The U.S.-Mexico border crossing in San Ysidro is sometimes referred to as the busiest land border crossing in the world. Comparing these two images you can see how the region has developed from 1979-2018. Image courtesy of U.S. Library of Congress and Google Earth.
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As the College Football season is wrapping up…
… the football empires are growing larger! UA’s Crimson Tide is dominating the Southeast and we’re excited about how this map will change after the upcoming game this weekend! Map credit: SBNATION (https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/11/26/18111353/college-football-empires-map-championship-weekend)
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Fall is here…
…but Alabama still has to wait for the trees to change color. (Courtesy of https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map/)
UA Campus 1958
Soon the semester starts and when you’re new on campus, a campus map can be useful. This is the campus map from 1958. What buildings do you recognize and which ones are missing?
Happy 4th of July!
What music do you play this Independence Day? This map made by Spotify and published by Times shows what song is the most popular in each state on 4th of July!
A view of the Smokey Mountains National Park…
…as seen from the Map Library! The summer is a great time to visit National Parks! In the Map Library you can find 3d maps of many of the most famous U.S. National Parks. Come and explore them as part of the preparation for your trip, or simply dream away about future adventures…
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Graduation times!
For UA graduates, Tuscaloosa will always have a special place in their heart. What better way to remember your time in Ttown than to have a framed historic map on the wall? Print outs of this map and other historic Alabama/Tuscaloosa maps and be ordered from the Cartographic Research Laboratory: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/index.html
Easter season = Chocolate season!
Whether we choose to observe Easter or not, the Easter season is for many an excuse to enjoy chocolate! This map shows from what countries the bulk of the world’s cacao come from as well as in what countries chocolate is the most popular. Cocoa beans are grown in warm climates close to the equator. The world leading exporter of cocoa beans is Cote d’Ivoire (this map is from 2002, but the record still holds!), and in Ghana the cacao […]
Women!
March is Women’s History Month in the U.S. and as part of it March 8th is International Women’s Day, which is recognized all over the world. This map shows global variations in the Gender Gap, where 1 is the highest possible score (=equality) and 0 is the lowest possible score (=inequality). The Gender Gap Index is created by the World Economic Forum and includes measures such as women’s access to resources and opportunities, percent of women in high-skilled jobs, female […]
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham as seen from Space
As we’re waiting for spring… Alabama is relatively green in the winter too! These images are false color images, shown in colors chosen to enhance certain features. Healthy vegetation shows as bright red (evergreens in these winter shots), while sand, stone and concrete are shown in a white-blueish color. Considering this you can see Tuscaloosa as a whiteish blob to the left and Birmingham a bit northeast of it. Using this palette water bodies typically occur black (see top of […]