“The spatial world as we know it may only seem invisible to the average person, but for a geographer, it is our world.” ……………………………………………………. Check out my blog that establishes a geospatial community for anyone interested in geography with links to all the social media sites I maintain: http://geocrusader80.blogspot.com/ …………………………………………………………. “A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.” — Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Editor of National Geographic (1903- 1954)Tumblr (3.0; @geocrusader80)http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3c05c4c9a25fdb2b13e3b128753729a1/tumblr_miurt8oL6V1s1mt5yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://colchrishadfield.tumblr.com/post/44302767909/lake-baikal-siberia-immensely-old-and-deep-it">colchrishadfield</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Lake Baikal, Siberia. Immensely old and deep, it holds one-fifth of all the Earth’s fresh water.</span></p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/48737313135http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/48737313135Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:05:18 -0400siberiarussiaspacesatelliteimagery<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8019083755d4ddab8e09de55214c6963/tumblr_mlqimx9psP1r7x24wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><u><span class="size10Bold" id="_ctl0_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblTitle1"><em><strong>This is accurate for the most part…</strong></em>  </span></u></p> <p><u><span class="size10Bold" id="_ctl0_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblTitle1">Geospatial Technology Competency Model</span></u></p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/48736589933http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/48736589933Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:56:57 -0400geospatialGIS<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e723ec0ba13893d1d23a3235fb530b8b/tumblr_mlp7xkeyIN1rasnq9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mapsontheweb.tumblr.com/post/48711160945/genetic-differences-among-caucasian-peoples-source">mapsontheweb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Genetic differences among Caucasian peoples<br/><small><a href="http://geocurrents.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Balanovsky_Fig1.jpg">Source</a></small></p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/48736126298http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/48736126298Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:51:41 -0400mapcaucasusgeneticshumangeography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb6b9f7ff4cce97184488d65b348043f/tumblr_mjq8vhlOZg1r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>The destruction of a nation: Syria’s war revealed in imagery via TIME + DigitalGlobe - #syria #remotesensing</span></p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/45456844334http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/45456844334Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:18:00 -0400syriawarremote sensing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/92ad0e92ff90ba6e3974cee964a274cb/tumblr_min89cDtgd1r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The landlocked countries of the world #nonavy</p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43752332434http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43752332434Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:39:12 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/610d098f066228322629badefb23d3c9/tumblr_min84gf2lj1r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43752103681http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43752103681Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:36:16 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/86fb52e61abfc1cde36d0aef58d7fd62/tumblr_min7niaLzz1r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The world as Mario and Luigi see it.</p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43751296817http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43751296817Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:26:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/242ae8ad0a553a1c6f4e5f83fc8ddcd9/tumblr_min70mY3z91r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Map of Science.  Think about it.</p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43750216167http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43750216167Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:12:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6fd1839d7cf8bbb87c17bc1a9efdd644/tumblr_mifw5h14s91rcl4bvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://landofmaps.tumblr.com/post/43439318032/distribution-of-kurds">landofmaps</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Distribution of Kurds</p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43440541311http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43440541311Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:49:38 -0500Looking for assistance from all my tweeps, please vote in the poll - it will greatly be appreciated...http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43437139575http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43437139575Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:07:44 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/33a13ecb1158e96146d5855d636e861e/tumblr_mifu3z9EH01r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Map of the Square and stationary Earth.  This is an interesting looking #map captured from desktopexplorer’s blog.</p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43435714378http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43435714378Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:50:23 -0500earthglobemapgeographycartography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2764191ca214cc3369617cf80829afe/tumblr_miasjk8Nib1r7x24wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This color photograph of Washington D.C., was taken by a Zenit Satellite (The Soviet version of the CORONA satellite) in the 1960’s.  Objects as small as 5 meters (16.5 feet) across can be distinguished.</p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43206346447http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43206346447Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:28:34 -0500satellite<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/adaf77e3c6220dcf8a2dc43ce926babc/tumblr_mhzez4UJX01qfqfdyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://climateadaptation.tumblr.com/post/42714987820/landstat-8-is-launching-this-week-the-stakes-are">climateadaptation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Landstat 8 is launching this week</strong>. The stakes are very high because Landstat 7 is running out of fuel, and could possibly go offline. Landstat 8 will provide higher resolution images of the earth. The satellite project has provided scientists, researchers, private businesses, and governments with incredible wealth of data.</p> <blockquote> <p>Landsat data has become a fundamental data source for addressing basic science questions. It is a valuable resource for decision makers in the fields of agriculture, forestry, land use, water resources and natural resource exploration.</p> <p>Landsat has also played an increasing role in diverse applications such as human population census, growth of global urbanization and deletion of coastal wetlands.</p> <p>As human populations increasingly dominate the Earth’s land areas, understanding changes in land cover and land use from year to year becomes increasingly important for both decision makers and human occupants of the Earth.</p> </blockquote> <p>I’ll be writing more about Landstat over the coming months. It is one of the most important systems in shaping climate adaptation policy and other environmental decision making.</p> <p><strong>You can read the history of <a href="http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/history.html" target="_self">Landstat at NASA</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>More on the new launch, via <a href="http://Since%201972%20the%20Landsat%20mission%20has%20been%20monitoring%20natural%20and%20human-made%20changes%20to%20our%20planet.%20But%20the%20continuity%20of%20that%20scientifically%20precious%20dataset%20could%20be%20lost%20unless%20all%20goes%20according%20to%20plan%20on%20Monday,%20when%20the%20Landsat%208%20satellite%20is%20scheduled%20to%20be%20launched%20into%20orbit%20from%20Vandenberg%20Air%20Force%20Base%20in%20California.%20Landsat%208%20will%20take%20over%20for%20the%20hobbled%2014-year%20old%20Landsat%207%20that%20has%20been%20valiantly%20carrying%20the%20mission%20alone%20since%20December%20when,%20after%2029%20years%20in%20orbit,%20Landsat%205%20began%20to%20be%20decommissioned%20after%20a%20gyroscope%20failure." target="_self">Wired</a>.</strong></p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43205678403http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43205678403Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:17:42 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d11a79a96787ba0853d26c1705f91a2/tumblr_mi4ozqWgYq1rrr4qyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://philtographs.tumblr.com/post/42951671152/satellite-photo-of-the-northeast-united-states">philtographs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Satellite photo of the Northeast United States after Winter Storm Nemo.</strong></p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43205508260http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43205508260Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:14:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ac8ccf2186393f3fe1bb789b35b2cd1/tumblr_mi6icjkarP1qd9bz1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/29fb4745e98c32e8ddddc8c41c37a803/tumblr_mi6icjkarP1qd9bz1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5da387ea9285f3ec1f748645115eaab/tumblr_mi6icjkarP1qd9bz1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5649c5a21d6b7966149b187f1231854e/tumblr_mi6icjkarP1qd9bz1o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/529b965cb3c84ca0a20d9143be2024ad/tumblr_mi6icjkarP1qd9bz1o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://newshour.tumblr.com/post/43027112953/the-institute-for-science-and-international">newshour</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) <strong>predicted North Korea’s nuclear test on Feb. 3, 2013, after evaluating satellite images of the site</strong>. North Korea is just one of a handful of countries ISIS has on its nuclear watch list. See more Google images of nuclear sites above, and <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/02/google-satellite-images-reveal-suspect-nuclear-reactors.html" title="view more images here." target="_self">view more here.</a></p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43205454157http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43205454157Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:14:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8d3bf2c8e4fcce0e49a8cf845569f05/tumblr_mgd57lGbBs1qj73e2o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Map: Animated airplane traffic over Europe.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://geographervorr.tumblr.com/post/40587746598/look-at-this-relevance">geographervorr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>look. at. this. relevance</p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43204799465http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43204799465Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:03:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c63e1bd2cce5e2dcc34d66b0e30719f0/tumblr_miaqhl5ANJ1r7x24wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>The inner-city of Damascus, Present Day</span></p>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43203545077http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43203545077Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:44:09 -0500syriadamascuslevantgeographymapurbanization<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/80725e424e08989089ea78add6e3103a/tumblr_mi7b8e1z5d1r1g8zro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Something is not right about this map, what could it be?</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myempireiscrumbling.tumblr.com/post/43067004453/i-find-this-very-unsettling">myempireiscrumbling</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>i find this very unsettling </p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43196551934http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43196551934Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:05:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0002b859d5bff5458947c000f533288/tumblr_mi7l1gSmsE1s1mt5yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://colchrishadfield.tumblr.com/post/43172151743/the-busy-saudi-port-city-of-dhahran-and-the">colchrishadfield</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>The busy Saudi port city of Dhahran, and the bridge to Bahrain. An incredible sea of humanity, as-seen from space.</span></p> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43196015463http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43196015463Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:57:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/177a4c862eaabd1ac959d8312d74153c/tumblr_mi4n8ihNjj1qa4968o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I like the creativeness of this map.  I am curious about the names.  I can’t explain all of them.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://petchmo.tumblr.com/post/43079415745/well-huh-thisbigcity-50-states-redrawn-with">petchmo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Well huh.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.thisbigcity.net/post/42948880714/50-states-redrawn-with-equal-populations">thisbigcity</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>50 states redrawn with equal populations.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43195187286http://geocrusader80.tumblr.com/post/43195187286Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:46:25 -0500