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AAG brings together members of the global geographic community. We are an academic & professional organization representing educators, researchers, & practitioners in geography. https://www.aag.org/membership/
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Wrapping up Geography Awareness Week with a huge thank you to Dr. Michael McCanless for an engaging talk, an insightful Lunch & Learn, and a fun Mappy Hour ✨🌎 Thanks to everyone who joined us to celebrate the power of geographic thinking and the many ways it helps us understand our world!
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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ucgis.bsky.social
📅 November 17-21, 2025 is Geography Awareness Week! You’ve been celebrating Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day during this week! 🗺️🌍 Not yet? Still we have great chances to Discover the power of maps, explore career paths, and map out your next adventure. 🎉 #GeoWeek2025
Making Spaces of Possibility! Geography Awareness Week 2025 from November 17 to 21
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Day 5, the final day of Coding Maps for Beginners, is now up!

I'm closing out the series for Geography Awareness Week with one of the easiest upgrades you can add to a map: instant directions.

Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVT9...

#ArcGIS #maps #GIS #JavaScript #geography
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It’s the last day of #GeographyAwarenessWeek! How did you celebrate?! 🥳🌎🧭

Head over to earthsciweek.org/resources/classroom-activities/ & search “geography” for a EarthCaching #activity to do with your students! 🗺️

Follow @geographers.bsky.social for more resources! 😉

#GeoWeek #Education #Science
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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cyatteau.bsky.social
Day 4 of Coding Maps for Beginners is up!

Today you'll add a full search experience with a single line of code. Drop arcgis-search inside your arcgis-map and you get address lookup, suggestions, and instant zoom to any result.

Watch the tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndUe...

#ArcGIS #maps #GIS
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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We’re in the middle of Geography Awareness Week, & we wanna share a really neat resource. This is TopoView, a database where you can drop a location point and see every official USGS survey map of the area. Take a look and see how this (or any other) area has changed!
Get Maps
Explore, interact, and download USGS topographic maps free of charge from topoView.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Dr. Dawn Wright is a geographer, oceanographer & globally recognized expert in marine geographic information systems (GIS). She played a key role in creating the 1st #GIS data model for the oceans. 1/2 #GISday #WomenInSTEM #GeoWeek #oceanography

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Headshot of Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of Esri and celebrated oceanographer. A Black woman with a bright, joyful smile looking directly at the camera. Her hair is pulled back loosely, and she wears a deep burgundy Esri-branded collared shirt. The background is softly blurred, keeping all focus on her radiant, confident expression.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Happy Fourth day of #GeographyAwarenessWeek2025!🌍

Join the celebration! Explore all exciting #GeoWeek events happening around the world via 🌎AAG's #GAW2025 www.aag.org/geography-aw...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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How One Brilliant Woman Mapped the Ocean Floor’s Secrets: www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/arti...

Marie Tharp's meticulous hand-drawn #maps of the Atlantic Ocean floor were integral to the acceptance of plate-tectonic theory and confirmed continental drift. #WomenInSTEM #GeoWeek #cartography
Portrait of oceanographer Marie Tharp in her older years with white curly hair, smiling gently at the camera. She sits beside a large, colorful painted globe and in front of world ocean floor maps on the wall. She wears a dark patterned top with a brooch. Marie Tharp in her younger years, standing at a drafting table and painting one of her pioneering hand-drawn physiographic maps of the North Atlantic Ocean floor. A globe sits nearby; natural light comes through the window. She is focused on her work with brush in hand.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Closing out #geography awareness week 2025 with this cool t-shirt

#location #spatial #business #intelligence #GIS #geospatial #esri #arcgis #mapping #maps #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky @geographers.bsky.social @geography.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Are you a student or a professional with a passion for geography? Take advantage of AAG’s Professional Development Resources. Check out our Job Board for career growth needs, career profiles to discover new paths, or explore the Guide to the #Geography Programs if seeking a degree. buff.ly/AohpeuW
Graphic titled “AAG Resources for Your Professional Journey” with a blue and red theme. Left side lists services with simple icons: Jobs in Geography Center, Ask a Geographer, Career & Research Mentors, Profiles of Professional Geographers, Professional Development Webinars, and Guide to Geography Programs. Right side has a red banner that says “Consider Careers in Geography — A great choice for the world’s future.” Background shows a faint world map pattern.
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
geographers.bsky.social
From nautical and historical maps to fantasy, monster maps, and everything in between, one of the largest collections of #maps is at the AGS Library. Interim Curator, Georgia Brown, shares the staff’s efforts in maintaining the collection for #historical and educational purposes. buff.ly/N2SlMFp
Photo of Georgia Brown next to a line of globes.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
geographers.bsky.social
TODAY: As thousands of geographers are preparing to gather for #AAG2026, join NCGE for an opportunity to explore and understand how this city came into existence and how historic places can serve as sites of engagement and even reconciliation.

🌉🗺️ Join here 4 pm PDT / 7 pm EDT: buff.ly/7ViFuBU
Graphic with the name of the webinar and logos of the organizing partners. Provided by NCGE.
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Geographers develop careers in a wide range of fields/locations, from urban planning to precision agriculture, from mitigating the effects of climate change to assisting refugees as they build new homes. Learn more on the AAG Careers & Professional Development page: buff.ly/86tozih #GeoWeek2025
Text: Career Profiles. Learn more about geography careers from geographers working Across education, business, nonprofit organizations, and government Sectors. On the right are multiple images of interviewees.
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Fab - wonder, hope, maps, & spaces of possibility. #geographyTeacher
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Museums work as spaces of possibility, sparking wonder and offering hope. To achieve a deeper connection, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Kirk Johnson, believes in the integrative power of #maps to relate us to our world—how it was and will be. buff.ly/7Cn2WLV
Science On a Sphere is a room-sized, global display system that projects visualizations of planetary data onto a six foot diameter sphere to help illustrate Earth System science. Image courtesy of NOAA
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
geographers.bsky.social
Museums work as spaces of possibility, sparking wonder and offering hope. To achieve a deeper connection, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Kirk Johnson, believes in the integrative power of #maps to relate us to our world—how it was and will be. buff.ly/7Cn2WLV
Science On a Sphere is a room-sized, global display system that projects visualizations of planetary data onto a six foot diameter sphere to help illustrate Earth System science. Image courtesy of NOAA
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
geographers.bsky.social
As we celebrate this year’s #GeoWeek theme, “Making Spaces of Possibility,” what better spaces does our discipline have than libraries and archives that work to preserve materials?

Let's check out 4 incredible libraries and organizations and their work in conserving and promoting the discipline. ⬇️
Four columns of photos from each institution with text overlay in the middle: Exploring Spaces of Possibility.
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Scholarship is a profound act of love for humanity.

ACLS invites you to share your stories of scholarship as an act of love—deep archival research, teaching difficult subjects, reaching students, meaningful community collaborations, and breakthroughs that led to positive change: bit.ly/49ZTNi3
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Researchers at UBC, SFU and the UVic are working with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and BC Parks to better understand and steward some of B.C.’s most iconic and beloved landscapes: the alpine ecosystems of the southwest Coast Mountains.

Learn more: geog.ubc.ca/news/ubc-res...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Happy #GIS Day 2025!! Learn more about the event gisday.com/en-us/resour...

#GISDay #spatial #business #location #intelligence #geography #GISchat #geospatial #TheScienceOfWhere #geosky
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife as Trump expands oil drilling access in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Many members of the PASG attended the George Wright Society’s ParkForum 2025 workshop from October 20-23rd!

It was great to reconnect and be with likeminded scholars and practitioners who love parks and protected areas like we do!

Enjoy a few of the group photos we shared!

#GWS #ParkForum
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
geographers.bsky.social
#GeoWeek is the perfect time to share your love of the discipline. Want to help peers start their journey? Find your way with AAG’s Student Resource Page! Gain professional development resources, awards and grant opportunities, & how to become a member of a professional organization. buff.ly/aNhhuY1
Foreground photo of hands in a circle holding dirt and seedlings with the AAG logo and text overlay: Student Resources. Explore resources and organizations and tailor them to your needs.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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ucgis.bsky.social
Happy #GeographyAwarenessWeek! Follow @TheAAG this week for stories that show the world of possibilities in #geography. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE53... #WorldofPossibilities #GeoWeek #GeoWeek2025 Nov. 17-21
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
geographers.bsky.social
Happy #GISDay! GIScience/Systems creates spaces of possibility through the power of solving real-world problems, empowering communities, and enhancing decision-making across disciplines and fields.

Check out these AAG specialty groups that center on #GIScience and #systems! 🧵👇 (1/2)
Two men sitting in front of a desktop with mapping software. Image Credit: Geographic Information Science, M.S. | Programs | Clark University Creator: Tom Kates
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM