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self-promotion I invite AOIR members to visit <a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/">our blog</a> dedicated to mapping and analyzing
user generated information about places. T<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>e
results provide one glimpse of w<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>at
t<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>e "internet" knows about
particular places. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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data/maps are part of a larger academic researc<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>
project and t<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>e blog provides an
informal means of distributing some of t<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>e
findings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/12/user-created-geographies-of-religion.html">Religious
practice around the world</a><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font color=blue><o:p></o:p></font></u></span></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=284 height=200 id="_x0000_i1025"
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font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/11/visualizing-abortion-debate_8973.html">Availability
of Abortion services in the U.S.</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=258 height=199 id="_x0000_i1026"
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2010/01/metropolitan-level-maps-of-cyberscapes.html">New
York’s Cyberscape</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=221 height=194 id="_x0000_i1027"
src="cid:image003.jpg@01CA9E8C.B19236C0"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/10/google-mapping-2008-us-presidential.html">Placemarks
and the</a></span></font></b><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font color=blue><o:p></o:p></font></u></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/10/google-mapping-2008-us-presidential.html">2008
U.S. presidential election</a></span></font></u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/11/where-is-intellect.html">Bookstores
and churches</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/11/mapping-wikipedia.html">Mapping
Wikipedia</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>T<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>ere
will be between 2-3 new posting a week at t<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>e
<a href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/">FloatingSheep.org blog</a> so please
subscribe via email, twitter (@floating_s<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>eep),
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We would also greatly
appreciate if you could forward this on to anyone you think would be
interested. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>All comments and
critiques are welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Cheers...Matthew Zook<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>p.s. We've posted a <a
href="http://www.floatingsheep.org/2009/12/factsheet-faq-for-floatingsheeporg_07.html">quick
overview of the project</a> as well as listing academic articles if you are
interested in more in dept<st1:PersonName w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>
explanation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Matt<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">h</st1:PersonName>ew Zook<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Department of Geography<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font
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of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kentucky</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1457 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Patterson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Office</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Tower</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
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<st1:State w:st="on">KY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">40506-0027</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>859.257.8334 (phone)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>859.323.1969 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>zook@uky.edu<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>http://www.zook.info/ <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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