GeoCurrents

A fascinating map of the number of horses per U.S. county, made by @hdk_maps, was recently posted on X (“Twitter”).

An astounding map by @patfscott showing the “estimated Amish share of annual births by county 2026” in the U.S. was recently posted on X by @Pigrau.

As noted in the previous GeoCurrents post, Russian military deaths in the Ukraine war vary greatly by region, ranging from a high of 650 per 100,000 residents in Tuva to a low of 26 in Moscow.

A widely circulated map of Russian war deaths from February 2022 to August 2026, based on information from the Russia 200 project, reveals some stark differences among Russia’s federal subjects (divisions of the country), as well as some interesting regio…

In late September 2026, the Yemeni journalist Hussain Albukhaiti, a Houthi-aligned commentator based in Sanaa, publicly asserted Yemeni claims to the Saudi provinces of Najran, Jizan, and Asir, claiming they will be conquered and annexed if the current war

As I often mock the AI-slop maps that I see on X (“Twitter”), my account has apparently responded by sending even more garbage my way.

Oddly, maps of “excessive drinking” in the United States do not correspond particularly well with maps of per capita alcohol consumption.

The map of excessive drinking in the United States that was recently discussed in GeoCurrents was originally posted on IntoxiStates.com and is based on information from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, as packaged by the University of…

A map of U.S. counties that supposedly shows the percentage of residents who drink alcohol excessively has recently received a lot of attention.

The Pew Research Center recently published an interesting “religious diversity index,” which I have re-mapped (below).

I would like to direct my readers’ attention to a new Substack publication by Pete Morris called Terra Cognita.

Although I use Artificial Intelligence extensively to acquire and check information, I continue to be appalled by AI mapping.

As I periodically contemplate the abysmal state of geographical education and knowledge in the United States, I can’t help comparing it to the situation that existed in earlier times.

As noted in the previous GeoCurrents post on the “deserts” of Colombia, Colombia is usually considered to be the world’s rainiest country, receiving some 127 inches (3249 mm) of precipitation annually, averaged over the entire country.

Given that Colombia is usually considered the world’s rainiest country, with roughly 3,240 millimeters (128 inches) of average annual precipitation, I was surprised to find tourism firms advertising visits to the “Deserts of Colombia.”