Reference: South Sudan Is Has Just Become a New Nation; Download a Copy of an Updated World Map From The Guardian
From The Guardian’s Data Blog:
On 9 July the Republic of South Sudan becomes the earth’s newest country – instantly making the world’s atlases completely out of date. So here’s your new guide to the globe to download and explore. Just click ‘play’ and use Prezi’s pan and zoom buttons by mousing over the right of the screen.
A PDF version of the Map is Also Available
See Also: Collection of South Sudan Maps from Perry-Castaneda Library at U. of Texas at Austin
See Also: Government of South Sudan Web Site
See Also: South Sudan Country Profile (via BBC)
See Also: South Sudan Independence Q&A (and Map)
See Also: South Sudan Fast Facts (via The Guardian)
See Also: Briefing on the New Republic of South Sudan (via U.S. Dept. of State)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.