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10 December 2019
0:00
The Noongar Place-Name Map
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
15:00
Yandex Maps has Crowdsourced Street View
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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
19:00
What are Your Chances of a White Christmas?
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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
15:00
World Climate Stripes
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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
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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
15:00
The Geography of Typography
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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
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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
15:00
The Fall of City-Hof
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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
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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
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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,
15:00
Hyperlapse of London
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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
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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
15:00
The Archaeology of London
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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
27 November 2019
19:00
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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Last Friday was the anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The Sixth Floor Museum has released an interactive story map which recounts the events of November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. Eyewitness to History: An Interactive Map of the Kennedy Motorcade provides a step-by-step guide to the day's events from the President's arrival at Dallas Love Field to his assassination at Dealey
15:00
The Shocking Retreat of Swiss Glaciers
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Last month John Nelson discovered a really interesting new use for a georeference tool. There are lots of georeference tools, such as Map Warper, which can be used to digitize vintage maps by overlaying them on top of a modern interactive map. In Misusing the Georeference Tool for Historic Image Alignment John shows how he used Esri's georeference tool to align a vintage photograph of the Mer
26 November 2019
19:00
Mapping Your Thanksgiving Journeys & Meals
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Around 46 million turkeys are eaten every Thanksgiving. A large proportion of those turkeys come from Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Indiana. There is a very big chance that your sweet potatoes come from North Carolina. The state grows more than half of all America's sweet potato crop. If you want to know more about the geography of your Thanksgiving meal then you should explore
15:00
The High Cost of Rent in Germany
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The ever rising cost of renting accommodation in Germany has become a hot political issue. German newspaper Zeit has used national real-estate data to map the average cost of renting across the whole of Germany and to show how those rental costs have risen over the last eight years. Zeit's interactive map How Expensive is Living in Germany? visualizes the average rent charged in towns across
25 November 2019
17:00
Superfund Sites & Climate Change
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Superfund sites are locations in the United State polluted by hazardous contaminated material. There are 40,000 federal Superfund sites across the whole USA. Currently over 1,300 of those Superfund sites are on the National Priorities List. This list includes sites which are so contaminated that they require significant cleanup. Last week the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
15:00
Mapping the Spanish Diaspora
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According to Spain's Institute of National Statistics there are over 2,100,000 Spaniards who are registered to vote abroad. The institute's database of oversea voters provides a unique insight into where Spanish people choose to live across the world. Obviously not every Spaniard who lives abroad has registered to vote in Spanish elections. However the Electoral Census of Spaniards Living
23 November 2019
16:21
The Men and Women of Europe
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The task on Day 23 of the #30DayMapChallenge is to create a population map. I've seen a lot of population density maps over the years. One of my favorites is the SEDAC Population Estimator (GPWv4), which uses NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data to show where the world's population lives. A recent trend in interactive maps is to use height as a measure of
22 November 2019
15:00
Mapping Coastal Erosion
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There are lots of maps which help to visualize the danger of rising sea levels to coastal communities. In particular Climate Central's new interactive Coastal Risk Screening Tool is a great way to discover which areas of the world are most at risk from the threat of rising seas levels. The Climate Central map shows all land across the globe which is predicted to be below annual flood levels
20 November 2019
17:00
The United States of Americano
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Thinknum has mapped out six of America's largest coffee chains. 22,842 Coffee Shops of America is an interactive map which shows the location of coffee shops belonging to Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Caribou Coffee, Tully's, Peet's, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Baskin-Robbins. Some of these chains are national while some are much more regionally based. the distribution of Dunkin Donuts Exploring
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Cool Walks in Barcelona
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I have only ever visited Barcelona in the extreme heat of summer. Walking around the city has therefore always been combined with a constant search for shade and an attempt to avoid direct sunlight by walking as much as possible in the shadows of buildings. Unfortunately when I visited Barcelona the Cool Walks interactive map didn't exist. Cool Walks is a new route-planning tool which can help
19 November 2019
17:00
The Digital Reconstruction of Shuri Castle
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At the end of October one of the most iconic buildings in Okinawa, Japan was destroyed by fire. The Shuri Castle was originally built around 500 years ago, although the original building was destroyed by fire in World War II. The reconstructed castle has now met a similar fate. The Okinawa local government has already started talking about a new reconstruction project and there is also a
18 November 2019
17:00
Greece's Refugees
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In the last few months the number of refugees arriving in Greece has surged. Greek refugee camps are now filled beyond capacity. For example there are currently around 16,924 immigrants on Lesbos. The island is equipped to host around 3,000 refugees at most. The UN Refugee Agency's Operational Portal has an interactive map visualizing the number of refugees arriving on each of Greece's islands
15:00
The Hong Kong Tear Gas Heat Map
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Currently the HKmap.live map is showing a lot of activity around the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where police have trapped hundreds of activists. The police have today been firing tear gas canisters at demonstrators who have gathered to protest at the police siege of the campus. Just yesterday the creators of the crowdsourced Hong Kong police tracking map, released a heat-map visualizing
16 November 2019
17:33
The Biggest Plastic Polluting Brands
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In September volunteers around the world took part in an audit of plastic litter. Nearly half a million pieces of plastic waste were collected in 51 different countries. 43% of those individual pieces of plastic were clearly marked with a consumer brand. The top global plastic polluter around the world, according to the audit, was Coca Cola. This is the second year in a row that Coca Cola was
15 November 2019
15:30
The Moscow Building Age Map
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While there have been lots and lots of interactive building age maps released over the last few years very few of these maps have been used to explain the history of construction within individual cities. This is a real shame because these maps obviously have important stories to tell about how towns and cities have developed over time. That is why I really like the History of Moscow Housing
12:21
There Are No Streets in Crawley
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Since September I've been trying to prove a theory that there are very few new streets in Britain. My theory is that very few roads built after 1800 are called "... Street". Britain has lots of post-1800 roads, avenues, closes, courts and lanes. I believe it has very few new streets. For some reason since 1800 town planners in Britain have taken a strong dislike to calling roads '... Street'.
14 November 2019
18:00
Cattle & Deforestation in the Amazon
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The large number of fires in the Amazon this summer were closely linked to an increase in deforestation. Most of the areas which have recorded the largest number of fires in 2019 have also had the largest number of deforestation warnings. One of the most common causes of deforestation in the Amazon is the increase in cattle farming. InfoAmazonia and China Dialogue have created an interactive
12:17
UK Rain, River Levels and Snow
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This week a number of locations in the UK have experienced severe flooding. The UK Environment Agency has warned that with heavy rain forecast in some areas over the next four days that further flooding is expected, particularly in South Yorkshire. People in Lincolnshire and the Midlands should also remain aware that flooding may be a risk over the next few days. The UK government's Flood
13 November 2019
17:32
Online GeoJSON Editors
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I use geojson.io nearly everyday to create and edit GeoJSON data. I find it particularly useful for tidying up and minimizing third-party data which I have downloaded from elsewhere. For example, I find geojson.io very useful for previewing data which I've exported from overpass turbo. Once I've loaded the data into geojson.io I can then remove or add data depending on my mapping needs. Vector
14:59
Tracking Tropical Storm Fengshen
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Typhoon Tracking is an interactive map which shows the projected path of tropical storm Fengshen. The map combines an overlay of the storm's predicted path with a movie of how the storm appears from the Himawari-9 satellite. The predicted path was downloaded from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The video of the storm was created using images from the Himawari-8 Real-time Web website. I
12 November 2019
23:00
Australian Bushfire Maps
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Many parts of Australia, in particular in New South Wales, are experiencing record levels of bushfires. One fire on its own in Coffs Harbour, NSW has a perimeter of 1000 kilometres. With no rainfall forecast and the promise of warm dry conditions for the coming week the extreme threat of fire in the state is expected to continue. MyFireWatch is an interactive map providing information on the
19:00
Mapping the Global Land Grab
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Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) can have a devastating impact on local communities. Across the world, particularly in the developing world, land which is used by smallholders and local communities is being bought up by large corporations for agricultural production, for the extraction of natural resources or for industrial development. These controversial land transfer deals often take
11 November 2019
19:00
L.A.'s Wealth Mountains
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The Topography of Wealth in L.A. - Visualizing Income Inequality as Terrain is an impressive story map which explores the city's vast income disparities using elevation as a metaphor for wealth. As you scroll through the story the map highlights areas of the city where there is a huge disparity between the median incomes of people living in adjacent neighborhoods. On the Topography of Wealth
12:06
Spanish Election Maps
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El Diario has mapped out the results of yesterday's Spanish election. Today's election was the second this year and the fourth in as many years. The Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) won the most seats in Sunday's election. However their 120 seats was three fewer than they won in April and so the party still has no majority. The extreme far-right Vox party jumped into third place while
10 November 2019
17:00
New York in Black & White
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Challenge number 10 in the #30DayMapChallenge is to create a black and white map. My attempt to meet this challenge is New York in 3D, an interactive map with 3D extruded buildings. I created the 3D extruded building map style using Mapbox Studio. If you want to know how to do this the Add 3D buildings to a Mapbox Studio style tutorial is a great step-by-step guide to extruding buildings (or
09 November 2019
19:00
The Australian Bushfires From Space
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Earlier today I linked to a satellite video map showing the ever changing appearance of the Yellow River Delta. That map uses satellite imagery from NASA with Mapbox GL's video overlay functionality. If you want to create your own timelapse videos from satellite imagery then NASA is obviously a great source for your imagery. Another good source is the RAMMB/CIRA Slider website. This tool
17:00
China's Yellow River Delta
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My Yellow River Delta map shows the ever changing appearance of the mouth of the Huang He (Yellow River) in China. Millions of tons of sediment enters the river every year. Much of this sediment is carried as far as the river's mouth where it continually rebuilds the delta. On the Yellow River Delta map a video overlay loops through a series of satellite images. These natural-color images,
08 November 2019
23:00
The Australian Music Map
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The Australian Broadcasting Channels' The Australian Music Map, is an interactive map which allows you to explore and listen to classical music written by Australian composers. The map includes music by composers who are strongly linked to a particluar location and music which has been composed especially for a specific Australian place. If you select a marker on the Australian Music Map you
16:00
Central Park in Green
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Day 8 of the #30DayMapChallenge is colored a rather fetching shade of green. For my green map I decided to take a little inspiration from abstract art. My Kandinsky Park map is a homage to the Russian painter Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky. On this map different OSM id numbers have been given a different shade of green and all polygons have been rotated slightly. If you squint your eyes a
07 November 2019
17:00
Mapping Journalist Deaths
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In just the last 12 years over 1000 journalists have been killed around the world. KeepTruthAlive is an interactive map which has been created by UNESCO to show where journalists have been killed around the world. The map was created for the UNESCO campaign #KeepTruthAlive. The interactive map uses data from UNESCO and only shows journalists who have been killed from June 1993 until July 2019.
15:00
Red Towns & Cities of the World
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Day 7 of the #30DayMapChallenge brings us to the color red. In honor of the occasion here is an interactive map of all the red towns and cities around of world. My map isn't very interesting at all. However it is a neat example of the power of importing and styling your own data in Mapbox Studio. The ability to add and style your own place labels in Mapbox Studio has been used particularly
06 November 2019
17:00
Mapbox's New Scrollytelling Template
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Story Maps are an excellent way to not only visualize geographical data but to pick out the stories and patterns in your mapped data. Thanks to Mapbox's new Scrollytelling Template there is now a new tool to help you create your very own 'scrollytelling' map stories. You can preview a story map created with the Scrollytelling Template on this demo map. The demo map not only introduces the new
15:00
Mapping the Dutch Slave Trade
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The Dutch Trade in Black People is a story map exploring the role of the Netherlands in the transatlantic slave trade. The story uses an interactive map to explain the triangular trade between the Netherlands, West Africa and the New World. The map is also accompanied by and illustrated with a number of contemporary paintings depicting enslaved Africans, the slave ships used by the Dutch and
05 November 2019
18:00
Mapping the Epistles of Paul
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You can now read and explore the world's oldest existing manuscript of the letters of St. Paul as an interactive map. The University of Michigan's Epistles of Paul presents the original manuscript of the letters of St.Paul as an interactive Leaflet map, shown side-by-side with a modern translation of the text. If you click on the text icon in the map menu then all the lines in the original
16:00
Raster Rivers & Railways
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Most of the major interactive map providers, such as Google Maps and Bing Maps, are vector maps. However they didn't begin as vector maps. Both Google Maps and Bing Maps began life as raster maps. A raster map is a map which is made from lots of static map images. An interactive raster map is essentially a tiled grid of lots of different images, each containing a different part of the map.
04 November 2019
19:00
The Global Threat of Rising Seas
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The threat of rising sea levels now affects millions more people than previously thought. A new elevation model from Climate Central reveals that many of the world’s coastlines are far lower than had previously been believed. The result is that rising seas are likely to affect many more areas than in previous models of climate change. Climate Central's Coastal Risk Screening Tool is an
17:00
Manhattan Bars Hexbin
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This interactive hexbin map of Bars in Manhattan shows the hottest nightspots in New York (not really). The map is my latest map in the 30 Day Map Challenge. Hexbins are the subject of day 4 of the #30DayMapChallenge. The Bars in Mahattan map uses turf.js to create a hexbin map visualizing the number of bars across Manhattan. On the map each hexagon is colored to show the number of bars in
03 November 2019
14:29
The Orientation of London's Churches
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Today's #30DayMapChallenge is to create a map containing polygons. My Church Orientations map displays London churches as extruded polygons. The compass rose on the map also visualizes the orientation of all the churches in the current map view. Since the 8th Century churches have tended to be built facing towards the east. The main focus of a church, the alter, is placed at the east end of
02 November 2019
17:00
Miami Street Orientation
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In many American cities the street grid system is often reflected in the names of the city's streets. For example in some cities you might find that all roads called 'Avenue' run north to south, while all roads called 'Street' run west to east (or vice versa depending on the city). It is possible to visualize this pattern very effectively with an interactive map and a radial chart. My Miami
01 November 2019
17:00
How to Find Your Nearest Mountain
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Topi Tjukqnov has set a 30 Day Map Challenge. The challenge is to make a different map every day during November. To help inspire cartographers Topi has also published a list of 30 different themes and functionality that your maps could include on each day. November 1st's suggestion is 'points'. Inspired by Closest Volcano I decided that for the first day of the #30DayMapChallenge I would
31 October 2019
19:00
Mapping Global Wind Power Potential
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Despite growing by 30% in the last nine years offshore wind power still only provides 0.3% of electricity around the globe. Some countries, such as the UK, Germany and Denmark have recently added a lot of offshore wind power capacity. However there is still huge potential for offshore wind power around the world. In fact wind power has the potential to provide more than 18 times the global
17:00
Mapping Cancer Alley
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The land along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is often referred to as 'Cancer Alley'. The area is dominated by chemical plants and is consequently one of the most polluted places in the USA. ProPublica has used Environmental Protection Agency scientific model to map out the concentrations of toxic chemicals between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. In a Notoriously
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The First 2019 UK Election Map
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The UK has set a date for a new national election. The election on December 12th is by default almost becoming a second referendum on Brexit. It will also result in many, many new election maps. The first of which is Maproom's 2019 UK Election Map. This interactive map colours each electoral constituency by the political party of the currently sitting MP. If you click on a constituency you can
30 October 2019
15:00
How Flanders Has Changed in 50 Years
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The Flanders region of Belgium has changed a lot in the last 50 years. If you want to know how the area has changed then you can explore the 50 Years of Concreting in Flanders interactive map. 50 Years of Concreting in Flanders uses aerial photography from 1971 to show how the region looked from the air half a century ago. Using the map you can search for any address and compare modern aerial
29 October 2019
19:00
How to Find a Halloween Costume
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If you haven't planned what you are wearing for Halloween this year then you need This is Halloween. Every year two major pop-up costume retailers, Spirit Halloween and Halloween City open stores across the country. Because the two companies take advantage of otherwise empty stores their locations usually change year-on-year. This can make them a little hard to find. That is why Jonah Adkins
17:00
How to Find Your Nearest Volcano
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If there is an emergency do you know how to find your closest volcano? I like to think of myself as a keen amateur volcanologist, but even I have to admit that there are times when I am unaware of where to find my nearest volcano. Especially when I am traveling somewhere new, either for work or for pleasure. That is why I always carry Closest Volcano. Closest Volcano is an essential
28 October 2019
19:00
Detecting Slums with AI
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The Million Neighborhoods Map is a new tool designed to detect and identify informal settlements across the world. The tool, made by the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, finds communities with limited access to roads and therefore other services. This means that the map can be used to identify urban areas most in need of roads, power, water, sanitation and other
17:00
The World's Most Polluted Rivers
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The Ocean Cleanup claims that "80% of river plastic pollution entering the world's oceans stem from 1000 rivers". In Plastic Sources the organization has mapped out the world's 1,000 most polluting rivers and the 30,000 rivers responsible for the other 20% of the plastic entering our oceans. Currently the map includes very little information on how the organization calculates the amount of
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The 2019 Thüringia State Election Map
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The Landtagswahlkarte 2019 is an interactive map visualizing the results of the 2019 state elections in Thuringia. In yesterday's election the left-wing Die Linke won the most votes. The extreme right-wing AfD picked up the second most votes in the state. Angela Merkel's CDU, who had won the most votes in the state in every previous election since 1990, was pushed into third place. The
26 October 2019
18:49
The Live Wildfire Camera Network
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The ALERTWildfire system uses live cameras to detect, locate and confirm wildfires. The system can also be used to monitor fire behavior and help firefighters tackle fires on the ground. The ALERTWildfire system is being developed by a consortium of the University of Nevada, the University of California and the University of Oregon. The system is currently operational in a number of locations in
25 October 2019
20:00
What is Your City's Park Score
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Around 100 million Americans don’t live within a 10-minute walk of a park. The best city to live in if you love parks is Washington DC. The capital ranks number one on the Trust For Public Land's ParkScore. The Trust for Public Land's ParkScore ranks America's 100 largest cities based on their parks. A city's ParkScore is calculated based on four different factors. These include the total size
18:00
The Global Chaos Map
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There is a growing trend to map the economic and social consequences of global heating on humans. Earlier this week ABC News mapped out how climate change in Australia is likely to make many homes uninsurable and will cause huge rises in insurance premiums for most other homes. A rise in insurance premiums is likely to be among one of the more benign effects of global heating. Dwindling food
24 October 2019
20:00
Street View Landscape Paintings
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Google Maps Street View allows you to view locations around the world from the perspective of a panoramic camera. It can also transport you into the center of fictional worlds. For example the panoramic Street Views in the Big City Map can transport you into the comic book world of the 'Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline' series. Big City Map is a project by Emory University’s Center for
18:00
Modeling Smoke Pollution
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Wildfire smoke in Indonesia is a common cause of air pollution in the country. The public health threat from wildfire smoke pollution is why the Smoke Policy Tool has been released to help model and visualize the impact of Indonesian fires on the health of the people living in Equatorial Asia. The use of fire to clear land in Indonesia, particularly in the fuel-rich peatlands, often results in
23 October 2019
23:00
Uninsurable Australia
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Last month The Guardian released an interactive map which explored how Australia will be affected by future climate change. If you enter a postcode or click on the How the climate crisis will affect you interactive map you can see how your region's temperatures, rainfall, sea levels and fire risk will be affected by future climate change. One expensive result of this changing climate is
18:00
The Fool's Cap Map of the World
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After 14.5 years Maps Mania finally has a logo. The new logo is inspired by The Fool's Cap Map of the World. The Fool's Cap World Map is a Sixteenth Century map in which the world is depicted encompassed by a fool's cap. The Fool's Cap Map is a bit of mystery. We don't know who it was made by and it can't be precisely dated. However we do know it was made sometime after 1570, as the map in the
22 October 2019
19:00
How Clearwater was Conquered by Aliens
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Like an invading race of aliens from a bad science-fiction novel Scientologists have slowly and stealthily taken over the city of Clearwater, Florida. There are now very few non-infected humans left in the town. In 1975 the Scientologists bought one hotel in Clearwater. They then drew up plans to take-over the city. Over the years the church bought up properties in the surrounding blocks. The
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2019 Canadian Election Maps
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Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party won the most seats in yesterday's Canadian election but he lost his overall majority. The Conservatives won the popular vote but did not win enough seats to form a government. The Liberals are now likely to form a minority government, possibly with the help of the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP). So far the Canadian election maps that I have seen haven't
21 October 2019
20:00
The More Modern Plague of New York
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Over the last week I've become a little obsessed with Nineteenth Century temperance maps of drinking establishments in London and New York. These maps were designed to give the impression that the two cities were overrun by a plague of alcohol. The temperance maps of New York show that in the Nineteenth Century many areas of the city really were heavily populated by bars and saloons. I thought
18:00
The Modern Plague of New York
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During the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries the Temperance movement campaigned against the consumption of alcohol. The tendency of the Temperance movement to see alcohol or alcoholism as some form of social disease is apparent in maps such as the Modern Plague of London, which was created by the National Temperance Publication Depot in 1886. Almost at the same time as the National
11:12
The 2019 Swiss Election Maps
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Yesterday federal elections were held in Switzerland to elect members of both houses of the Swiss Federal Assembly. The largest party, the anti-immigrant Swiss People's Party, remained the most popular party but lost 12 seats on a -3.8% swing. All the major political parties, except for the two Green parties, saw a downturn in their vote share. The Greens gained 17 seats on a 6.1% swing (they
19 October 2019
18:00
Weather Forecast - 120,000,000 BC
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Cameron Beccario's earth animated wind map library is a fantastic way to visualize weather conditions around the globe. The library is most often used to map wind, ocean and atmospheric conditions in real-time. It has now also been used to map the climate 120 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous. During the Early Cretaceous or the Lower Cretaceous the Earth had a very different climate
18 October 2019
16:52
The Modern Plague of London
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The Modern Plague of London is a map showing the density of pubs in central London. On this map the number of pubs in each kilometer square is represented by the size of the yellow circles. The more pubs there are in a square kilometer then the larger the size of the yellow circle. The areas with the most pubs are mostly found in Westminster and the City of London. On the 16 x 7 square
17 October 2019
15:00
The Polish Imperial Election
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On Sunday Poland held a national election. The right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) won a majority in the lower house of parliament (the Sejm), but lost its majority in the upper house (the Senate) to the opposition. Before looking at the maps of this week's election in Poland I want to show you a map of how modern day Poland looked in the Nineteenth Century: The Partitions of Poland 1815–
16 October 2019
20:00
Mapping California's Poisoned Wells
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California state regulators have tested 600 wells across the state for toxic chemicals. The Los Angeles Times has created an interactive map which allow you to view the safety of the water in each well. Twenty-four of the wells now have a health advisory. Hundreds of wells are contaminated across California. Find out where uses colored markers to highlight the wells where dangerous chemicals
18:00
Mapping the Natural World
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We all rely on nature for our food & water and even for the air that we breathe. These are only some of the most visible benefits that nature provides. The UN’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) believe that we all need to better understand the full value of nature in order to ensure that we take every step to protect it for sustainable use.
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Mapping Cuts in School Funding
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Next year 83% of schools in England will be worse off than they were in 2015. A new interactive map from the School Cuts coalition allows you to see how your local schools' government funding for next year compares with the funding they received in 2015. On the map schools are shown using colored map markers. The lighter colored markers indicate where a schools has made a funding gain on 2015
15 October 2019
18:00
2018 Global Terrorist Attacks
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The Global Terrorist Database has released its report into global terrorism trends in 2018. There were more than 9,600 terrorist attacks across the globe in 2018. More than 22,980 people were killed in those attacks. The 2018 GTD report is illustrated with a static map which shows all the terrorist attacks which occurred across the world in 2018. Although the map shows that Iraq still suffered
11:58
Parks Boost House Prices
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The UK's Office of National Statistics has carried out some interesting data analysis to determine if nearby parks increase house prices and if so by how much. The ONS used data of house prices from real-estate company Zoopla and map data from Ordnance Survey's Open Greenspace to determine if urban houses near parks and other green spaces are more expensive than houses positioned further away
14 October 2019
20:00
Birds & Animals at Risk of Extinction
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Two-thirds of birds in North America are at risk of extinction from global heating. That is 389 different species of birds. Conservation group Audobon has mapped out the North American habitats of 604 different species of birds. They then applied the latest climate models to these habitats to project how these habitats will be affected by global heating. Survival by Degrees: 389 Species on the
18:00
The Fantastic Fall Colors Map
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In Fantastic fall foliage … and where to find it the Washington Post has mapped out America's forest species data and colored these forests to show their Fall colors. The colors that forest leaves turn depends on the species of trees. Different trees turn different colors in the Fall and at different times. The Washington Post's map shows the different colors that you can expect across the
16:00
Monday's Map Game
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Don't start work yet! At least not until you've played How Many US Cities Can You Name? How Many US Cities Can You Name is a very simple but strangely addictive game which requires you to name as many US cities as you can. That's it! You just need to type US city names. Every city you enter will be highlighted on the map. As you add cities to the map the game keeps a running score of how many
12 October 2019
17:47
Build it and They Will Come
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From 1909 to 1970 Forbes Field was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates. This baseball park was also the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. In 1971 the park was demolished and cleared for use by the University of Pittsburgh. At some point during the first few years after its construction the Detroit Publishing Company took 5 photographs of Forbes Field which, when stitched together
11:07
Mapping the Heat of this Summer
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The BBC has used data from thousands of weather stations to map all the temperature records set in the northern hemisphere over the summer of 2019. Almost 400 locations recorded their hottest ever recorded temperatures during May-August of this year. In Hundreds of temperature records broken over summer the BBC visualizes them all on an animated map. The BBC's map animates through the summer
11 October 2019
20:00
California Wildfires and Power Outages
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Wildfire risk is once again a topic of fierce debate in California. The Pacific Gas and Electric company has cut electricity and gas to large areas of California as a preventative measure against wildfires. Because of fires being caused by trees falling on power lines PG&E has been blamed for two deadly wildfires over the past two years. In order to avoid liability for wildfires this year the
18:00
Mapping US Auto Emissions
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The New York Times has mapped out the CO2 emissions of roads across the United States. CO2 emissions in the US have been on the rise since 2013. Much of this rise has been in and around cities. The Most Detailed Map of Auto Emissions in America shows the CO2 emissions for 2017. If you click on a metro area on the map you can view how much emissions have risen in total since 1990 and how much
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Chronological Maps with Flourish
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Flourish, the data visualization studio, has released a new interactive mapping format which allows you to show geographical data changing over time. The new Point Map template allows you to show points on a map over time, either by rate or cumulatively. Using the template you can show events occurring over time as points on an interactive map, which can be scaled and colored based on the data
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In Search of Station Street
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In Medieval Streets and Modern Roads I hypothesized a theory that in England we largely stopped using the suffix 'Street' when naming our roads around 1800. Before the late Fifteenth Century the word 'Road' was never used for street names in England because this sense of the word only emerged in the late Sixteenth Century. Before the Sixteenth Century lots of roads were called 'Street'. My
10 October 2019
18:09
Extreme Earth
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The Globe of Extremes is an interactive 3D globe which pinpoints some of the most extreme places on Earth. Give the globe a spin and you can discover some fascinating facts about planet Earth. If you click on the orange markers on the globe you will learn about the most distant point from land, the altitude with the highest permanent human settlement and who was the first person to reach the
18:00
The Birth of an Iceberg
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The British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station is famous for discovering the hole in the ozone layer. The hole in the ozone layer was first discovered at Halley in 1985. Measurements of ozone have been made at Halley every year since the base was established in 1956. Unfortunately a crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf led to the station being abandoned over the winter of 2017. This evacuation
16:00
The World's Biggest Pub Crawl
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There are 339 pubs in the UK called the Red Lion. It is the most popular name for pubs. If you had a pint in every single Red Lion you would have a very serious drinking problem. But that didn't stop The Pudding from creating a Red Lion pub crawl - a 5,213 mile journey around the UK visiting all 339 Red Lions. Of course The Pudding didn't stop there. In Ye Olde Mad-Lib Pub Crawl Generator The

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