My workshops and presentations at the 2024 AAG Geography Annual Meeting. I hope these resources are very helpful to you during and also, long after the conference! Esri exhibit: WED […]
Tag Archives: geography
Thinking Spatially Podcast: Geography is Revolutionary
This new episode in the Thinking Spatially podcast invites you to consider why geography is revolutionary. From Zheng He’s voyages from China in the 1400s to the UAVs and Drones […]
Canals: Building the Future, Impacting World Geography
Canals, past and present, impacted regional and world physical geography on a local but also global scale. Explore how canals influenced geography, and how geography influenced canals, narrated by Geographer […]
Al Idrisi: Map of Silver, Cartographer, Geographer
Explore the incredible map of silver, and the amazing life and work of Al-Idrisi (c. 1099-1166 CE) as narrated by geographer Joseph Kerski. Be inspired and amazed at the meticulous […]
Why Geography Matters
This is one of the themes I speak most often about, most recently at the Nerd Nite Denver! Why Geography Matters: https://sway.office.com/Yz8hIcRT1EMAxqFW –Joseph Kerski
To the nth Degree – Exploration Article
I wrote an article for Earthzine that describes an unusual type of exploring the Earth. https://earthzine.org/2009/12/08/to-the-nth-degreeand-minute-and-second-confluence-hunting-on-planet-earth/
What are the 100 most revolutionary discoveries in Geography?
I submit that the 100 Most Revolutionary Discoveries in Geography are this set: https://sway.com/jpFfkuBMVghB0f7T Your reactions? What would you have included? For more, see my book Interpreting Our World, https://www.amazon.com/Interpreting-Our-World-Discoveries-Revolutionized/dp/161069919X here:
Interpreting Our World: 100 Discoveries That Revolutionized Geography
This important book demonstrates why geography matters in the modern-day world through its examination of 100 moments throughout history that had a significant impact on the study of geography—literally, “writing […]
Pointed Journeys: The Degree Confluence Project
I am rather passionate (some might say “obsessed”) about visiting latitude-longitude line intersections, named “Confluence Points.” In fact, I have visited nearly 400 of them over 15 years. See these […]
Colorado History and Geography Quiz
I recently created and ran a Colorado History and Geography Quiz on a giant terrazzo map of the state at the History Colorado museum. The participants had to stand on […]
Geography: A New Way of Seeing the World
I was invited to give a presentation on geography and I entitled the presentation: A New Way of Seeing the World. Geography is probably the oldest of all disciplines. What, […]