This is a map I made to assuage my curiosity regarding the relationship between bear habitat and place names containing ‘bear’. I used the habitat of the black bear as it’s by far the most prevalent bear species in North America.
![Black bear habitat overlaid with place names containing 'bear'](https://www.spatialoverlay.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bear-Placenames.png)
GIS Musings
This is a map I made to assuage my curiosity regarding the relationship between bear habitat and place names containing ‘bear’. I used the habitat of the black bear as it’s by far the most prevalent bear species in North America.