Thinking Spatially

This episode investigates Mt Vesuvius: Natural Hazards Analysis, past and present, and its impact on geographic studies.

Mt Vesuvius:  Public Domain

This episode discusses how geography is defined, exploring its traditions, themes, and standards.

Defining Geography

This episode investigates how photography impacted the study of the Earth and how geographers in turn impacted and used photography.  

Photography: Photograph by Joseph Kerski, Idaho-Washington USA border.

This episode discusses Bernhardus Varenius and the impact that the first modern geography textbook had on the past and present. 

Varenius: Geographia generalis, 1715

This episode discusses Sebastian Munster's contribution to geography:  Describing the Heavens and Earth in Cosmographia. 

Munster mapTabula Novarum Insularum, 1540: Public Domain.

This episode discusses how urbanization has impacted planet Earth and how geographers study urbanization. 

Urbanization: Phoenix AZ USA:   Photograph by Joseph Kerski.

This episode discusses Thomas Robert Malthus: Forecasting the future through Demography.  

Thomas Malthus

This episode investigates Time: How it is embedded in geography, and how standardization and time zones impacted our world. 

Time:  Its impact on geography, how it is studies, and on our everyday lives.  Photo by Joseph Kerski.

This episode discusses UAVs: Unmanned or Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, or Drones, and their impact on geography and geotechnologies. 

UAVs or Drones:  Photograph by Joseph Kerski.

This episode investigates The Treaty of Tordesillas and Its Impact on Exploration and Settlement, Past and Present.

the Treaty of Tordesillas