed map of the world

Multinational organisations are collaborating in the open to build an openly licensed map of the world: OpenStreetMap. Here’s what we’ve learned so... (2018)


Article

Startups That Move to the Bay Area See Big Benefits—But Are in the Minority

A new study explores startup migration and the benefits it brings. (2018)


Article

Where even Walmart won't go: how Dollar General took over rural America | The Guardian

As the chain opens stores at the rate of three a day across the US, often in the heart of ‘food deserts’, some see Dollar General as an admission t... (2018)


Article

College Towns Are Beginning to Emerge as U.S. Startup Hubs || CityLab

Established tech hubs continue to lead, but startup hubs are emerging in new, smaller places. The catch: Startup financing overall is on the wane. (2018)


Article

San Francisco rent is so expensive that a law firm fly its people in from Texas

Rent in San Francisco is three times that in Houston. To cut costs, the law firm Patterson and Sheridan flies its Houston lawyers to the Bay Area m... (2018)


Article

How Many Years of Income Does a Home in Your City Cost? - CityLab

The rule of thumb is that the cost of your house should equal roughly 2.6 years of income. But in some U.S. cities, home prices are almost 10 times... (2018)


Article

Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad - Vitalik

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who rece... (2018)


Article

Infographic: The United States of Beer

A data-driven look at consumption of America's most popular alcoholic beverage: Beer... (2018)


Article

Where is 'rural America,' and what does it look like? | The Conversation

'Rural America' is a deceptively simple term for a remarkably diverse collection of places. Understanding – and improving – these parts of the coun... (2018)


Article

Six charts that illustrate the divide between rural and urban America | The Conversation

More and more people are talking about the 'rural-urban divide,' but what does that phrase actually mean? We asked experts from around the country ... (2018)


Article

AstroNavigation – free course - Vanderbilt

Online module for celestial navigation “This course serves to address the lack of widely-available instruction in astronavigation. Specifically ... (2018)


Article

A Cartography Nerd's Guide to Custom Map-Making | ideo.com

How to one designer used public data to create an interactive map of San Francisco tennis courts... (2018)


Video

France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa

France secretly owns 14 countries, neocolonial Africa (2023)


Video

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


Video

Italy is Building a New Tech Capital in Milan

This digital twin is turning an area of Milan into Italy's new tech capital. (2023)


Video

Why wasn't Portugal conquered by Spain?

Why wasn't Portugal conquered by Spain? (2023)


Video

How Singapore Solved Housing

How Singapore Solved Housing (2022)


Video

Why the Southern Hemisphere is Poorer

Why the Southern Hemisphere is Poorer (2022)


Video

Puzzle of Growth: Rich Countries and Poor Countries - Marginal Revolution University

Marginal Revolution University Published on Feb 16, 2016 Throughout this section of the course, we’ve been trying to solve a complicated economic... (2018)


Video

Canada's New Shipping Shortcut

Wendover Productions Published on Apr 25, 2017 (2018)


Video

This City in Siberia Could Become the Next Silicon Valley | Bloomberg

Hello World’s host Ashlee Vance traveled to Akademgorodok to see what this science city looks like in 2016. Where the labs of yesteryear have star... (2018)


Video

Why all world maps are wrong

Vox: Published on Dec 2, 2016 Making accurate world maps is mathematically impossible. (2017)


Podcast

Understanding Exclaves and Enclaves

Understanding Exclaves and Enclaves Normally, if a foreign country has you totally surrounded, that isn’t a good thing. However, in some parts o... (2021)


Website

Cost of Living Index 2018 Mid-Year

Rankings: Cost of Living Index, Restaurant Prices Index, Transportation Price Index, Grocery Price Index, Local Purchasing Power Index, ... (2018)


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