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17 août 2017
22:30
Food Insecurity in America
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Food Insecurity in the United States is an interactive map which shows the number of people who need food assistance in each county in the United States. The map uses data from Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap project. There are a number of clusters of counties, especially in the south east, which have high levels of food insecurity. Many of these, for example in the Mississippi Delta
18:30
Donald's 'Beautiful Statues'
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The Southern Poverty Law Center has found over 1,500 symbols of the Confederacy in public spaces, mostly in the southern United States. These include not just statues and other memorials but schools, parks and roads which have been named for Confederate leaders or battles. In Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy the SPLC has included an interactive map showing the location of
16 août 2017
18:50
Dancing Maps
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I've just spent the last ten minutes singing to a map. The map enjoyed it and even danced for my pleasure. You too can make this map dance. Just turn on your microphone when prompted and then start singing your favorite song. If the map likes your voice then all the buildings will start dancing for you. The dancing map is possible because of Mapbox GL's runtime styling capabilities. The map
10:39
The Best Views in London
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What do you get if you ask a computer to find the most scenic places in London? The answer is this map of London's Most Scenic Views. Researchers at the University of Warwick trained a neural network on images from ScenicOrNot. ScenicOrNot is an online data science project which asks people to rate the views depicted in photos by how scenic they are. The neural network was used to identify
15 août 2017
20:30
The Dot Map of Canadian Languages
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The Dot Map of Canadian Languages uses data from the 2016 census to show the mother tongues of everyone in Canada. The map provides a great overview of where different language speakers live in each Canadian town and city. Unfortunately the map doesn't come with any information so I can't be entirely sure how many people each dot represents. Each dot could be one language speaker or each dot
18:30
Solar Eclipse Simulators
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Next Monday everyone in the United States, even in Alaska and Hawaii, will be able to witness at least a partial solar eclipse. If you want to know how full an eclipse you will see then you need the HeyWhatsThat 2017 Eclipse map. The HeyWhatsThat solar eclipse preview tool is very simple to use. You simply need to click on the Google Map to show your location and you can instantly see what the
16:50
Bat Detectives
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There were 5117 bat calls made in my local park last night. Actually there were probably a lot more, but 5117 of them were captured by the bat sensors in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. The majority of the bat calls detected were recorded by Sensor 7. There are 15 sensors in total, although Sensor 15 and Sensor 4 don't seem to be working at the moment. Sensor 1 and Sensor 3 do
14 août 2017
22:30
Every Wind Farm in America
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The American wind energy industry is expanding very quickly. Over $143 billion has been invested in new wind energy projects in the United States in the last 10 years. You can view how the number of wind farms has grown in the USA since the 1980's on a new interactive map from the American Wind Energy Association. The AWEA's new U.S. Wind Industry Map shows the location of every utility scale
20:30
DC's Historical Street View
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From 1948 to 1952 John P. Wymer systematically photographed every single neighborhood in Washington DC. The result is an incredible historical record of the American capital in the mid-twentieth century. Wymer's DC allows you to view all 4,000 images in the John P. Wymer Photograph Collection superimposed on top of Google Maps Street View. This allows you to directly compare the Washington DC
18:30
How Does Your Neighborhood Rank?
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Last week Beñat Arregi released a series of interactive maps showing how Airbnb customers rank the neighborhoods where they have stayed. After staying in a Airbnb property visitors are asked to give feedback on the property and on the neighborhood where it is located. The aggregated ratings made by guests for each listing on Airbnb is publicly available. This means that you can use the Airbnb
12 août 2017
18:00
Mapping Cabs in NYC
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Back in 2014 Chris Whong created an impressive interactive map using New York Taxi Data. Chris' map provided a great insight into the daily life of one New York taxi driver. The impressive amount of data released by the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission however has other stories to tell about life and people in the Big Apple. For example, Esri's John Nelson has created a story map looking at
11 août 2017
18:30
Subway Specs
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New York architect Candy Chan was amazed to discover that there are no three-dimensional plans of New York subway stations. She therefore decided to create her own. The result is X-Ray Area Maps, a series of beautifully drawn bird's eye view illustrations of subway stations which reveal the tunnels, platforms and escalators which exist under New York's streets. Each of the five 3d plans
10 août 2017
18:30
Transgender Laws and Persecution
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The Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project has mapped laws affecting the lives of trans people in countries around the world. The map allows users to better understand both the legal situation and the actual social application of these law in 126 countries across the globe. If you select a country on the Legal and Social Mapping interactive map you can read a detailed overview of the legal,
15:19
North or South? The Fast Food Decides
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After centuries of causing untold misery around the world the British have finally struck on a way to settle territorial disputes in a fair and disinterested manner. It's called the 'Fast Food Method'. Let me explain ... In recent years British geographers have discovered that most geopolitical issues can be solved by plotting the geographical distribution and density of fast food
09 août 2017
18:30
Stinking Neighborhoods on Airbnb
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Have you ever wondered how visitors from out of town rate your neighborhood? There is an easy way to find out. You just have to ask Airbnb customers. The Airbnb feedback section includes an option for guests to rate the area in which they have been staying. After their visit Airbnb guests rate the neighborhood using a star based system. The aggregated rating made by guests for each listing
13:30
The Sound of Global Protest
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Cities and Memory has created the first sound map to document the different soundscapes of political protest around the world. The map includes sound recordings made during protests in 27 different countries. It allows you to listen to Americans protesting against Donald Trump, Icelanders demonstrating against the collapse of the country's banks and the English protesting against Brexit. You
08 août 2017
20:30
Spying on the Spy Planes - Part Two
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Some of the most memorable interactive maps of 2016 were the ones created by Buzzfeed to illustrate their Spies in the Skies investigation into the use of spy planes by the FBI and the DHS. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security make daily flights over American cities in spy planes equipped with high-resolution video cameras and cell phone tracking equipment. In their investigation
18:30
A Game of Thrones Filming Locations
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It is said that long ago, before the Doom when dragons still flew above the towers of Tyria, Valyrian wizards could use the magic of obsidian candles to see across vast distances. A wizard could light a candle in the Valyrian Freehold in Essos and instantly spy on the Hand of the King, across the Narrow Sea in the Red Keep of King's Landing. With the rebirth of the dragons the magic of
07 août 2017
18:30
When Was Indianapolis Built?
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This When Was Indianapolis Built interactive map shows the age of construction of buildings in the city of Indianapolis. The color of the building footprints on the map show the year of build. The map shows the geographical distribution of the age of buildings in Indianapolis. The accompanying bar chart visualizes the temporal distribution of construction in the city, showing the number of
11:30
The Car Crime Map
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It can take a thief as little as 10 seconds to break into your car. It is therefore important that you park and leave your car somewhere safe. But where is safe? Co-op Insurance has released an interactive map to help UK car drivers see where vehicle crime is most frequent. Enter your location into Park Smart and you can view the location of nearby car crimes that have occurred in the last
04 août 2017
20:30
Here Be Lots of Monsters
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Mythical Creatures and Where to Find Them is the definitive atlas to all the world's strangest creatures. Whether you're a hunter of dragons, yeti, vampires or niki-nankas then this is the map for you. This custom designed fantasy styled map includes information about a number of mythical creatures. If you select a marker on the map you can learn more about the selected creature and where in
18:30
The Underwater Search for Flight MH370
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During the search for the missing aircraft Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 the Australian Transport Safety Bureau were responsible for conducting underwater search operations. Part of this search included a bathymetric survey to create a detailed map of the sea floor topography in the search area. In one of the largest marine surveys ever conducted the ATSB collected 710,000 square kilometres
03 août 2017
18:30
Do You Know Where Ireland Is?
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The UK has just one land border (Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland). With only this one land border you would think that the residents of the UK would be able to identify Ireland on a map. Unfortunately 1 in 10 Britons can't accurately identify the Republic of Ireland on an atlas. 10% of Britons taking GoCompare's 'How Well Do You Know Europe' online quiz
12:10
Passchendaele 360
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"I died in hell – they called it Passchendaele." - Siegfried Sassoon This week marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Passchendaele, the First World War campaign that lasted from from July to November 1917. The opening assault of the battle took place in heavy rain. In this heavy downpour the low lying land was churned up by the men, horses, equipment and heavy
02 août 2017
21:23
Every Solar Eclipse for 150 Years
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A few weeks ago the Washington Post released an interactive globe showing all the solar eclipses happening around the world between now and your 100th birthday. Enter your year of birth into Here’s Every Total Solar Eclipse Happening in Your Lifetime and the path of every solar eclipse happening in your lifetime will be shown on the interactive globe. Well - maybe not all the eclipses in your
18:30
The Rise of Opioid Overdoses
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US Senator for Utah Mike Lee has released an interactive map showing Unintentional Opioid Overdose Deaths. The map uses mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The senator's Leaflet map shows the rise in opioid overdose deaths at county level from 1979 to 2015. Using the timeline you can select to view the number of overdose deaths for any five year period in these
10:50
Digital Dreams & Electric Sheep
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UK based artist Memo Akten has trained machine learning algorithms on tens of thousands of paintings in the Google Art Project. He then presented his machine learning algorithms with a virtual paintbrush and canvas to see what they could create for themselves. You can view the results in Learning to Dream, a gallery of 24 works of art created by Memo's generative adversarial network. The
01 août 2017
18:30
The Strava Speed Map
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There are quite a few mapped visualizations which show you the most popular routes for cyclists and joggers who use the popular sports tracking apps. These heat maps are great for discovering the most used roads and routes by cyclists and joggers but they don't tell you much else about the roads and routes used by all those users. The Strava Activities Map has a different approach to mapping
12:30
The Irish Singles Map
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If you are looking for love in Ireland then you need the Irish Singles Map. This interactive map from the Irish Central Statistics Office uses data from the 2016 census to show you where all the single men & women are living in Ireland. You can consult the map to find locations nearby with the most singles. For example, if you live in Dublin, you should head for a night out in Maynooth, where
31 juillet 2017
21:22
How to Make a Hurricane Map
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Esri's Maps We Love is a great collection of interactive maps. It also contains some great insider tips for making great maps. For each map in the collection Esri explores what makes the map work and how the map was made. The latest addition to the collection is the How-To: Hurricane Map. This Esri Story Map is itself a lesson in cartography as it provides a step-by-step tutorial as to how and
18:30
The Beer Capital of the USA
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Santa Rosa is the beer capital of the USA. The Pudding has mapped microbreweries across the country and determined that if you love craft beer then you should move to this Californian town. In What City is the Microbrewery Capital of the US The Pudding looks at the number and quality of microbreweries and brewpubs to determine the top 50 cities for beer drinkers. Using The Pudding's criteria
12:30
The Movie Map of London
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If you've ever wondered where London based movies like 'Notting Hill', 'Passport to Pimlico' or '10 Rillington Place' were filmed then you need wonder no longer. The London Movie Map shows the filming locations of your favorite London based films. The map is useful for finding movies which have been filmed near specific locations in London. It is less useful for discovering the locations where
30 juillet 2017
18:26
Where's JFK?
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum want your help in mapping every single place in the world named for President Kennedy. Where in the World is JFK? shows the locations of schools, streets, parks and centers around the globe which bear the former president's name. If you want to help the museum map some of the locations that they haven't discovered yet then you could explore
29 juillet 2017
18:30
The Solar Eclipse Strip Map
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There are some wonderful interactive maps about this year's solar eclipse that show you where & when you can view the eclipse and how much of an eclipse you might see. The Washington Post has now released an interactive map which allows you to explore the whole path of totality as the sun moves across the United States. The Washington Post's Travel the Path of the Solar Eclipse is a strip map
28 juillet 2017
20:30
Maps Can Have Wind
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Everybody at Mapbox is working very hard to ensure that your maps can have wind. No sooner do we discover Lauren Budorick's super fast animated weather map than Vladimir Agafonkin releases his own animated wind map. The progenitor of Leaflet.js has created an Animated Wind Map which can "render a million particles at 60fps". The map uses WebGL and what looks a little like magic. Although it is
18:30
The Solar Eclipse Simulator
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Next month Americans will have the chance to see a solar eclipse. On Monday August 21st everyone in the United States, even Alaska and Hawaii, will be able to witness at least a partial solar eclipse. If you want to know how partial the eclipse will be where you live then you need to use the Solar Eclipse Simulator. If you enter your zipcode into Vox's Solar Eclipse Simulator you can view a
27 juillet 2017
18:30
How Big is Delaware?
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Icebergs are measured in Delawares. A Delaware is equivalent to two Luxembourgs. The colossal iceberg, which recently separated from the Larsen C ice-shelf in Antarctica, has presented the media with a bit of a problem. Ever since the iceberg calved news editors up and down the land have been asking themselves, 'How can we describe something this large?' Most news organizations eventually
10:23
French Wildfires Mapped
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Last night around 10,000 people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires raged in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. So far about 15.4 sq miles of land has been burned and around 4,000 firefighters and troops have been battling the fires. The European Forest Fire Information System monitors and maps forest fire activity in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The EFFIS
26 juillet 2017
18:30
Slow Down Mapbox
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You've probably seen by now at least one of the ever popular animated weather maps that have emerged in the last few years. You can see examples at Earth.nullschool.net, Windyty and VentuSky. Each of these maps include impressive animated cloud layers. However they aren't as fast as this super fast animated weather map. I love the speed of this animated map. It is also pretty neat to be able
12:06
Strolling Through Jane Austen's England
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The Smithsonian has created a mapped tour of the towns and houses that shaped the life of the English novelist Jane Austen. It is an interesting introduction to the author's life and would be a handy accompaniment to anyone watching the BBC's television program Jane Austen: Behind Closed Doors. Jane Austen's Footsteps uses KnightLabs StoryMapJS platform to explore some of the important
25 juillet 2017
18:30
Machine Learning Accessibility
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Project Sidewalk is a crowdsourced effort to map street level accessibility issues around the world. The project uses Google Street View images to find out where accessibility problems are apparent on the streets. Using Project Sidewalk you can help identify accessibility problems (such as missing curb ramps on sidewalks, obstacles on paths and uneven surfaces) by tagging them on Google Maps
10:43
How to Degentrify Your Neighborhood
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Back in 2015 Sam Floy invented an algorithm which could work out which neighborhoods were becoming gentrified and which were becoming more salubrious. His basic formula simply looked at the ratio of coffee shops to fried chicken restaurants to determine the desirability of a neighborhood. The Guardian has now refined Sam's algorithm to help identify neighborhoods which are undergoing
24 juillet 2017
19:30
A Desire Named Streetcar
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In 1872 the Denver Horse Railway Company built the city's first streetcar line. Over the following decades more and more lines were added until Denver had a streetcar network which covered much of the city. Unfortunately the arrival of the motorcar led to the longtime decline of the city's streetcar transit system. You can explore how Denver's streetcar network grew and also observe its
15:30
Why is the Bus Always Late?
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German newspaper Tagesspiegel has been investigating the punctuality of Berlin's buses, trams and subway trains. They wanted to know which lines, bus-stops and stations had the best and worst punctuality problems. They also wanted to know why some buses are always late and why some trams are always on time or even early. Why is the Bus Late? includes an interactive map which allows you to
10:24
Airbnb in Berlin
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In 2008 the first Berlin apartment was listed on Airbnb. It is estimated that there are now around 10,000 properties in Berlin being rented out on Airbnb. You can view where and when all 10,000 properties were listed on Airbnb on a new interactive animated map. Airbnb in Berlin is an animated map which shows the growth of the Airbnb market in Berlin from 2008 to the present day. As the
23 juillet 2017
18:30
The Rubbish Map of the Week
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Litterati is an iOS and Android app which is used for logging the location of litter found on the streets. Using the app anyone can take a quick photo and report any litter that they find. The photo is then added to the worldwide Litterati interactive map. The app has already proved hugely successful around the world. The Litterati interactive map already has nearly half a million reports in
22 juillet 2017
11:55
Where the UK is Getting Old
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The UK is getting old. Although some areas of the country are managing to stay relatively young. In 2016 18% of the population were aged 65 and over. 2.4% were aged 85 and over. As lifestyles & healthcare improve and people continue to have children later in life the percentage of the elderly is expected to increase. You can see how and where on a new map from the Office for National Statistics.
21 juillet 2017
20:30
Animated Race Maps
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Back in 2013 the New York Times created an impressive animated mapped visualization of the America's Cup Finale between the USA and New Zealand. The America’s Cup Finale: Oracle’s Path to Victory showed the progress of the race between the two yachts from start to finish. The America's Cup 2013 Finale: An Animated Map is a lovingly created and accurate reproduction of the NYT's map using
18:30
Detroit's Deadliest Days
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50 years ago, in July 1967, a riot broke out in Detroit which lasted five days. By the time the riot ended 43 people were dead, 1,189 were injured, over 7,200 people had been arrested and more than 2,000 buildings had been destroyed. To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit Riot the Detroit News has released a map exploring every single one of the 43 deaths that occurred during the
20 juillet 2017
21:18
Street View in Space
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This is ground control to major Pegman. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Can you hear us major Pegman? Commencing countdown. Engines on ..... You can now see inside the International Space Station on Google Maps. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet got a part-time job over the winter capturing panoramic Street View imagery from outer space for Google Maps. That imagery is now live.
20:30
The Emoji Weather Map
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Dark Sky provide hyper-local weather information with its iOS and Android apps. It also provides a desktop weather map which includes a seven day forecast of weather conditions around the world. The Dark Sky Weather Map has for a while included the option to view global weather conditions on an interactive 3d globe. It now also has an option to view a weather forecast on an emoji map of the
18:30
The Manhattan Skyscraper Explorer
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New York is a city of amazing tall buildings. But what do you actually know about Manhattan's tallest buildings? Do you know how tall they are or when they were built? Do you know what each building is used for? To find out the answer to these questions you need the Manhattan Skyscraper Explorer The Manhattan Skyscraper Explorer is your guide to Manhattan's tallest building. This 3d Esri map
13:30
A Game of Thrones Street View
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What could be better than exploring A Game of Thrones on the Five Maps of Westeros? How about a world tour of some of the amazing real-life filming locations where the television series was made? One reason for the huge success of HBO's series of George R.R. Martin's best-selling 'A Song of Ice and Fire' is the amazing set locations. HBO scoured the planet to find suitable locations to
19 juillet 2017
22:30
The 3D Globe of Google Trends
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The Global Trend Tracker is a 3D globe which shows you what subjects people are currently searching for in different countries around the world. As you browse and watch the globe the top Google search trends will appear over each country. You can zoom in on individual countries. Alternatively you can select a country from a drop-down menu. If you select an individual country on the map then
18:30
How Hot Will Your City Get?
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In the year 2100 summers in New York will be as hot as Juarez, Mexico is today. Los Angeles can look forward to summers that are as hot as they now get in Belize City. Climate Central has released a new interactive map which tells you how hot your city will be in the year 2100 if carbon emissions continue as currently predicted. Shifting Cities allows you to choose from a large number of major
15:30
The London Crash Map
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Visualizing TFL Accident Data is an interactive mapped visualization of 2015 London traffic accidents. The map uses data from Transport for London and is color coded on the map by the severity of the injury involved. You can filter the results displayed on the map by the severity of the injuries. When you filter the results the summary statistics in the side panel update to show the type of
11:30
Brighton's Interactive Cycle Map
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Brighton and Hove Council has released an interactive Brighton Cycle Map. It would be churlish to ask why cyclists would need a map to know where the city's two bike lanes are. Instead I'd like to applaud the city for their efforts in creating the map, which at least highlights how much effort the city needs to put in to make Brighton a cycling friendly city. The map does include important
18 juillet 2017
19:00
Help Geotag New York's History
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You can now help the New York Public Library geotag its collection of vintage photographs of New York City. The NYPL's new Surveyor map is a citizen science project designed to hep the library index its collections of historical photographs by location. Visit the new Surveyor website and you will be shown a vintage photograph from the NYPL collection. All you have to do is show the location
17:00
The Five Maps of Westeros
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Interactive maps of Westeros seem to get cut down and eviscerated as often as the Hands of the King. As yet another new season of a Game of Thrones begins it is time once again to take stock of our favorite interactive maps of George R. R. Martin's fantasy world. Web of Allegiances is an interactive map of Game of Thrones which shows you where the Great Houses reside and the many entangled
17 juillet 2017
20:30
The Musical Map of New Orleans
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New Orleans is well known for its incredibly rich musical history. You can now explore this history by taking one of a number of guided mapped tours of the city. The maps were created by New Orleans community radio station WWOZ. A Closer Walk currently includes nine interactive mapped walks of New Orleans, each one exploring a different aspect of the city's musical history. The tours themselves
18:30
Pollen & Pollution Mapping
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The Natural Resources Defense Council has released an interactive Air Quality map of the United States. The map shows the number of days when the concentration of ozone exceeds safe levels. The map also shows areas which suffer from high levels of ragweed pollen. You can use the map to see the historical tendency for both high ozone and pollen levels at your location. The map also includes a
16:30
Mapping Marine Metals
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The Royal Society has been exploring the future possible exploitation of the world's oceans. The Royal Society's 'Future of Oceans' project in particular examines two ocean based resources - "metals from the deep ocean floor and the application of the genetics and chemicals produced by marine life". The Future Oceans Resources Map is used to visualize where these marine resources exist in the
16 juillet 2017
18:30
Botox for Street View
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Does your neighborhood look run-down and neglected? Then you need Google's new Botox for Street View. Google's machine learning 'Creatism' system is able to enhance and improve the appearance of Street View images from Google Maps. You can judge for yourself how good Creatism is at improving Street View images on this showcase of photos. The showcase provides examples of Street View images
15 juillet 2017
18:30
20 Ways to Map an Election
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Donald Trump, according to the New York Times, keeps a collection of printed election maps in the dining room next to the Oval Office. He likes to hand out copies of this election maps to White House visitors when they leave. President Trump's election map is a choropleth map, which shows all the counties of the United States colored by the party which won the 2016 election. Donald Trump likes
14 juillet 2017
18:30
The Age of Agglomerations
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The Age of Agglomerations is a new study and data visualization exploring some of the major urban agglomerations around the world. The research and visualization was completed by Urbica for the Moscow Urban Forum 2017. The data visualization tool at the heart of the Age of Agglomerations allows you to explore demographic, commuting and other data about the featured cities displayed on
14:30
House Prices Per Square Metre
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I'm currently thinking about buying a larger house than my small place in east London. To do this I need to find an area where house prices are cheaper than east London. Unfortunately the cost of property in my search area (south east England) is very expensive and there aren't many places where I can afford to move. That's why I've been using Anna Powell-Smith's House Prices Per Square Metre
13 juillet 2017
18:30
Map Your Trips Around the World
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Lim Chee Aun has spent a huge amount of time and effort creating an interactive map which will probably interest nobody except for Lim Chee Aun. Actually that's not true. It interests me and it will interest anyone else who loves beautifully designed interactive maps. Cheeaun Earth is a map of Lim Chee Aun's Forsquare check-ins around the world. There is a lot to admire in this map. It
16:30
Styling Maps the Easy Way
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Esri UK's mapstyler is a fun little tool that can help you create a new map style from the colors found in an image. To create a new map style with mapstyler you just need to drag & drop an image onto the map (either from another browser window of from your saved images). The map is then automatically restyled using the colors from your image. You can press the 'shuffle' button to experiment
12 juillet 2017
21:00
Mapping Climate Science
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There have been a lot of interactive maps released this year which show how global warming is likely to effect sea levels, global temperatures and the number of deadly heat days that we can expect in the future. All these maps are based on our present knowledge of climate change. Most climate change deniers appear to now accept that the evidence for global warming is beyond debate. Instead
18:30
OpenStreetMap Around the World
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OpenStreetMap user Martin Raifer has released his annual visualization of OpenStreetMap Node Density. The map shows the number of OSM-nodes per square metre on the ground. In other words it provides a visual guide to the amount of OSM data around the world. The node density is worked out at the end of June each year and the OpenStreetMap Node Density map includes layers to show the node
11 juillet 2017
22:30
Pride Comes Before a Ball
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Carto has completed an interesting geo-data investigation into where people go after taking part in New York's Pride parade. A Map of Where People Went After the NYC Pride Parade uses pick-up and drop-off data from New York's yellow taxis to determine what people do after Pride. Using data from Sunday June 26th, 2016 (the data of last year's Pride in New York) Carto isolated all the taxi
20:30
A Lifetime of Solar Eclipses
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If you have been feeling upset because you will not be able to see this year's total solar eclipse then don't be. You can now tell the Washington Post your year of birth and they will show you the path of every solar eclipse happening in your lifetime on an interactive globe. Here’s Every Total Solar Eclipse Happening in Your Lifetime tells you how many solar eclipses are going to happen
18:30
Your Town's Pride Route Map
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Google has released a Pride search engine which can help you find the nearest upcoming Pride events happening near you. #ShowUp not only lists the dates of your nearest Pride events it can also show you a map of each march's route. If you enter your location then #ShowUp will show you the nearest upcoming Pride events and the dates that they are happening. If you select an event you can even
10 juillet 2017
20:30
Has Your House Price Recovered?
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Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies has released an interactive map which reveals where house prices in the United States have recovered to their turn of the century levels and where the housing market has yet to recover. How Much Have Home Prices Changed provides two map views. One compares current house prices to house prices in the year 2000. The other compares house prices
18:30
The History of Machine Learning & Street View
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MIT is using machine learning & Google Maps Street View to automatically detect which areas of a city are evolving faster than other neighborhoods in the same city. Google Maps now includes historical Street View imagery for a number of cities around the world. MIT is able to compare this historical imagery to the most recent Street View imagery of the same location to 'quantify urban change'.
16:30
Tag Your Town
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When visiting a town or city for the first time it can be difficult to know which parts are hip, touristy or boring. Hoodmaps wants to solve this problem with its crowdsourced city maps which have been annotated and labeled by locals. Hoodmaps has two main ways to show you what the locals think about different parts of a city. One way is by coloring the map by its dominant characteristic.
09 juillet 2017
12:25
Cesium 3D Mapping Explodes
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Cesium 1.35 has been released. The latest version of the popular 3d mapping platform has two big additions. The most eye catching improvement to Cesium is a new particle system for 3d effects (such as smoke, fire, and sparks). Equally impressive is the inclusion of support for 3d tiles. This enables users to map 3d models much more efficiently in Cesium. You can play with the new
08 juillet 2017
18:30
Mapping the Mayflower Passengers
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Nearly 400 years ago 102 passengers and about 30 crew members set sail from Plymouth, on a ship called the Mayflower, to begin a new life in the new world. The Mayflower 400 map shows the places of origin (where known) of the Mayflower's passengers and crew. You can click on the markers on the map to learn more about each individual, including the place & date of their birth & death. The
07 juillet 2017
18:30
Geographical Psychology
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A new interactive map claims to show the psychological well-being of Americans. Using the map you can explore how individual county's rank in terms of their psychological well-being and in terms of a number of different personality traits. The Well-Being Map is based on the language analysis of geo-located Twitter messages. The University of Pennsylvania’s World Well-Being Project presumably
06 juillet 2017
20:30
Mapping Planetary Change with Leaflet
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Why not use Leaflet maps to show a location changing over time? The latest version of Leaflet's mapping library includes the L.VideoOverlay class which allows you to add videos as an overlay to your maps. One use of this new video overlay class could be to show places changing over time. Planet Video on OSM has used the L.VideoOverlay class to show an area changing over time using a series of
18:30
The US HIV Map
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AIDSVu is an interactive map illustrating the prevalence of HIV in the United States. The map shows the overall prevalence of HIV down to the county level in U.S. states. The data for the map comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) national HIV surveillance database and from state, county and city health departments. The AIDSVu interactive map shows the
10:45
Mapping the Reformation
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500 years ago Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to a chapel door in Wittenberg. An act that would lead to the Reformation and that would change the world forever. Here I Stand is a website exploring the life and work of Martin Luther, the birth of the Reformation and its lasting effect on the world. Here I Stand includes a number of interactive and static maps which are used to
1:00
Mapping the Massacre of Aboriginals
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On the 1st May 1838 at Slaughterhouse Creek fifteen heavily armed stockmen attacked and killed 300 Kamilaroi aboriginals. The massacre occurred just four months after 50 Kamilaroi people were killed by police at nearby Waterloo Creek These two massacres and over 150 other massacres of aboriginal people are located on the Colonial Frontier Massacres in Eastern Australia 1788-1872 interactive
05 juillet 2017
18:30
The Tour de Where in France
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Le Monde has created a fascinating map showing how often the Tour de France has visited each département in France. How Many Times has the Tour de France Visited Your Département? provides a choropleth view of the départements most used in the world's greatest cycling race. The map includes a timeline tool which allows you to view the tour's favorite places to visit for any period in the
11:00
Not the King of the Castle Map
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Historic UK has an interactive map of Castles in England. The map appears to be a very comprehensive collection of the locations of English castles. The map also includes useful information about each of the featured castles. Other than that it is a pretty hopeless map. The map uses the Google Maps API which means it does have the advantage of good aerial imagery of each castle. This enables
04 juillet 2017
18:30
Find a City's Hotspots
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CityHeat can help you find the parts of a town or city that are best suited to you and your interests. As well as finding the best neighborhoods for your tastes it can also find you the perfect hotel for your stay. To find the locations in a town best suited to your interests and tastes you just need to tell CityHeat what you want to do on your visit. CityHeat can create local heatmaps for any
11:13
Bloomberg's Perspective on Climate Change
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Bloomberg's Climate Change in Perspective is an interesting mapped visualization of the effects of climate change around the world. This interactive visualization uses the story map format with a 3d globe to explore the causes of climate change and how it is effecting planet Earth. As you progress through the story map the 3d globe spins and zooms to highlight different locations around the
03 juillet 2017
20:30
The Squamish Places You Should Know
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Oh The Places You Should Know is an interactive map in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language. The map was created by the non-profit Kwi Awt Stelmexw. On the map all the map labels are in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. The mountains and waterways are in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, the islands and villages are all in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and the landmarks are in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. If your Sḵwx̱wú7mesh is a little rusty then you can click
18:30
Mapping Mass Migration in Colombia
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Last week the UN certified that the disarmament of FARC is complete. The occasion marks a huge step in establishing enduring peace in Colombia. Over the last thirty years the conflict has led to the death of hundreds of thousands of Colombians. The conflict has also forced millions of Colombians out of their homes. Over the last thirty years the conflict has led to almost 7 million Colombians
10:47
Traffic Accidents in Flanders
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A new interactive map allows you to view and analyse where Belgium road traffic accidents happen by day of the week and by the hour of the day. Verkeersongevallen Interactief in Kaart Gebracht shows where traffic accidents occurred in the Flanders region from 2014-2016. The interactive map provides a heatmap view of where traffic accidents happened during this period. The map includes a number
01 juillet 2017
12:56
Tour de France Interactive Maps
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The Tour de France starts today in Dusseldorf. Stage one of the race is an 8.7 mile individual time trial. This is just the beginning of a three-week race in which the riders will ride over 2,200 miles. Esri UK has released a basic Tour de France 2017 Route map showing the individual routes for all the different stages. Each route includes a marker which indicates if the stage is a time-trial,
30 juin 2017
18:30
Fried Chicken Route Planners
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A Fried Chicken Route Planner is a variation on the much loved Pub crawl route planning map. Instead of creating a pub crawl route around a number of pubs or bars the Fried Chicken Route Planner creates a mapped route taking in some of the best fried chicken restaurants. A good example of a Fried Chicken Route Planner is the Post & Courier's Backroads Fried Chicken map (in fact it might be the
11:38
Being Healthy will Kill You
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Living in a healthy environment is the best way to ensure that you die young. That may sound counter-intuitive but it seems to be borne out by the Geographic Data Lab's new Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards map. The Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards map shows the least and most healthy places to live in Great Britain. The Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards (AHAH) is a new index for
29 juin 2017
18:30
The Movement of Refugees Around the World
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The University of Zurich has created an interesting visualization of refugee movements around the world since the end of the cold war. The Refugee Movements interactive map allows you to see where refugees have come from and the countries that they have moved to. If you click on a region on the world map you can view the inward and outward flow of refugees from the region for the selected year
28 juin 2017
18:30
Mapping Future Climate Change
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The Climate Impact Lab's Climate Impact Map visualizes how global warming will effect temperatures around the world over the rest of this century. Using the drop-down menu you can choose to view predicted global temperatures for each quarter of the year or for the whole year. You can also choose to view the number of days which will be below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or above 35 degrees Fahrenheit
11:29
Aerial Video Mapping
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Leaflet version 1.1.0 has been released. The latest version of Leaflet's mapping library includes a new L.VideoOverlay class which allows you to add videos as an overlay to your maps. To see what you can do with L.VideoOverlay you can view the Leaflet documentation demo map. To get started adding videos to your Leaflet maps then you should have a look at the L.VideoOverlay Tutorial. Adding a
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Melbourne's Future City Skyline
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Last year Miami's Downtown Development Authority began using the Cesium mapping platform to visualize in 3D how Miami's skyline could look in the future. The map includes 3D models of building projects in the city which are either proposed, under construction or recently completed. The Miami DDA 3D Map used the Cesium mapping platform to present a 3D map of downtown Miami which allows you to
27 juin 2017
20:00
Mapbox Cartogram
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Mapbox has a fun new tool which allows you to create your own map style instantly using the color scheme from any picture or photograph. This means that you can instantly create a map style inspired by your favorite painting, your favorite photograph or even your favorite cartoon. Cartogram couldn't be easier to use. Just drag & drop your image into Cartogram and it instantly creates a map
18:30
Free Eclipse Glasses
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The STAR Library Education Network (STAR_Net) has developed this map as an addition to its Eclipse Resource Center. Credit: NASA@ My Library initiative and the Moore Foundation. It is now less than 8 weeks to the solar eclipse. You can experience the total eclipse anywhere along a narrow band stretching from Oregon to South Carolina. If you are planning to view the eclipse then you will need
10:50
Mapping the Jewish Occupation of Hebron
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Mapping the Apartheid argue that the Jewish settlements in the Palestinian city of Hebron and the creeping Jewish occupation of the Old City restrict "freedom of movement and suffocate the social and economic life for Palestinians". To help illustrate this situation Mapping the Apartheid has created an interactive map showing the current situation in the historical center of Hebron. The

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