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Graham Jones is a land-use planner, technical author and consultant. He operates primarily in the field of leisure geography, but it is his love for all things map-related that led him into working with GIS. He uses GIS as part of his own project work for clients, as well as for other consultancies who require this service.
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In conjunction with Ethos Environmental Planning Ltd, Maptonics is working on new GIS related projects for Stroud District Council, and for three local authorities comprising the South Worcestershire joint local plan partnership.
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There are estimated to be 36,403 km of river in England. This excludes smaller drainage tracts, and static water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs. The figure is (very roughly) the circumference of the planet. This map summarises England's river systems and how they are managed.This map and accompany table show the estimated and projected population change in 40 of 590 major urban centres across the planet, between 1950 and 2050. It is based on UN commissioned research published in 2007: 10 years old now, but still relevant for showing overall trends. Data were collected from national census surveys where available, so the picture is not quite complete. Patterns of global population growth and urbanisation are completely different compared with the 19th and early to mid-20th Century. Europe's once great centres of industry are no longer among the world's largest cities. Most of the future growth in urban areas globally will be in low and middle income countries. The major focus of change is now emphatically in parts of Asia, Africa and South America. People and Societies cohere into urban areas for many reasons, and there are huge social, cultural, educational, and technological advantages in so-doing. Focusing human population in one place can also be effective in conserving natural resources, and in efficient use of energy. But urbanisation also presents immense problems, as this chart describes.
The earth is covered in enormous and irregular shaped rocks (known as plates) that are part of the Earth’s lithosphere (crust and mantle). Major plates tend to be greater than 20 million km2 in area. Minor plates are less than 20 million km2 in size but greater than one million km2. Plates that are smaller than one million km2 are known as microplates. This map shows only major plates. The juxtaposition and forces driving these major plates produces spectacular, awe-inspiring, and sometimes devastating effects. This map can be downloaded and used as a student teaching aid.Warning- incoming Santa!
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