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World Regional Geography: This document maps OER (curated by librarians and vetted for content and alignment by subject matter experts) to specific outcomes/competencies or items for this course (GEO 105, Colorado).
Last update: Jun 27/22
Maps
OpenStreetMap (ODbL/CC BY-SA) by Open Street Map

OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.

United States Map Gallery (CC BY-NC-SA) by Valparaiso University

The maps in this collection draw from data from the U.S. Census Bureau and reveal much about the settlement and subsequent migrations of many groups in the United States. These maps also show the socio-economic picture for much of the country, at least through the lens of topics like education, poverty, life expectancy, and household size. Developed primarily for use in my American Ethnic Geography course (GEO 200), this map collection demonstrates that diversity and regionalism are alive and well in the United States.

Worldmapper (CC BY-NC-SA) by World Mapper

Worldmapper is a collection of world maps called cartograms, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
Supplementary Materials
Geospatial Technology Learning Resources (Various CC licences) by Skills Commons NS

A collection of resources relating to geospatial technology.

Open Geography Education (CC BY) by R. Adam Dastru

This website is dedicated to providing free or open curriculum and resources to anybody who is interested in our geographic world. It includes links to open textbooks, map assignments, and online resources.

The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography (CC BY-NC-SA) by Joel Quam and Scott Campbell

In essay format, this textbook considers examples of various sub-categories of Geography in combination with five regions of the Western World.
Textbooks
Geosciences LibreTexts Library (CC BY-NC-SA) by LibreTexts

A collection of open textbooks, assignments, and other educational resources on the subject of geosciences.

Introduction to Geomatics (CC BY-SA)by Scott Bell

This textbook was developed as a supplement to Introduction to Geomatics (GEOG 222) at the University of Saskatchewan. The content is a mix of original content (95% to 100% of the text and most of the images) created by Professor Scott Bell while other material comes from attributed sources (attribution is included at the beginning of a chapter or section, or for the note taking guide, on each slide or at the culmination of a series of slides).

Introduction to Human Geography (CC BY-SA) by R. Adam Dastrup.

This textbook includes chapters on Population and Migration, Cultural Geography, Political Geography, Sustainable Development, Food, Water, & Agriculture, Urban Geography, Environmental Issues, and Living with Disasters.

Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, First British Columbia Edition (CC BY-NC-SA) by Stuart MacKinnon; Chani Welch; Katie Burles; Crystal Huscroft; Nina Hewitt; Gillian Krezoski; Andrew Perkins; Leonard Tang; Terence Day; Craig Nichol; Todd Redding; Allison Lutz; Ian Saunders; and Fes de Scally

This lab manual is a cross-institutional project from British Columbia (BC), Canada that provides 22 labs to be implemented within first year post-secondary physical geography courses. The labs have been developed to be easily adapted for various course structures, durations, and differing laboratory learning objectives set out by instructors. Instructor notes are provided for each lab that outline the instructional intent of the lab author, along with some suggestions for modification. The first edition of this lab manual is intended as a beta test of the lab manual for the 2020/21 academic year.

Mapping, Society, and Technology (CC BY-NC) by Steven Manson

Learn how to read, use, and create maps and along the way explore how maps reflect the relationship between society and technology. Mapping is an essential form of scientific and artistic inquiry as well as a trillion dollar business. People, companies, and governments use and misuse maps and map technology to tell stories, save lives, rig elections, and spy on you.

National Disaster and Human Impacts (CC BY-SA) by Open Geography Education

This textbook includes chapters on natural disasters, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, tsunamis, weather hazards, severe weather, hurricanes, climatic disasters, wildfires, climate change, impacts, and extinctions.

The Physical Environment: An Introduction to Physical Geography (CC BY-SA) by Michael Ritter

Physical Geography (Various CC licences) by Course Hero

An open textbook published by Lumen Learning on Physical Geography. It includes chapters on planet Earth; plate tectonics; tectonic forces; weathering, erosion, and deposition; Earth's fresh water; oceans and coastal environments; the atmosphere; weather processes and systems.

The Western World: Daily Readings on Geography (CC BY-NC-SA) by Joel Quam and Scott Campbell

In essay format, this textbook considers examples of various sub-categories of Geography in combination with five regions of the Western World.
Media Attributions

 	
Sask map Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons