The USGS has released a new geologic map of Crater Lake, Oregon: A good geologic map is a work of art. Grace and peace
Category: Maps
GeoEye volcano gallery
GeoEye is a company that owns Earth-imaging satellites and provides imagery for commercial and government clients. They have a set of image galleries with imagery of natural and manmade features. Here are a couple images from their volcanoes gallery: Krakatoa, Indonesia: Nyiragongo, Congo: If you've used Google Earth, you've probably seen GeoEye imagery, as Google …
Sailing in the Sea of Weeds
The Atlas of True Names has some rather strange-sounding places on it, such as New Wild Boar Village, The New Golden One, Moon Navel Gulf, and Sunday's Republic. These are all places you've heard of, and maybe even been to: The creators of these maps have gotten down to the root meanings of place names, …
Another election map
From Christianity Today, a map showing Evangelical Christian voting patterns: You can click on the states for statistics. HT: World Magazine Grace and Peace
Red Counties, Blue Counties 2
A much better county by county 2008 presidential map is found at the New York Times site: It's a little faint, but one nifty feature is the ability to zoom in to see data from any one county: The NYT also has a county bubble map. Blue for Obama, and red for McCain, plus the …
Red counties, blue counties
You've all seen the red state/blue state maps on election night. Here's a map showing the 2008 presidential election on a county-by-county basis: The USA looks red after all! There is actually a lot more blue on the map than there was in 2004, when Bush defeated Kerry: This 2004 map is asthetically much more …
Canada election map
Elections Canada has a nice map showing the results of the October 14th national election for the House of Commons: This is more colorful than the red-blue map that we will see on election night here in the US (which I fear will have too much blue on it this year). Here are the Canadian …
Denver geologic map
The US Geological Survey has published the Geologic Map of the Denver West 30' x 60' Quadrangle, North-Central Colorado. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a good geologic map can be worth a thousand pictures. The geological story told by this map portrays 1.79 billion years of sedimentation, igneous activity, metamorphism, deformation, …
India’s Katrina
Heavy monsoon flooding in India has claimed close to 1000 lives, and millions more have been displaced. The most dramatic event has been the abrupt change of course of the Kosi River in northern India. The Kosi River flows from the Himalaya Mountains into the Indian state of Bihar. The flood-swollen river has broken through …
Is that Georgia or Georgia?
Oops. Someone in the news business doesn't know the difference between Georgia and Georgia. This is from a news report about the Russian invasion of the Republic of Georgia. Take a look at the accompanying map: The story is reported here. HT: The Map Room Grace and Peace
Water vapor distribution
From NASA's Earth Observatory, a global (or at least oceanic) water vapor distribution map: Dark blue areas have high levels of water vapor in the atmosphere. As expected, these areas are primarily over warm tropical oceans. This satellite-derived data is used to correct sea level information determined by radar from space. I include it here …
Another spring flooding image
Here's another image related to this week's heavy rainfall and flooding in Missouri and adjoining states: In this image, red areas (very tiny) received greater than 200 mm (8 in) of precipitation, orange areas receive more than 150 mm (6 in), and yellow areas received more than 100 mm (4 in). The image and a …
Spring flooding
The USGS has an online map called WaterWatch, which portrays conditions from stream gaging stations. Parts of Missouri and Arkansas have received a foot of rain this week, and that storm system has spread to the east. Black dots on the map are areas that are currently the highest above normal. The map is clickable--you …
Plant hardiness zones
Welcome to The GeoChristian. Out of over 600 posts on my blog, this one on plant hardiness zones is the one people find second most often via search engines. The purpose of The GeoChristian is twofold: 1. To enhance science literacy within the Evangelical Christian community. 2. To present a Biblical Christianity that is hostile …
Pop vs Soda
I like to have meaningful conversations at the dinner table---we are usually all together for the meal---but often I have little control over where the conversation ends up. Tonight we got back to the "pop" versus "soda" discussion that we have fruitlessly gotten into many times before. Shirley and I both grew up drinking "pop," …
Denominations in the U.S.
This item was originally posted in December 2006. It is now part of my blog recycling program. Because I have new readers of The GeoChristian, I will occasionally go back and re-use some of my favorite blog entries. The Map Gallery of Religion in the United States has maps showing the distribution of various religious …
A Montana Native’s Perception of New York City
A couple days ago I commented (click here) on a map of Montana printed by The New Yorker Magazine. (I got the map from Strange Maps). Those Easterners know that Montana has everything from militia groups to radical environmentalists, but they didn't know what part of the state to put them in. I was thinking …
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A different map of Montana
A few weeks ago I commented on the new geologic map of Montana. A beautiful work of art. Strange Maps has a map called Montana: The gorgeous mosaic: This map, from The New Yorker Magazine, is proof from once again that Easterners know nothing about Montana. The "obsessed environmentalists" are really concentrated around Missoula, in …
Google Maps — Terrain
Google maps (maps.google.com) has added a "terrain" option. Until now, one could view maps, aerial images, or both together. Now there is a terrain option, which allows viewing of a shaded relief map. It looks pretty good; my only complaint is the green-yellow-brown-white color scheme they included with it. When viewing maps at a state-wide …
Geologic Map of Montana
The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology has produced a new geologic map of the state. I own a very worn-out copy of the previous edition, which was published in 1955. The geology of the state hasn't changed since then, but our understanding of the state's geology has grown considerably in a half century. The …
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