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fromTombh
1 day ago

The Longest Line Of Sight

The place on Earth from which you can, in theory, see further than any other is between an unnamed Himalayan ridge near the Indian-Chinese border and Pik Dankova in Kyrgyzstan. It is just over 530km.
Roam Research
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
1 month ago

PREMIUM Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they're speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Women historically contributed to mapping but were overlooked; geospatial technologies and GIS expanded education, employment and research opportunities, increasing women's access to mapmaking.
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fromMail Online
7 months ago

Lost Mayan city is FOUND in Mexican jungle after 330 years

Scientists discovered a lost Mayan city, Sac Balam, where the Lakandon Chʼol resisted Spanish conquest for 109 years.
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