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UBIQUE American Geographical Society Society News Spotlight Interviews Map of the Week Monthly Newsletters DailyGeo GR Article Previews I Am Geography ElseWHERE AGS Home Celebrating Black Geographers More EthicalGEO Geography2050 30 Jun Welcome! UBIQUE, meaning everywhere in Latin, is one of the oldest phrases tied to the history of the American Geographical Society. It represents our presence throughout the country and the world, and also represents the sphere of Geography itself. Our longtime... Read more » Uncategorized Leave a comment 9 May Map of the Week: Digital Silk Road By Phoebe Hill For centuries, the Silk Road, a complicated network of overland trade routes, connected the farthest reaches of Europe and Asia. China’s latest Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative evokes similar narratives of connectivity, championing digital cooperation and information... Read more » Map of the Week 8 May World Cultures: Kassena Earth Houses By Chiara Ryals In Burkina Faso and Northern Ghana, the Kassena people have long practiced the tradition of elaborately painting houses with geometric shapes and drawings. Houses are made entirely from local materials including dung, clay, wood, and straw. The... Read more » World Cultures 2 May Map of the Week: Water in Istanbul By Thomas Jang The city of Istanbul, Türkiye, has served as the capitals of the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire as Constantinople. For centuries, the city has played an important role in connecting maritime trade routes around the... Read more » Map of the Week map , map of the week 1 May World Cultures: Palestinian Thobes and Tatreez By Thomas Jang and Phoebe Hill Thobe (ثَوْب) is an Arabic word for garment.” It is worn by... Read more » World Cultures 29 Apr In Honor of Lee Schwartz’s Career Achievements By Jerome Dobson The Geographer of the United States routinely provides information to all branches of government and to the president that is essential to understand the world for governance, commerce, foreign... Read more » Society News 29 Apr Company Spotlight: Taylor Geospatial Institute By Thomas Jang As the executive director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), Nadine Alameh has come a long way in forging a formidable presence in the... Read more » Spotlights company spotlight 25 Apr Map of the Week: Deep Sea Mining and the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition By: Phoebe Hill Deep sea mining refers to the extraction of solid mineral resources at depths of more than 200m. Such mining practices usually target three types of metallic deposits at depth in the ocean: potato-sized polymetallic nodules, deposits associated... Read more » Map of the Week map of the week 24 Apr World Cultures: Los Angeles’s Koreatown By Thomas Jang and Ivana Mowry-Mora The Korean diaspora is in fact one of the largest diasporas in the world. Called 한인 (Han-in) in Korean, approximately 7.3 million people live in North America, South America,... Read more » World Cultures 23 Apr Topography Tuesday: Urban Gully Erosion By Phoebe Hill Gully erosion is the most aggressive form of soil degradation caused when surface water pools and forms a stream, eroding away massive amounts of sediment in a short period of time. In tropical urban areas across the... Read more » Uncategorized 18 Apr Map of the Week: U.S. Military Bases around the World By Thomas Jang Since its founding 248 years ago in 1776, the United States has become one of the most powerful nations in the world. With a population of at least 330 million people and a total land area of... Read more » Map of the Week map of the week 1 2 3 4 … 115 » Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn YouTube TikTok Search Ubique Search Recent Posts Map of the Week: Digital Silk Road May 9, 2024 World Cultures: Kassena Earth Houses May 8, 2024 Map of the Week: Water in Istanbul May 2, 2024 World Cultures: Palestinian Thobes and Tatreez May 1, 2024 In Honor of Lee Schwartz’s Career Achievements April 29, 2024 © 2024 UBIQUE / Proudly powered by WordPress / Theme: The Box by Design...