the province “known for having the most efficient recycling program in Canada,” only one of the three companies tested recycled the bales of plastic sent into the recycling stream. A second company burned it, while a third dumped it in a landfill. ...
While we don’t always have the capacity to respond to current climate events, the wildfires in Canada this past summer were historic. I worked quickly to analyze, map, and chart the historically burned areas in Canada to illustrate how this summer’s wildfires were exponentially larger and occ...
Added maps of USA with congressional districts. Version 1.0.2 (2014-06-27) Added admin2 maps for Canada Provinces. Added admin2 country map for The Netherlands and Canada. Added USA map with island territories. Added border lines to admin2 country maps where this was missing. ...
In May 2022, the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) announced that the number of Sections will increase by 1 from Jan 01st 2023. The Maritime (MAR) section is abolished, to be replaced by 2 single-province sections: New Brunswick (NB) and Nova Scotia (NS). The Greater Toronto Area (GTA...
World maps can often be misleading due to how the three-dimensional earth is projected onto a two-dimensional surface. Different projections distort various elements such as size, shape, or distance. One of the most famous projections is theMercator projection, often criticized for enlarging the si...
Learn all about map projection. Understand what map projection is, learn how scales work in map projection, and read the main types of map projections. Updated: 11/21/2023 Table of Contents What is Map Projection? Types of Map Projections Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions What is ...
World maps can often be misleading due to how the three-dimensional earth is projected onto a two-dimensional surface. Different projections distort various elements such as size, shape, or distance. One of the most famous projections is theMercator projection, often criticized for enlarging the si...
CBC News reportson the launch of anIndigenous Knowledges componentto theClimate Atlas of Canada: Until now,the interactive atlasdid not show climate change projections for Indigenous communities. Only Canadian urban centres were included. The newly-launched feature provides information about the impacts ...
Mercator’s map inadvertently also pumps up the sizes of Europe and North America. Visually speaking, Canada and Russia appear to take up approximately 25% of the Earth’s surface, when in reality they occupy a mere 5%. As the animated GIF below—created by Reddit user, neilrkaye –demonst...
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