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Yet, information on this hidden resource is still weak in many places. In order to provide data and information about the major groundwater resources of the world and thus make a contribution to their reasonable management and protection the World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme WHYMAP was launched in The programme compiles data on groundwater from national, regional and global sources, and visualises them in maps, web map applications and services.

The generated products provide information on quantity, quality and vulnerability of the groundwater resources on earth and help communicating groundwater related issues to water experts as well as decision makers and the general public. Delete ServiceSuche. The census showed Iowa has continued to see population shift from rural areas to urban areas.

The census found 67 of Iowa's 99 counties, most of them rural, lost population while the Des Moines area remains the fastest-growing metro in the Midwest. Democrats have sounded the alarm about the possibility of map manipulation this year because if Republicans do not pass one of the first two maps, they will have the opportunity to modify the third proposal.

Democratic leaders have said they believe Republicans' concerns on the previous map were illegitimate, and that the first map was fair and acceptable. The oddly shaped districts in question were due to staff's attempt to balance the various criteria and city boundaries, they said.

Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, has responded to concerns of gerrymandering by pointing to the stipulations Republicans must follow in Iowa Code, saying they serve as guardrails for the process. Evan Burger, a Democratic consultant who works on redistricting, said he believes the nonpartisan staff did well balancing the various factors in the first map.

The instructions Republicans gave are vague, he said. What will that mean for district shapes? But Burger said he doubts there will be another figure eight. Reach him at irichardson registermedia. Facebook Twitter Email. Iowa's next redistricting map may have some weird shapes. Here's why — and how it differs from gerrymandering. Ian Richardson Des Moines Register. This site provides one such path: Learn to Map.

Quality geographic data helps empower organizations and communities to make important decisions across a range of environmental, economic and crisis management themes.

For many places in the world, this information is incomplete or does not exist at all. Digital humanitarians map online to help give others the data they need to build a more sustainable future. There are many other free maps on the Internet, but most have legal or technical restrictions preventing others from using the data openly.