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- US LNG Shipping to Britain
- Problems Caused by Google Map Nicaragua-Costa Rica Boundary
- China Energy Brief
- Russia Coal, Oil and Natural Gas Brief
- Gold as a Currency Standard
- Nile Delta at Night
- Matusevich Glacier Calving: Satellite Image
- The Future of Paper Maps
| Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:41 PM PST The first shipment of LNG (liquefied natural gas) from a port in Louisiana to Britain is expected to arrive in late November.  |
| Problems Caused by Google Map Nicaragua-Costa Rica Boundary Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:20 PM PST An error in the boundary between Nicaragua and Costa Rica on Google Maps resulted in Nicaraguan soldiers treading on Costa Rican soil.  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:15 PM PST “Coal supplied 70% of China's total energy consumption requirements in 2006. Oil is the second-largest source, accounting for 20% of the country's total energy consumption. While China has made an effort to diversify its energy supplies, hydroelectric sources (6%), natural gas (3%), and nuclear power (1%) account for relatively small amounts of China's energy consumption mix.” Quoted from the Energy Information Country Analysis Brief.  |
| Russia Coal, Oil and Natural Gas Brief Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:12 PM PST “Russia holds the world’s largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal reserves, and the eighth largest crude oil reserves.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Brief.  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2010 09:12 PM PST A Reuters article traces the use of gold as a currency standard. Great Britain first tied the pound to a specific quantity of gold in 1816 and abandoned it in 1931.  |
| Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:10 PM PST “The Nile River and its delta look like a brilliant, long-stemmed flower in this astronaut photograph of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea, as seen from the International Space Station. In this view [...] we see a population almost completely concentrated along the Nile Valley, just a small percentage of the country's land area. Related: NASA’s Famous Image – Satellite View of Earth at Night.  |
| Matusevich Glacier Calving: Satellite Image Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:03 PM PST “On September 6, 2010, NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured this natural-color image of the margin of Matusevich Glacier. Shown here just past the rock-lined channel, the glacier is calving large icebergs. Low-angled sunlight illuminates north-facing surfaces and casts long shadows to the south.” Quoted from the NASA image release.
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| Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:31 PM PST Erin Mahaney, an intern for About.com Geography has an interesting article titled “The Future of Paper Maps” that looks at the history of map-making and how digital cartography, GIS and GPS are changing how maps are used.  |
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