Daily Field Notes #171

in #geopolis6 years ago (edited)

"I'm not young enough to know everything." ~ J.M. Barrie

How nice that you made it to this Daily Field Note! It is already the 171th edition where we put great posts from the last day(s) in the spotlight. This way you can easily find articles worth reading and authors get more of the exposure they deserve.

Geopolis is a community that promotes and connects people who are interested in fields of "global" sciences. These are the sciences that deal with planet earth and the interesting interactions taking place on it. Although just as fascinating, they do not always fit in the categories of "STEM". Here at Geopolis they are the corner stone of the community.

How to get your post in this selection? You do not have to be a member for your post to get featured in the Daily Field Notes. Just write your post with the #geopolis tag, or one of the other featured tags: #Geography - #Geology - #Ecology - #Archeology - #Anthropology - #History

If you want to support this curation effort, consider joining our fanbase or our curation trail to automatically support similar authors like the ones in this posts. These are two things you can do using "SteemAuto"

Geography: INTRODUCTION TO CARTOGRAPHY - DASYMETRIC MAPPING

 

Original post by @lordneroo

Hello everyone How are you doing today? I hope everything's fine. Everything is going great as far as I am concerned, only problem is I have been quite busy lately. Too many things going on that I need to handle and too much work I don't want to miss out on, so it goes without saying that my time is limited. This is also the main reason why I haven't published another part of this series in the last twenty days, so here I am to make it up to you. Let's waste no more time and get this started As promised in a previous regarding the elements of Chloropleth mapping, this time we will move on to the next category of thematic maps, which are broadly known as Dasymetric maps. We are going to el...

Geology: My Faults: A Journey Along the Pacific and North American Plates, Part 1 of 3 (Alaska to Haida Gwaii)

 

Original post by @donkeypong

Looking at a large map, most earthquake faults make sense. They are the boundaries between continent blocks, nature's version of borders. They are cracks between the big plates beneath our feet, tectonic plates that move endlessly over the molten core of the earth. Where these plates collide, slip, and slide beneath one another, we get seismic activity like earthquakes and volcanoes. Even in the middle of plates, where there are thin spots in the earth's crust, events can occur. But most big seismic action happens along the periphery where plates come together. Over the last 10 years or so, I've become fascinated by this geology. If I'm honest, then 'worried' might be a better word, ...

History: Mother Earth isn't always so nice: When All Life Almost Died 252 Million Years Ago

 

Original post by @anzha

In the old mythologies, there are often two companions who created the world and/or were parents to the gods that followed. Often the father was associated with the sky and the mother with the world or Earth. Earth Mother, Mother Earth or even Mother Nature all stem from this basic memetic ancestry. In recent years though, Mother Nature has been portrayed as a loving, caring maternal figure. This is probably because much of life has become so tame, at least in the natural sense, compared to what our ancestors faced. Few of us, at least in the West, have to ...

This was todays selection of post. Make sure to check out other authors or join the conversations on discord. Upvoting this post will support more of these authors creating quality content.

Memberships

Any account writing in the categories mentioned above are able to get supported by Geopolis. Base votes are currently worth less than one SBD (0.07) so your support can surely help many others. You can become a member which will not only help us grow, but also allows you to get bigger rewards. Depending on the amount of support you give, your possible rewards can increase as well.

Member statuses can be found in the discord channel or asked in the comments

  Advantages How to become one
Member Upvotes worth 2x the base vote

A one time fee of 1 steem/SBD

Transfer the membership fee to @geopolis and optionally ask a moderator on discord for confirmation

Member+ Upvote worth 4x base vote

Be a member and upvote at least 5 out of 7 posts written by Geopolis (Daily Field Notes)

Helper Upvote worth 5x base vote

Be already a member(+)

Delegate 50SP to Geopolis

Hero Upvote worth 5x base vote and posts get resteemed

Be already a member(+)

Delegate 100SP or more to Geopolis

For the status of Member+, every few days the 7 latest posts are assessed. Members who upvoted at least 5 of those 7 posts automatically become Member+. The roles are not yet automatically updated on discord but this will be implemented in the future. When in doubt about your membership status you can always contact a moderator on discord who will gladly check it for you. A very useful tool to automatically upvote posts written by Geopolis is steemauto.

Banner

If you would like to use our custom made banner, you can copy and paste one of the following codes:

HTML:

<a href="https://steemit.com/geopolis/@geopolis/geopolis-the-community-for-global-sciences-update-4"><img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmNXiDn9J8yiPNrSP7Ue7WY1mBVLdPnfrKrHYJu2Y4BwNa" /></a>

MARKDOWN:

[<img src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmNXiDn9J8yiPNrSP7Ue7WY1mBVLdPnfrKrHYJu2Y4BwNa">](https://steemit.com/geopolis/@geopolis/geopolis-the-community-for-global-sciences-update-4) 

Transparency

If you have any questions or doubts about the project, feel free to contact us on discord. Although curation of posts is decentralized, the selection of these posts is done by @samve on a daily basis.

Upvoting and resteeming posts of Geopolis allows us to grow and reach more people, which will result in a flourishing community where everyone benefits. All rewards from these posts flow back to the people creating good content == you!

Get involved with Geopolis on the Discord chat