Map of Modern Day Piracy In The 21st Century More about it: brilliantmaps.com/modern-da...

Day 13 - Tokyo Walking Subway Map Walking distance in minutes between all Tokyo subway stations Photo by Gregory Lane h/t @tokyocheapo.com Cc: @rmtransit.bsky.social tokyocheapo.com/tokyo-cheapo...

How Children Lost the Right to Roam in Just 4 Generations At age 8 my dad could cycle anywhere. At age 8 I was allowed to play unsupervised on our street. Now my kids can walk to the end of our road, if they are within eyesight. What do you think? Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...

Does Your County Have More English or Irish Ancestry? Data for all counties: brilliantmaps.com/english-g...

Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead. Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

Celebrating 50 years as a department, Geography & Environmental Studies has invited Dr. Amber Silver to speak on Thursday, November 20 @ 4 p.m. Followed by a reception at the Gorsebrook Lounge. Please register. eventscalendar.smu.ca/.../detail/4...

Love remote sensing and working with GIS apps? In celebration of GIS Day, Canadian Space Agency has been invited to join us. Wed., Nov. 19 in Atrium 340 at 3 p.m. Dr. Jean Bergeron, Mission scientist, Sun-Earth System Science and Dirk Werle, Senior Expert on Earth Observation will talk. Join us!

Take cars off every other (or every third, or every 4th) street in the grid. Add some bollards and make them resident, transit, & delivery access only. Boom, instant walking & cycling supernetwork at very low cost!

True, but somewhat misleading. The islands are where most people live.

As a Londoner I'm sometimes surprised just how much wetter and drier parts of the US are relative to here. More on the comparison: brilliantmaps.com/us-vs-uk-...

Read more about how geography has changed over recent decades from this @geographicalassoc.bsky.social piece for @teachsecondary.bsky.social drawing on the GA's Standards in School geography 1991 - 2023 geography.org.uk/a-world-of-c...

Very few over 50%.

This map by @maroni_editor shows the global air connections of Chinese and US American airports. In Central Europe there is an overlap.

Tree diversity in Texas ranks from pretty much nothing in the north west to a lot in the east.

tldr: Roundabouts. Lots and lots of roundabouts.

Closely related to income levels.

We honour the brave men and women who have served, and continue to serve, in Canada’s military — defending our freedoms at home and abroad. Lest we forget. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #CanadaRemembers

In this map @researchremora shows us the urban footprint around the world. I pondered this map for quite a bit. Few of us venture outside of the pink areas for any long stretch of time.

Sunshine Hours vs. Annual Rainfall Across The UK Learn more: moverdb.com/sunshine-hours-...

We’ve forgotten what universities are for

The dominant narrative is that the world is rolling back climate policy. But what does the data say? The latest Oxford Climate Policy Monitor Annual Review from the Oxford Climate Policy Hub tells three key stories. bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/climate...

New paper is out today! On the front @denysullivan.bsky.social looks at the Housing Accelertor Fund and explains how council made the housing crisis worse. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social updates on Community Council & Advisory Ctee meetings. Public hearings = scheduled, homlessness = bad.

As a hazards geographer, Dr. Amber Silver will discuss the ways that Atlantic Canadians perceive & respond to hazardous weather such as tropical storms & tropical cyclones. She will examine the role that social media plays in info searching, sharing, & interpretation. Join us Thur., Nov 20 @ 3pm.

Interesting. Source details would be useful.

We discuss our latest research into integrated transport systems in big cities on last week's episode of City Minutes🎙️ Listen now 👇 buff.ly/igJ6ARV

Strongly related to geography and the environment. cleantechnica.com/2025/11/08/a...

Save the date. All welcome to this public lecture.

Oshawa and Windsor suffering from autopact chaos. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

Correlates with poverty. www.visualcapitalist.com/counties-sha...

In this map @researchremora shows us the tree canopy height across Paris. Urban greenery matters!

People want to be with other people. A recent event showcased the wisdom of William H Whyte, and I ask: why don’t our public spaces follow his lead? www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...

Bonkers meets reality. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

⚠️🚘 Road deaths per 1 million people in the European Union. 🔎 Amazing Maps

Love remote sensing and working with GIS apps? In celebration of GIS Day, Canadian Space Agency has been invited to give an update on their projects. Wednesday, November 19th in Atrium 340 at 3 p.m. We will also be joined by representatives from Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia. Join us!

Dear European country, by how much can you expect to live longer or shorter than your friends in the US? This map has the answer. Source: buff.ly/riBqOig

Joyful!! 80 Km of CONNECTED greenways to walk, run, bike, breath... and enjoy the presence of each other. Learning how Toronto, TO Conservation TRCA, Evergreen, advance extraordinary project, done 2030. Enjoying TO's Botanical Garden where Urban Ravine Summit is taking place.