Human disease has taken many paths to travel the globe. Blown by winds and storms or carried on currents many early diseases found new homes via earth’s weather. Some of these diseases may have taken their journeys in their native state, but quite a few hitched a ride on a… Read more“Map Monday, How human disease travels the globe”
Category: History
Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon
The Pentagon is located in Arlington, Virginia. Other than highways, parking lots, and the DC metro it’s most notable neighbors are a lagoon in the Potomac river (built during the Pentagon’s construction) and Arlington National Cemetery. When it was completed in 1943 its 6,600,000 square feet (3,705,793 square feet of… Read more“Map Monday, Navigating the Pentagon”
Map Monday, Gerrymandering US states for equal population
Gerrymandering is the art of drawing political boundaries to benefit one group over another. In the US it applies to both local and national electoral districts. Under the US Constitution the states create their own districts, but must adhere to federal law and court rulings. The term Gerrymander comes from… Read more“Map Monday, Gerrymandering US states for equal population”