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28 January 2020
17:00
The Geography of Employment
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A new interactive map reveals the huge role that geography plays in the American economy. The map uses Bureau of Labor Statistics data to show which counties gained and lost jobs during 2019. One of the most surprising revelations from the map is how many neighboring counties on either side of state borders had vastly different fortunes last year in terms of employment. The Daily Yonder's map
15:00
How Far Can You Travel?
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The city of Netherlands has created a useful tool which visualizes travel times around the city. MapItOut is an interactive isochrone map which shows you how far you can travel by foot, bike, public transport or car in Amsterdam, within 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes. To discover how far you can travel in Amsterdam you just need to click on your location on the map and select your mode of transport
27 January 2020
17:00
Can you point to Ukraine on a map?
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The big geopolitical question of the week is: Can you point to Ukraine on a map? On Friday Mike Pompeo was asked by NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, whether he, as Secretary of State, owed Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, an apology. Marie Yovanovitch was the American ambassador to Ukraine who Trump ordered removed from her position because he believed she was hampering his
15:00
Maps of Planned Cities Can Be Very Pretty
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By far the most popular map of last week was City Roads, a new online tool which allows you to make road maps for any city in the world. City Roads uses OpenStreetMap data to create simple monochrome maps created just from a city's roads. Road maps of planned cities can be very pretty. Which is perhaps why Mike Bostock has created a number of maps showing The Roads of Planned Cities (Mike's
25 January 2020
17:00
The Global Sports Atlas
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Zeit's Small Sport Atlas uses OpenStreetMap data to explore where different sports are played around the world. Sports pitches, courts and fields are tagged on OpenStreetMap to show which sports are played on them. This means that OpenStreetMap data can provide a rough guide to where different sports are played in which countries across the globe. Looking at which countries play different
24 January 2020
17:00
Fun with Graph Theory & Maps
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Mathigon has a neat introduction to graph theory which includes some fun interactive map problems. The Graphs and Networks lesson requires you to try coloring maps with as few colors as possible and to try to solve Euler's famous Bridges of Königsberg challenge. What makes Graphs and Networks such a great introduction to graph theory is that it includes a number of interactive map based
15:00
How the EU Pays Farmers to Pollute
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The New York Times has exposed how the European Union's farm subsidies are being used to create pollution. In Killer Slime, Dead Birds, an Expunged Map: The Dirty Secrets of European Farm Subsidies the Times reports on a map which the EU has tried to cover up. The EU's censored map shows how pollution in northern Italy relates very closely to the amount of European Union subsidies paid to
23 January 2020
17:00
The First People's Map of B.C.
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There are 203 First Nations communities in British Colombia and an amazing diversity of Indigenous languages. You can learn more about B.C.'s First Nations communities and languages on the First People's Map of B.C.. The new First People's Map of B.C. provides information about the Indigenous languages, cultures and places of British Columbia. The interactive map visualizes the regions where
15:00
The Coronavirus Map
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So far there have been 555 confirmed cases and 17 deaths from the Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Most of the confirmed cases have occurred in China, however there have also been a handful of cases in Japan and one confirmed case in the United States. In Wuhan, China the government has shut down public transport in order to help stop the spread of the virus. The Chinese New Year is this
22 January 2020
17:00
A Bad Education Can Lead to an Early Death
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In the United States educational opportunity is one of the best indicators of life expectancy. If you grow up in an area with low educational opportunities then you can expect to live a shorter life on average than someone who grew up in an area with higher educational opportunities. Child Trends has mapped out The Link Between Life Expectancy and Educational Opportunity in cities across the
15:00
The Mother Tongue of Every Canadian
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Canadian company Anagraph has mapped the languages spoken by all 34,504,810 Canadians. In the company's Langues Maternelles 2016 interactive dot map you can see the mother tongue languages spoken in every neighborhood in Canada, according to the 2016 census. The map reveals how in most Canadian cities people with the same languages often live in the same neighborhoods. For example in Montreal
21 January 2020
19:00
Mapping Life Under the Ice
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Last year Ariel Waldman led an expedition to Antarctica to film the extremophile microbes living under the ice. The expedition found microbes living in glaciers, under the sea ice, next to frozen lakes, and in subglacial ponds. You can explore some of the microbes found in Antarctica on Life Under the Ice. Life Under the Ice uses the Leaflet mapping platform to present microscopic videos of
17:00
Internal Migration in the USA
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US County-to-County Migration 2012-2016 is an interactive flow-map showing where people are moving to and from in the USA. The map uses data from the American Community Survey to show the migration levels between different counties. If you hover over a county on the map you can highlight all the flow-lines showing migration to and from the county. The size of the lines represent the relative
15:00
Make Your Own City Road Map
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City Roads is a new online tool which you can use to create your very own road map for any city in the world. Enter a city name into City Roads and it will generate a map of the city using only the city's road network from OpenStreetMap. City Road really is that easy to use. All you have to do is enter a location and City Roads will create your road map. Once finished you can customize the map
20 January 2020
19:00
The American School Achievement Map
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Stanford University's Opportunity Explorer is an interactive map which allows you to explore how your school, school district and county compare in educational attainment. The map uses data from over 350 million standardized test scores to show average test scores in areas across the United States and also school learning rates and trends in test scores. If you click on a school district on
17:00
Collaborative Mapping with Ethermap
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Ethermap is a very easy to use tool for creating and sharing simple interactive maps. You could use Ethermap to map your favourite coffee shops, bars & restaurants. You could it use it to show friends where and when you want to meet. You could even use it to map out places that you want to visit on your next vacation. Creating a map with Ethermap is simplicity itself. Just drop a marker on any
15:00
Germany's Rising Rents
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Germany is a tripartite state when it comes to increasing rents. In southern Germany rents rise much faster than wages. In eastern Germany renting a property costs less and less relative to income. Only in parts of western Germany are wages and rents developing at almost the same pace. The Berliner Morgenpost has mapped Where rents are rising faster than wages in Germany. German regions are
18 January 2020
18:17
The Live Amtrak Train Map
sur Google Maps Mania

The Amtrak/VIA Live Map shows the live position of Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada trains. It uses live data from Amtrak's Track-A-Train service and VIA's status service to estimate the real-time location of U.S. and Canadian trains and their current running status. The location of individual trains is shown on the map with colored numbers. The colors indicate the on-time performance of the train
15:00
Number of UK Pubs Increases
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For the first time in ten years the number of pubs and bars in the UK has grown. Since 2007 the number of pubs and bars fell every single year until last year. Between 2018 and 2019 the number of pubs and bars in the UK increased by 315, a 0.8% increase and the first increase for a decade. The slight increase in pubs and bars last year isn't enough to reverse the years of decline in the sector
17 January 2020
17:00
A Drive Back in Time
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The Library of Congress has a huge archive of photographs from across the United States. The collection is a fantastic record of recent American history. The collection also provides a fantastic resource for exploring the United States through its photography. Library of Places is an interactive map which allows you to explore the Library of Congress' photography collection using the analog of
15:00
Pollution from the Notre Dame Fire
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The fire of the Notre-Dame de Paris was one of the most shocking events of 2019. The fire burned for around 15 hours and the cathedral suffered serious damage. Most of the lead-covered wooden roof was destroyed by the fire. 460 tonnes of lead were burnt, which resulted in toxic dust being blown over Paris. Where this dust settled has raised surface lead levels in certain areas. The local
16 January 2020
17:00
Slap it on a Map!
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There are lots of interactive map tools which allow you to compare the relative sizes of different countries around the world. For example the The True Size of ... and OverlayMaps both allow you to overlay the outline of one or more countries on top of another country on an interactive map. This results in a clear and dramatic illustration of the relative sizes of the selected countries in
15:00
The Predicted Global Electricity Grid
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Gridfinder is a new interactive map which visualizes the predicted global electricity grid network based on night-light satellite imagery. The map predicts the existence of electricity network lines using evidence from night-time views of the Earth from space. 10% of the world's population does not have access to a reliable electricity supply. It is hoped that Gridfinder can be used to
15 January 2020
19:00
Uber's New Bike Trip City Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

Today Uber released "a new bike trip data tool that shows where and when cyclists are most active in our cities". Currently there are three interactive maps available showing bike trip data for: San Francisco Washington D.C. Paris All three maps purport to show where and when cyclists are most active using a heat map layer. The bluest lines on the map show the streets with the most cycle
17:00
America's Abandoned Railways
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According to Wikipedia there are 149,910 kilometers of rail track in the United States (although many other sources say it is much larger at 226,000 kilometers or 140,000 miles). At its peak the rail network in America was much larger than it is today and consisted of 409,000 kilometers of track. This means that there are a lot of abandoned railways in the USA. Abandoned and Out of Service
15:00
How to Avoid Roads in London
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London's roads are mostly responsible for the often dangerous levels of air pollution which can be found in the capital. If you want to escape that pollution then your best bet is to get as far away from road traffic as you can. A new interactive map, called Retreat From Streets - London, can help you find the locations in London which are the furthest from roads and from all that polluting
14 January 2020
19:00
Toronto's Geography of Wealth
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In Mapping Our Divisions The Local looks at how Toronto's income inequalities can be observed in the city's streets and polarized neighborhoods. Using an interactive map The Local reveals the income disparities between the rich neighborhoods along the Yonge Street corridor and the low-income suburbs of the city. It also explores the shrinking number of middle-income neighborhoods sandwiched in
17:00
The Chinese Conquest of the World
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China has spent more than 25 billion dollars on its Belt and Road Initiative. This initiative is designed to create the infrastructure to secure China’s trade routes and energy supplies. It is also being used to increase China's influence in the rest of the world. Many western governments see China's Belt and Road investments as an attempt to dominate the global trading network and ensure the
13:00
American Town Planning in England
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Most American cities have a very organized and structured street grid system. In these street grid systems roads run at right angles to each other. In most of these street plans Avenues and Streets are used to indicate which roads run in which direction within the grid system. This grid street pattern is visualized beautifully in Data Stuff's Street Network Orientation by Road Type. In Street
13 January 2020
17:00
The Witcher Interactive Map
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The Continent is a medieval fantasy world created by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. It is the fictional realm where his Witcher series of novels take place. The Witcher is set on the 'Continent', mostly in the Northern Kingdoms region. To accompany its new television series 'The Witcher' Netflix has released an interactive Map of the Continent. Netflix's map owes much in style to the
15:00
Land Use in Switzerland
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Only 8% of Switzerland is used for housing and infrastructure (such as roads). In the European Union the average territory used by housing and infrastructure is 11%. In neighboring France 12% of land is utilized by housing and infrastructure, while in Italy 13% of territory is used for this purpose. You can learn more about how land is used in Switzerland on a fascinating new data
12 January 2020
15:00
How Old is Montreal?
sur Google Maps Mania

The award for the first building age map of 2020 goes to CBC News. Montreal is 375 years old this year and to help celebrate the occasion CBC has released the Montreal Building Age map. On this map Montreal's buildings are colored to show their year of construction. The Montreal Building Age map is a great way to explore the history of Montreal's development. If you are interested in seeing
10 January 2020
17:00
Your 2080 Weather Forecast
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If you want to know what kind of weather you can expect as a result of climate change then this map can help you. What Will the Climate Feel Like in 60 Years is a new interactive map which can tell you which present day city has a climate most similar to the climate your city can expect in 2080. Select a U.S. city and a line will be drawn on the map to the city which currently has a climate
15:00
Small Multiples of Global Heating
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Small multiple maps of global heating seem to have taken over from climate stripes as the most popular way to visualize global heating. Climate stripes are a very effective way to visualize how average temperatures have increased over time. The more recent multiple maps visualizations of average annual temperatures work in exactly the same way, showing how annual average temperatures are
09 January 2020
21:14
How Big Are the Australian Bushfires?
sur Google Maps Mania

It is very difficult to appreciate the devastating scale of the wild fires which have been raging across Australia over the last few months. In an attempt to help visualize the size of the bushfires there have been a number of misleading maps published on the internet. However not all the published maps have been misleading. Both the Berliner Morgenpost and the Guardian have created
19:00
Population Change in America
sur Google Maps Mania

Population growth in the United States continues to fall. According to the Census Bureau since Census Day (April 1) 2010, the population of the U.S. has grown by 21,476,884 or 6.96%. However in 2019 in forty-two states (and the District of Columbia) there were fewer births than there were in 2018. Only eight states saw a birth increase last year. The falling birth rate and increasing number of
17:00
Deforestation Along the BR-163
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The BR-163 is a 4,476 km long road which runs through the Amazon rainforest. Like a lot of infrastructure in the Amazon its very existence has led to accelerated deforestation in the areas it passes through. Along the BR-163 is an investigation into the effects of the BR-163 road on the Amazonian rainforest. Along the BR-163 uses satellite imagery to follow the route of the road from the Amazon
08 January 2020
19:00
The World's Busiest Space Ports
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The Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia is the world's busiest active spaceport. Since 1957 it has launched 1,577 rockets into space. By comparison Cape Canaveral has had 873 launches in the same period. Aerospace Security's Spaceports of the World interactive map visualizes the history of the space race around the world since the 1950s. The map reveals the cumulative launches of rockets into space
15:00
How to Avoid Cars in Cities
sur Google Maps Mania

If you've ever explored your local air pollution map then you already know that the major cause of air pollution in most towns and cities is the automobile. Which means that if you want to avoid air pollution then the first thing you should do is avoid roads. Unfortunately that is often less easy than it sounds. If you live in Brussels you can use Hans Hack's new Retreats from Streets
07 January 2020
17:00
Real-Time Trains on the New York Subway
sur Google Maps Mania

The Weekendest is a relatively new interactive map of the New York subway network. The map provides up to the minute information on arrival times, planned service changes and train routing on the MTA. The Weekendest is designed to provide a real-time overview of service on the whole New York subway network. If you click on any of the subway lines on the interactive map you can find out the
11:24
Straats & Grachts
sur Google Maps Mania

Last week Giuseppe Sollazzo (@puntofisso) created some very interesting static maps of UK cities, on which roads are colored by their suffixes or name endings (eg Road, Street, Avenue etc). Giuseppe's maps proved very popular and lots of people have been inspired to create their own maps for other cities around the world. By coincidence in December Mapbox created an interactive map to demo
06 January 2020
19:00
All the Countries Attacked by America
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I have a feeling this map might prove a little controversial. Following Donald Trump's assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani (which Republican's insist has nothing to do with the President's impeachment) Quartz decided to map out every country that has ever been attacked by the USA. Quartz's US Armed Operations from 1775 to the Present shows every country in the world which has
15:00
Lead in the Water
sur Google Maps Mania

In 2018 20% of the children tested in one Baltimore neighborhood were found to have elevated blood-lead levels. There is no safe level of lead for children and its presence can be very detrimental to a child's health and development. Around half a million children in the USA, between the ages of 1 and 5, have a blood-lead level that exceeds 5 micrograms per deciliter. The problem is most acute
05 January 2020
19:00
How Big Are the Australian Bushfires?
sur Google Maps Mania

The Guardian has updated its visualization of the Australian bushfires. How big are the fires burning in eastern Australia? is a very simple but very effective visualization of the huge size of the fires currently burning in Australia. The Guardian's map consists of a simple 5.8m hectare sized square which you can overlay on any location on Earth. The map includes a drop-down menu which
04 January 2020
11:12
The Medieval Streets of England
sur Google Maps Mania

Over the last few months I have written a number of blog posts, Medieval Streets, Modern Roads In Search of Station Street There Are No Streets in Crawley in which I have developed a theory about the spatial distribution of Streets and Roads in UK towns and cities. Thanks to a recent development by Mapbox I have now been able to tie this theory together and illustrate it in one new story map
03 January 2020
19:00
Ten Years of Paving Paradise
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The New York Times has teamed up with Descartes Labs to visualize A Decade of Urban Transformation in the USA. To find newly developed areas Descartes Labs trained a neural network to identify newly built (either newly paved or new buildings) areas in satellite imagery. It did this by comparing satellite imagery from 2009 with imagery from 2018 & 2019. The result of the NYT analysis shows
15:00
The Ecoregions of North America
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North America encompasses a number of wildly different ecosystems. From the Arctic tundra of the extreme north to the tropical forests of southern Mexico there are many different ecoregions with very different climates and ecological systems within the continent of North America. bplant.org divides North America into 15 distinct ecoregions, which are then divided into 50 level 2 ecoregions.
02 January 2020
17:00
Half of Americans Will Be Obese by 2030
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A new study predicts that by the end of this decade half of all adult Americans will be obese. Already there are ten states in the U.S. with obesity levels over 45%, including Mississippi (the state with the highest obesity rate) where already around half the adult population are obese. Based on the rate of increase in obesity rates over the last few decades by the year 2030 50% of all adult
15:00
Smoking New Zealand
sur Google Maps Mania

Yesterday the residents of South Island, New Zealand woke to a new decade. They also woke to the smoke of the Australian bushfires. Smoke from the apocalyptic bushfires in Australia has now blown across the Tasman Sea as far as New Zealand. That is a distance of over 2,000 miles. It is roughly the distance from New York to Dallas or from the UK to Romania. The smoke can be seen drifting
01 January 2020
16:00
A Decade of Global Warming
sur Google Maps Mania

The devastating bushfires that are currently raging in Australia are a dramatic portent of the environmental disasters which we can expect in the next decade. Over the next ten years the frequency and scale of climate change related disasters is likely to dramatically increase. Unfortunately, if the last decade is any guide to our future behavior, there appears to be little evidence that the
31 December 2019
16:00
The 2019 Map of the Year
sur Google Maps Mania

During December the Maps Mania team usually spends many hours debating which were our favorite maps of the year. This year the choice was very easy. In 2019 there was only one real contender. The 2019 Maps Mania Map of the Year is Donald Trump's Sharpie-gate Map. On Sunday September 1st Donald Trump Tweeted that Alabama was in danger from the approach of Hurricane Dorian. Fortunately for the
11:27
2020 is Conquering the Earth
sur Google Maps Mania

You can watch 2020 sweep across the world on the New Year Map. As time progresses today the New Year Map will become grayer and grayer as parts of the world move into 2020. The new decade will first arrive in Polynesia. As time progresses today the New Year will move westward around the globe. New Year will arrive in Hawaii around 24 hours after it first arrives in Polynesia. You can use the
30 December 2019
19:00
Mapping American Poverty
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There are 42,500,000 people in the United States living in poverty. Economic instability is now a matter of course for many Americans. In fact 40% of Americans would be unable to come up with $400 in an emergency. Microsoft News has partnered with Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity to explore the economic hardship which is now confronting millions of Americans. As part of this series on
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The Mercator Map of the Arctic
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I predict that in 2020 we are going to see a lot of maps of the Arctic. It seems almost certain that the worsening global climate crisis will lead to an abundance of new maps visualizing the increasing loss of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. It seems somehow appropriate then to end 2019 with an interactive version of the world's oldest separately printed map of the Arctic region. Gerard
29 December 2019
16:00
The Butterfly Map
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Butterflies is a Leaflet powered map which allows you to explore images of butterflies from the Natural History Museum's digital records. The map shows over 150,000 butterflies which have been organized, classified and mapped using deep learning. The butterflies have been classified and mapped using the t-SNE machine learning algorithm for visualization. This type of machine learning algorithm
28 December 2019
16:00
The Martian Joy-Plot Maker
sur Google Maps Mania

Last week the wonderful Peak Map was released. Peak Map is a fantastic interactive map which can create a joy-plot map for any location on Earth. Now, thanks to Peaks on Mars, we can make our very own joy-plot maps of Mars. Peaks on Mars is an elevation map of Mars. The map uses a NASA digital elevation model to show the relative height and depth of Mars' canyons, mountains and canyons. It
24 December 2019
11:05
The Santa Tracker
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Santa has begun has begun work on his busiest day of the year. This year you can follow Santa's journey around the world, as he delivers presents to all the world's children, on both the Google Santa Tracker and the NORAD Santa Tracker. Google uses GPS (the Gnome Positioning System) to track Santa's sleigh as it travels around the globe on Christmas Eve. They then plot his movements around the
23 December 2019
15:00
Surfing While Balmoral Burns
sur Google Maps Mania

Two maps have dominated my Twitter timeline over the weekend. One (shown above) was a screenshot of MyFireWatch, an interactive map of Australian bushfires. The other (shown below), from the Australia Bureau of Meteorology, reveals the record breaking temperatures the country has been experiencing this summer. The climate-change denying Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has come in for huge

21 December 2019
23:41
Revisiting Twitter Lists
sur James Fee GIS Blog

Back in May I tore up my Twitter and put everything in neat lists. When all was said and done, I had 10 lists with everyone in a neat little bucket. It was beautiful, I could turn to any list and have that twitter hose just give me what I was looking for. But 6 months later I have immense regrets, but not for the reason I though there might be.

When I did this, my big fear was losing connections with people and topics. I moved all my college sports accounts into one list and then I noticed I wasn’t always up on top of the news because there wasn’t any cross-pollination. That is, I would swipe between lists but there were days sometimes where I didn’t review a list and I would miss important things. It was clear, segregation was a bad idea because I no longer had a feed that just rolled everything I was interested in. A weird thing happened during this experiment, my want to be free of the noise meant I wasn’t exposed to any noise. A quiet room is comforting until you realize you are not part of the conversation.

Now the big thing that got me thinking of a new direction was Coleman’s “bestof” list. This best of is perfect because I can bring the best people into a list and let it quickly keep be abreast of the topics I care about. Then I can of course still drop into my baseball or BIM lists if I feel like I need a deeper dive. So while I was traveling back to Spatial Networks HQ on the airplane I created my “what matters” list which basically does exactly what Coleman did. I still have my niche lists but now I have what I was missing and for all the reasons why Coleman liked it too.

But I also realized there was something else I was missing. I got my Twitter follow accounts down below 100. Initially I liked this, meant that I was only following those that I really felt mattered and the rest got put in lists based on their topics (or even in the “what matters” list). BUT, this basically broke a part of Twitter that I didn’t think I cared about. The part of twitter that forces you content was in a way something that I actually used from time to time to find new voices. By giving the beast nothing to churn on, it in turn gave me junk back. So I went head and followed 500 people and what do you know, things are back to normal. While I’m not using the main feed as my way to read Twitter, I can always go there or the “For You” section and see things that I might have missed.

In the end, the change was simple, new best of list and follow the people that matter back. I’ve enjoyed working with twitter again, and I still can limit any list I wish when I don’t want noise. I may unfollow some people, add some more but this seems to be the best compromise. I’m no longer bankrupt was I was with Twitter in May 2019, but I also am not on my own island. Time will tell if this was a good idea…

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The Bay Area Housing Calculator
sur Google Maps Mania

The Mercury News has created an interactive map which shows you where you can afford to rent or buy a property in the Bay Area based on your annual income. The Housing Calculator uses data from Zillow to map the median rental and mortgage costs in each zip code area. The map reveals that unless you earn more than the median wage it is almost impossible to afford to live in the Bay Area. If you
15:00
A Weiße Christmas
sur Google Maps Mania

When Did You Last Have a White Christmas is a fantastic visualization of Germany's historical winter snow data. The visualization uses small multiples to show all the white Christmases at different German locations in the past 71 years. When Did You Last Have a White Christmas doesn't involve any maps but it does use location data. If you enter the name of a German town or city the application
20 December 2019
19:00
The Spy in Your Pocket
sur Google Maps Mania

The New York Times has been given a huge data file which holds more than 50 billion location records from the phones of more than 12 million Americans. This file helps to reveal how dozens of companies are using mobile phones apps to track the movements of people during the course of their everyday lives. The NYT's article, Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy, is superbly
15:00
100 Years of Motorways
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London's Victoria & Albert Museum has released an interactive map which plots the development of Europe's motorway network over the last 100 years. In 1924 Italy opened the world's first motorway. As you progress through the Evolution of European Motorways 1920-2020 you can observe how Europe's vast high-speed road network developed from that first stretch of the Autostrada dei Laghi in
19 December 2019
18:30
The Fabulous Joy Plot Map Maker
sur Google Maps Mania

The Arun Valley in the South Downs National Park, England Peak Map is a fantastic interactive map which can create a joy-plot map for any location on Earth. To create your own joy-plot map you just need to center Peak Map on your chosen location and a very artistic elevation profile will be generated automatically by this brilliant map. Joy-plots (or ridgeline plots as they are sometimes
15:00
This Map Writes Poetry
sur Google Maps Mania

OpenStreetMap Haiku is a clever map that can write you a personal poem based on your current location. Share your location with OpenStreetMap Haiku and it will generate a unique ode using data gleaned from OpenStreetMap. For example I shared my current location in east London with OpenStreetMap Haiku and it wrote this very apt poem for me: Burford Road In this empty place That's how it is
18 December 2019
19:00
Constellations of Hope
sur Google Maps Mania

Alyssa Flowers has created a number of constellation maps which show which areas of the USA have been protesting the most since the inauguration of Donald Trump. Since Donald Trump became president there have been over 20,000 protests across the country. These protests have been held for a number of reasons, including for women's rights, to tighten gun laws and to protest Trump's
17:00
Mapping the Exodus of Egypt
sur Google Maps Mania

MosesTrek is an interactive map which plots the Biblical journey of Moses and the people of Israel from Egypt to Palestine. As you progress through the map you can follow the journey of the Israelites on their exodus of Egypt based on the account given in one of the oldest German-language Bibles from the 15th century. MosesTrek also uses information used in vintage 19th century maps and
15:00
How to Be Big in Switzerland
sur Google Maps Mania

If you want to be a pop star in Switzerland then you should sing in Spanish. The top 2 most listened to musical artists in Switzerland are J.Balvin and Ozuna (in that order), both of whom sing in Spanish. About the worst thing you can do if you want to be big in Switzerland is sing in English. Of the top 10 most listened to artists only Lady Gaga and Ed Sheeran sing in English - and they both
17 December 2019
19:00
Who Lives Longest?
sur Google Maps Mania

According to the latest data from the United Nations Japanese people have the longest life expectancy on the planet. In 2019 the life expectancy in Japan is 85 years. That means the average Japanese person can expect to live 32 years longer that the average person in the Central African Republic. In 2019 the life expectancy in the Central African Republic is 53 years, the lowest life expectancy
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Yer aff tae lik' this map
sur Google Maps Mania

The Scots Syntax Atlas is a freish interactive map whilk records th' different ways that scots fowk blether in th' different areas o' scootlund. Th' map includes sound recordings o' scots syntax whilk wur recorded o'er th' land. Th' map an' a' allows ye tae explore in whilk different areas o' th' land different types o' scots syntax ur spoken. Tae create th' map th' researchers visited 145
16 December 2019
19:00
The Long Range Missile Map
sur Google Maps Mania

If you've ever worried about whether North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missiles have a long enough range to target your home then you might like MISSILEMAP. Alex Wellerstein's MISSILEMAP is an interactive map which allows you to view the range of different nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles. If you select a country from the drop-down menu you can view a list of that
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UK Small Warming Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

Last week German newspaper Zeit created an impressive small multiples visualization of global heating in Germany. Zeit's Too Warm Here uses 137 small colored maps of Germany to illustrate how the country has warmed since 1881. Each successive map is colored to show the average temperature in the country for that year. I liked the visualization so much that I wanted to create a small multiples
14 December 2019
15:00
The UK Election Interactive Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

The BBC has created a scrollytelling map which provides a tour of what the BBC believes are the biggest stories in the 2019 UK election. These stories include the huge 365 seats by the Conservatives, Labour's loss of a number of traditionally left-leaning constituencies, the loss of the Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson's seat and the success of the SNP in Scotland. The BBC's General election 2019:
13 December 2019
12:25
It Was Brexit Wot Done It
sur Google Maps Mania

A landslide victory for the Conservative Party in the 2019 UK election has already lead to lots of recrimination among left of center voters and politicians. Those on the left of the Labour Party are arguing that the voters didn't necessarily reject the party's left-wing policies. They are saying that the Conservative Party successfully cast this election as being about getting Brexit done.
12 December 2019
23:00
How Big Are the Bushfires? Part Two
sur Google Maps Mania

Last week the Guardian created a simple visualization showing the size of the Australian bushfires. The How big are the fires burning on the east coast of Australia? is a very simple map which consists of a square polygon overlaid on New York, Paris, London and a number of Australian cities. While the map is an effective visualization it is not exactly visually compelling. This week Reuters
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Mapping the History of Luxembourg
sur Google Maps Mania

Luxatlas is an interactive map which visualizes the urban development of Luxembourg since the beginning of the 19th century. The atlas uses a number of historical vintage maps to explore the city's growth and development from an early 19th century fortress city to a large-scale, international metropolis of the 21st century. Using Luxatlas you can explore how Luxembourg has changed over time by
11 December 2019
19:00
A Pipeline to Global Warming
sur Google Maps Mania

A controversial expansion project is set to triple Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline capacity when it is completed in 2022. The pipeline carries up to 300,000 barrels of crude and refined oil a day from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia. After expansion it will have the capacity to transport 890,000 barrels per day. Al Jazeera traveled more than 2,000 km along the pipeline route. During
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Climate Stripe Maps
sur Google Maps Mania

Climate Stripes are one of the most powerful tools to visualize global heating. A climate stripe visualization uses different colored stripes to show the annual average temperatures over time. If you want to know how global heating has effected temperatures in any German town you can now create localized climate stripe visualizations using a new interactive tool. Zeit's Too Warm Here allows
10 December 2019
19:15
The World's Diplomatic Network Map
sur Google Maps Mania

The USA operates hundreds of embassies and consulates across the globe. In fact the USA has the most extensive diplomatic network of any country in the world. You can explore this comprehensive network for yourself on the 2019 Lowy Institute's Global Diplomacy Index interactive map. The Lowy Institute's Global Diplomacy Index ranks the diplomatic networks of all the G20, OECD and Asian
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The 1st Santa Tracker of Xmas
sur Google Maps Mania

Every year the Google Santa Tracker battles it out with the Official NORAD Santa Tracker to see who can best keep tabs on Santa's sled as it travels around the world bringing joy to the world's children. It takes a very brave person to take on the combined might of NORAD and Google. However that hasn't stopped Colby Fayock from giving it a go. His Santa Tracker is an interactive map which
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The Noongar Place-Name Map
sur Google Maps Mania

Gnarla Boodja Mili Mili (Our Country on Paper) is an interactive map of some of the original Noongar place-names for locations in what is now the Australian city of Perth. Perth itself is known as Boorlo or Burrell in the Noongar language. The map features the Noongar place-names for Noongar camping and hunting grounds, natural landmarks and sacred places. The Noongar are the indigenous people
09 December 2019
19:00
Road Orientations and Street Directions
sur Google Maps Mania

Last year Geoff Boeing's Comparing City Street Orientations proved to be a very popular visualization of the street patterns in 25 major American cities. Using a series of compass roses Geoff revealed that the majority of U.S. cities adhere to a fairly strict grid system of roads. He then compared the strict grid system of many U.S. cities to the more organic street patterns found in other
15:00
America is Moving Up
sur Google Maps Mania

Real-estate company Zillow argues that new residential construction in nearly all US metro areas consists of concentrated clusters of very large apartment buildings. Traditionally US cities have developed outwards with the development of new suburbs consisting of mainly single-family homes. However, Zillow says, that in recent years new residential construction has consisted almost entirely of
08 December 2019
15:00
The UK Election Map
sur Google Maps Mania

On Thursday the UK will be electing a new government. However we don't need to wait until Friday for the first interactive UK election map. In preparation for this week's general election the Economist has released a map which allows you to explore how a number of different demographic factors shaped the 2017 UK election. The Economist's The political geography of the 2017 election allows you
07 December 2019
17:00
How Big Are the Australian Bushfires?
sur Google Maps Mania

The bushfires which are currently burning in eastern Australia have destroyed nearly 480 homes. According to the Guardian newspaper the combined size of the different bushfires is at least 2.2m hectares. To illustrate how big 2.2m hectares is the Guardian has created an interactive map which allows you to view 2.2m hectares overlaid on top of a number of global cities. The How big are the
06 December 2019
15:00
Working Only for the Rent
sur Google Maps Mania

The island of Sylt in the north of Germany is the most unaffordable place to rent a property in the whole of the country. If you are a low-incomer earner in Sylt then, on average, you will have to pay over half of your salary on rent. The most affordable municipality in Germany is Borgentreich, in the Höxter district of North Rhine-Westphalia. Low-income earners in Borgentreich on average only
05 December 2019
19:00
Who is at Risk from Wildfire?
sur Google Maps Mania

The risk of wildfires in California is increasing with global heating. Most experts now say that wildfire season in the state lasts all year long. Which means that it is more important than ever before to be able to identify where people's lives are most at risk from wildfire. Last year the LA Times used the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's high-risk fire zones to map where homes
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Yandex Maps has Crowdsourced Street View
sur Google Maps Mania

In Russia nearly all cars seem to be equipped with a dash cam. This proliferation of dash cams has come about because of the widespread lack of car insurance, a corrupt police force and a legal system which generally requires car owners to have concrete evidence when involved in an accident. Russian web mapping provider Yandex has turned this love of dash cams to its advantage. Russian car

04 December 2019
22:04
GIS for Math
sur James Fee GIS Blog

There was great reflection over Thanksgiving at my house.

I got into GIS partly because I love maps but mostly because I love using math to solve problems. Nothing makes me happier than running some analysis and seeing the results. pic.twitter.com/cnOW0Bk1Ah
— James Fee (@jamesmfee) December 2, 2019

Well maybe that is hyperbole but I was asked how the heck did I get myself where I am today. I think I’ve told this story many times before on this blog, but one more time won’t hurt. I was working toward a degree in Economics when statistics classes his my schedule. I really took to these and started to try and take as many as I could before I graduated. One of these was given by the Geography Department at Arizona State University. The name of the course has been lost to time but I do recall they used SPSS which I despised. The kicker though was the TA for that class introduced me to Perl and that was the introduction to the freedom that open scripting tools can give you.

Maps have been something as a kid I loved, like you I read the atlas and the Thomas Brothers Guide, but math and statistics is what drew me to GIS. SPSS and Perl are no longer part of my toolset (thank god honestly) but the skills I learned back then still make calculations in GIS analysis much easier for me. Cartography is the tip of the iceberg with GIS, the math is what makes it sing. Don’t forget that.

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What are Your Chances of a White Christmas?
sur Google Maps Mania

If you are dreaming of a white Christmas this year then you might like to check out this interactive map from NOAA. NOAA's White Christmas map uses historical weather data to provide a prediction of the chance of experiencing at least 1 inch of snow at your location on Christmas Day. The whiter the map at your location then the more chance there is of having a white Christmas. NOAA's odds of
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World Climate Stripes
sur Google Maps Mania

The European Commission's ERA5 Explorer allows you to view historical climate data for cities around the world. Click on the map and you can explore a range of climate statistics showing how the climate has changed at the selected location over the last forty years. The map even generates climate stripes for your selected location. The Era5 Explorer interactive map itself can show the average
03 December 2019
19:00
The New York Subway Map
sur Google Maps Mania

The New York Times' New York Subway Map Like You've Never Seen it Before takes a close look at the MTA's New York subway map. It explores some of the reasons why the current map design was introduced in 1979 and some of the problems created by this redesign of the city's subway map. The primary designer responsible for the 1979 redesign of the New York subway map was Nobuyuki Siraisi. As you
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The Geography of Typography
sur Google Maps Mania

Amsterdam Typography is a fascinating interactive map documenting examples of typography which can be found on the streets of Amsterdam. The map displays photographs of interesting examples of typography found in shop signs, advertising posters and even in graffiti throughout the city. One of the many things which I enjoy while traveling around the world is exploring the often subtle
02 December 2019
19:00
The Amazon Injuries Map
sur Google Maps Mania

Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to work in one of Amazon's 'Fulfilment' centers. But don't worry even if you haven't managed to become a minimum wage Amzonian you can still visit one of Amazon's injury strewn warehouses. Amazon fulfilment (sic) tours are available around the world. Book a tour today and see for yourself how Amazon achieves one of the highest injury rates in any
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The Fall of City-Hof
sur Google Maps Mania

The Fall of City-Hof is a 3D scrollytelling map which explores the history of Hamburg's controversial City-Hof high-rise complex. The City-Hof was one of the first tower blocks built in the German city of Hamburg, after World War II and this scrollytelling story map recounts the history of the building from its initial construction right up until its final destruction. Th City-Hof complex of
30 November 2019
15:00
First Person Mapping
sur Google Maps Mania

Gewimmel am Himmel is a very impressive interactive map which provides a first person view of flight traffic for any location in Switzerland. As well as providing a unique first person view the map also provides you with a detailed assessment of the major airline routes flying over Switzerland and where all these planes are flying to and from. Once you select a location in Switzerland the
29 November 2019
19:00
Borneo is Burning
sur Google Maps Mania

If you search through your bathroom and kitchen cupboards you will almost certainly find a number of products which contain palm oil. Which means that you are indirectly responsible for the burning of the rain forests in South-East Asia. Palm oil is an ingredient in nearly half of all packaged products that you buy from your local supermarket. It can be found in pizzas, doughnuts, chocolate,
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Hyperlapse of London
sur Google Maps Mania

Video driving, walking or cycling directions is one of those ideas which sounds fantastic in principle and often looks amazing and engaging in practice. However it is also one of those amazing ideas which no-one has been able to develop into a feasible business. Maybe HyperlapseMap will be the exception to the rule. HyperlapseMap allows you to explore London on an interactive map of video
28 November 2019
19:00
The Tax Haven Atlas
sur Google Maps Mania

The British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands have been named the top three corporate tax havens in 2019. These three countries are judged by the Tax Justice Network to be the countries who have most helped multinational corporations hide their money and avoid paying their way around the world. The Corporate Tax Haven Index 2019 is an interactive map of the Tax Justice Network's
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The Archaeology of London
sur Google Maps Mania

The Archaeology of Greater London is an interactive map of London archaeological finds from pre-historic times, through the arrival of the Romans right up until the Middle Ages. Even if you aren't particularly interested in archaeology the map provides a fascinating insight into how London has developed as a city since the arrival of the Romans in 47 AD. The Archaeology of Greater London map

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