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    Gladys West, right, developed the mathematical models behind GPS. – Photo credit: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons
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    This Map Reveals The True Value Of $100 In Each State

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    Back to School: Sharpen Your Geography Knowledge #30DaysofGOOD

    Jessica De Jesus

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    This Class of Geography Students Found Bin Laden’s Hideout Long Before the CIA Ecosystem Geographers Predict Bin Laden’s Hideout

    Ben Jervey

    5/5/2011
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    Slideshow: The Beautiful and Impactful Aerial Imagery of Grassroots Mapping

    Ben Jervey

    3/25/2011
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    Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good

    Ben Jervey

    3/10/2011
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    Test: Can You Locate Every North African and Middle Eastern Nation?

    Andrew Price

    2/4/2011
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    You Have No Idea How Big Africa Really Is (But This Map Does)

    Patrick James

    10/13/2010
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    Creek Speak: Google Mapping True Stories of Life Near an Environmental Disaster

    Ben Jervey

    10/9/2010
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    114 Countries in 100 Movies: Can You Help Find the Rest?

    Patrick James

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