<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GIS Lounge &#187; Geography</title> <atom:link href="http://gislounge.com/category/geography/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://gislounge.com</link> <description>Geographic Information Systems, Maps, GPS, and GIS Jobs</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 23:00:31 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Free Outline Maps</title><link>http://gislounge.com/free-outline-maps/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/free-outline-maps/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:31:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blank outline maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[california]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category> <category><![CDATA[free maps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of the united states]]></category> <category><![CDATA[map of the world]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outline map of Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outline map of the United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outline map of the World]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outline maps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://gislounge.com/?p=10834</guid> <description><![CDATA[Free outline maps to print and use. 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<category><![CDATA[archaelogy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Danger Cave]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geomorphology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jukebox Cave]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://geography.gislounge.com/?p=1204</guid> <description><![CDATA[Interdisciplinary collaboration is widely talked about but in reality it is not really implemented on a large scale.  This is especially true in the realm of environmental compliance that geographers, geologists, and archaeologists often find themselves working in.  Even in the world of academia, few professors take advantage of the human knowledge outside of their [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/how-archaeologists-and-geomorphologists-can-work-together-to-understand-the-quaternary/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ancient pluvial lakes of North America and what they can tell us about climate 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In 1978, Dickson Otieno, a teacher at Nyandarua High School in Kenya, was jailed for 18 months for carrying banned Chinese publications.  The three books [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/geography-book-bans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Island Biogeography of the Great Basin</title><link>http://gislounge.com/island-biogeography-of-the-great-basin/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/island-biogeography-of-the-great-basin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Quist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[biodiversity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bristlecone Pine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Basin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Island Biogeography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pinus longaeva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speciation]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://geography.gislounge.com/?p=1139</guid> <description><![CDATA[The theory of island biogeography is one of the explanations as to why speciation occurs.  The term “island biogeography” is not specific to land masses surrounded by water but rather it refers to any area of habitat that is surrounded by unsuitable habitat for the species in question; this can be isolated springs, mountain peaks, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/island-biogeography-of-the-great-basin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Geography Careers</title><link>http://gislounge.com/geography-careers/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/geography-careers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:26:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Quist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bureau of Labor Statistics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[careers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fields of geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography career]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis career]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://geography.gislounge.com/?p=1115</guid> <description><![CDATA[“Well, I guess you can always teach.”  If this is the response you get from friends and family when you talk about your chosen field of study as geography, this article is for you.  Turn the facts back onto these naysayers and show how exciting, rewarding and well paying a career in the geography field [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/geography-careers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Speak Up For Geography and Geography Awareness Week</title><link>http://gislounge.com/speak-up-for-geography-and-geography-awareness-week/</link> <comments>http://gislounge.com/speak-up-for-geography-and-geography-awareness-week/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:05:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Caitlin Dempsey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography awareness week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[geography education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Geography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Speak up for Geography]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://geography.gislounge.com/?p=1094</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Geographic Society has launched a geography literacy campaign called Speak up for Geography with the goal of getting 10,000 letters sent to members of Congress before the Thanksgiving recess.  Constituents are asked to write to their senators and representatives in order to request federal funding for geography education by supporting the bipartisan Teaching Geography [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://gislounge.com/speak-up-for-geography-and-geography-awareness-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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