mapping 120 of the World’s National Birds on a Map December 19, 2023 / September 19, 2024 by Adam DuVander Most people know that the Bald Eagle represents the United States. But can you name the national bird of Argentina or Luxembourg? A total of 114 countries are represented by one avian species or another—whether officially or unofficially. In fact, some have more than one! Despite a representation that feels unique, some countries have feathered […] Read more »
mapping The World’s Largest Running Events on a Map December 11, 2023 / April 15, 2024 by Adam DuVander The Guinness Book of World Records lists world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. This can be anything from the tallest living woman to the longest-airing sitcom—or the largest running events. The world’s largest running events are based on the number of registrants, not distance. The 10 largest had […] Read more »
mapping Capture Location Data & Geographic Coordinates from a Wikipedia Table in a Spreadsheet December 4, 2023 / December 4, 2023 by Adam DuVander Many modern teachers tell their students not to rely on Wikipedia as a source of information. But it’s difficult to ignore one of the Internet’s top sites, peer-reviewed all day long by the connected world. The free online encyclopedia is often the only place some information is aggregated. With crowd-sourced data about anything and everything, […] Read more »