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Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Save the planet!

Protected planet
What are "protected areas"?
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Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Different projections influence our perception of the world...

Peters projection
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Equal area cartograms (density-equalising maps). Territory is re-sized according to the variable being mapped.

Cartogram of world population

The size of each territory shows the relative proportion of the world's population living there.
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Globalization needs a new form of mapping...

http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/index.html
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Not politically correct maps!

http://alphadesigner.com/mapping-stereotypes/
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Des cartes pour comprendre le monde

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Cette étude, menée principalement à partir de cartes, est l'occasion d'une réflexion critique sur les modes de représentations cartographiques."

Des cartes pour comprendre la Russie

"Les grilles de lecture géopolitiques, géo-économiques, géo-culturelles et géo-environnementales sont utilisées pour appréhender la complexité d'une situation géographique : la Russie, un État continent eurasiatique en recomposition."


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