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Wilderness in Your Pocket: Southwest Indian Country [Part 3]
June 7, 2017
The still occupied Hopi, Zuni, and Acoma Pueblos date back 700 years. The Europeans who settled in the Southwest adopted the adobe structures and compact village plans of the Pueblos. The Pueblos adopted many domestic animals and various crafts from the Old World, including blacksmithing and woodworking. Early Tribe Culture…
Wilderness in Your Pocket: Southwest Indian Country [Part 2]
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Basket Makers were predecessors of the Pueblo, they are jointly referred to by archaeologists as the Anasazi culture. One system of dating places their arrival in the area as early as 1500 BCE. They lived chiefly in houses with adobe floors and learned to grow corn and squash, probably from…
Wilderness in Your Pocket: Southwest Indian Country
May 10, 2017
The Southwest area generally extends over Arizona, New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado and Utah. The first humans to inhabit the Americas are presumed to have moved from N.E. Asia across a land bridge, known as Beringia, exposed in the Bering Sea region several times during the Ice…
Collaboration for the Mapping Industry
April 28, 2017
This presentation was given by Guy Johnson on November 30, 2016 at the IMIA Americas Conference, San Diego, California. In this time of the changing model of map publishing, collaboration is a way to be more efficient. Why do we need to re make a map that is already…
A Wine Tasting Trip Along the California Coast
March 21, 2017
Ahh … a relaxing weekend just you and your spouse or just the girls. Where will you go? What will you do? Ever think about taking a drive along the California Coast and visiting the wineries? We have the perfect map for you, Califonia Wine Country. Want to sound like…