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But, in fact, humans DO change weather patterns. I'm told, for example, that the weather in the valley in which Phoenix, Arizona is located has changed considerably over the years because of increased population, which has (a) paved over massive areas of the former desert and/or (b) installed massive amounts of air condition, which pumps hot, humid air back into the environment and (c) the continually constructed golf courses. The latter, of course, being nothing but heavily watered grass where sand and rock existed before. Thus, the average humidity is greater and the literal path of seasonal thunderstorms has shifted. And while this might seem to have little to do with mapping per se, I submit that maps are the necessary and best way to sort out such phenomena. -Tom Johnson =============================================== J. T. Johnson Boston University Institute for Analytic Journalism [log in to unmask] www.jtjohnson.com 617.353.5969[o] 617.926.1313[h] 617.233.2294[c] JAGIS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JAGIS-L =============================================== -----Original Message----- From: Discussing ways of mapping and visualising Internet infrastructure and Web space [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of david wiles Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 7:17 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Along with Steve's comment on tombstones, the following article adds another dimension to geography. * Bigger Than Weather, El Niņo A Force of History Humans may not be able to change the weather, but the weather has had a powerful effect on the course of major events in human history, according to a University of Florida geographer's new book on the global weather anomaly known as El Niņo. http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2001news/elninobook.htm David Wiles ps. "I knew Truman, Truman was a friend of mine and Mr._____ you are no Truman.' --------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Discussing ways of mapping and visualising Internet infrastructure and Web space [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Steve Franklin Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 4:49 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 31 Aug 2001 to 1 Sep 2001 (#2001-35) I've been doing some genealogical research lately that involves reading and photographing tombstones in various places, and I can assure you that geography is still all too painfully alive. ______ Steve Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher M. Everett" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 09:13 AM Subject: Re: [MAPPING-CYBERSPACE] MAPPING-CYBERSPACE Digest - 31 Aug 2001 to 1 Sep 2001 (#2001-35) | In a message dated 9/1/2001 6:19:42 PM Central Daylight Time, | [log in to unmask] writes: | | | "....so even geography is (for some purposes, and in some ways) not yet | dead, it is surely (for some purposes, and in some ways) has a lot less | relevance for our lives." | | I read a quote like this and I actually start felling bad for the perosn who | wrote it. I see direct and indirect connections to geography almost daily. | Geogrpahy also seems, to me, to be one of the "base" sciences that so many | other subjects get at least some of their basis from. I even have coworkers | who have no education past high school and they can see how "geography is all | around us." | | C. Everett | [log in to unmask] |