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23 August 2019
15:55
Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
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The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia have all now sent ships to help protect international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Twenty percent of the world's oil is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has been accused of sabotaging tankers in the Strait and last month seized a British oil tanker which it claimed had strayed into its waters. In June Iran also shot down a US
22 August 2019
20:00
Mapping the Burning Rainforest
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Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) uses satellite data to assess the levels of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest. Inpe says that this data shows an 84% increase in wildfires in the Amazon this year over the same period in 2018. One fairly clear indication of wildfires in the Amazon (and elsewhere) is the concentration of carbon monoxide. When carbon burns it produces water
18:00
How Far is a Mile?
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One thing I nearly always omit from the interactive maps I create is a distance scale. This could be a big mistake. It turns out that most people are pretty bad at estimating distances on maps. Including me. You can find out how good you are at estimating distances on a map using this Distance Perception Study interactive map. The map simply asks you to draw a circle with a radius of one mile
21 August 2019
20:00
Mapping America's Area Deprivation Index
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The Area Deprivation Index (ADI) is a measure of neighborhood disadvantage compiled by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The index ranks neighborhoods based on data taken from the American Community Survey Five Year Estimates. The ten ranks in the index consider local measures of income, education, employment, and housing quality. You can view the ADI scores at
18:00
Europe Stinks
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OdourCollect is an interactive map which is dedicated to recording the smells of the world. The map is part of a citizen science project to build an odour map of the world. Apparently, after noise complaints, bad smells are responsible for the second most environmental complaints across the globe. OdourCollect has been designed so that it can be used by communities which are affected by bad
16:00
Mapping the English Premier League
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Sky Sports has mapped the birthplaces of all 557 football players registered to clubs in the English Premier League. According to Transfermarkt 368 of those 557 players were born overseas, In Where were Premier League players born? Sky has plotted the birthplace of every single player in the EPL. If you click on the markers on the map you can learn more about the individual players, such as
20 August 2019
20:00
The Dot Map of American Education
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Educational Attainment in America is a dot map which visualizes the level of education achieved by the American population across the whole United States. Using the map you can zoom in on any town or city and see the local distribution of educational attainment. The map shows five levels of educational attainment ranging from those who didn't finish high school to those with graduate degrees.
18:00
Burning the Amazonian Rainforest
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Fires in the Amazon have grown by an horrendous amount this year. Satellite imagery from NASA show a 65% increase in fires in Brazil since the beginning of 2019, when compared to the same period in 2018. There is a direct link between the fires and deforestation in the Amazon. Of the 10 areas that have recorded the largest fires in 2019, seven are areas with the highest number of deforestation
16:00
Greta Thunberg's Real-Time Map
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Greta Thunberg is just about half-way through her two-week journey to the United States. The young climate activist is crossing the Atlantic by solar-powered yacht in order to attend the Climate Action Summit in New York on 21-23 September. You can follow Greta's journey on a real-time interactive map. Team Malizia shows the real-time position of the yacht Malizia II as it crosses the Atlantic.
19 August 2019
20:00
1% of the World Lives Here
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If you've ever visited Map Porn on Reddit you will do doubt have seen the endless maps which highlight the most densely populated areas of a country and which have a title along the lines of '...% of this country lives here'. These maps can be quite interesting but on the whole their ubiquity is a little tedious. Having said that I do really like this World Population 3D globe. Spin this globe
17:56
The Proper Pronunciation of Placenames
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Have you ever experienced the embarrassment of mispronouncing the name of a town or city while traveling abroad? Well you now no longer have to worry about how a difficult place-name should be pronounced. Using the Spoken Word interactive map you can now just simply click on a location to listen to the place-name being spoken by a native speaker. The Spoken Word was created by Michael McNeil
12:45
A Game of Hungarian Thrones
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Tomorrow Hungary will celebrate St. Stephen's Day. The day commemorates the foundation of the Hungarian state. On this day Hungarians remember Stephen I, the first king of Hungary and founder of the Kingdom of Hungary. St Stephen became king of Hungary in 1001. For the following 917 years Hungary was ruled by a succession of monarchs, until Charles IV renounced participation in state affairs in
17 August 2019
15:30
The 3D Building Age Map
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Bert Spaan's Netherland's Building Age Map, created for the Waag website, is one of my favorite interactive maps of all time. This map visualizes the age of a staggering 9,866,539 buildings in the Netherlands. This is very impressive in itself but its use of distinct colors for buildings of different construction ages means that the map also has a striking visual impact. Inspired by Spaan's
16 August 2019
20:00
Coral Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef
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Since 1981 the Great Barrier Reef has suffered from four major mass bleaching events. Bleaching happen when very high sea temperatures cause the coral to release the colorful algae that lives inside its tissue. The algae is extremely important for the health of the coral. Without the algae the coral starves. In 2016 93% of the Great Barrier was effected by coral bleaching. Carbon Brief's Can
18:00
3D Terrain Mapping
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Vladimir Agafonkin, the creator of the Leaflet mapping platform, has released a JavaScript library for real-time terrain mesh generation from height data. MARTINI allows you to render terrain in 3D. MARTINI builds a 3D terrain using Right-Triangulated Irregular Networks (RTIN). Check out this MARTINI: Real-Time RTIN Terrain Mesh Observable notebook which both explains what this means and
15 August 2019
20:00
Mapping Earthquake Scenarios
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The LA Times has released an interactive map which allows you to visualize a number of different earthquake scenarios on top of any California location. To create the map the newspaper worked with the U.S. Geological Survey to identify 14 different significant earthquake scenarios which could strike along California's fault lines. If you enter a California address into the What would a
11:44
Berlin: The Divided City
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They may have torn down the wall but Berlin remains a city painfully divided - by football. In the eastern red half of the city live the faithful supporters of FC Union Berlin. In the opposite, western blue half of the city reside the fans of Hertha BSC. Last season FC Union Berlin secured their first ever promotion into the Bundesliga. The result is that this season Berlin will have two
14 August 2019
18:00
Right Whale Spotting
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The NOAA Right Whale Sighting Advisory System is an interactive map of right whale sightings in the North Atlantic. The system has been designed to help reduce collisions between ships and the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Using the map mariners can see where right whales have most recently been sighted off the east coast. The map includes a tool which allows you to see all
16:00
John Snow's Cholera Map in 3D
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John Snow's map of cholera victims during the 1854 cholera outbreak in London is one of the most famous examples of effective data visualization. By plotting the homes of cholera victims on a map Snow was able to identify a water pump in Broad Street as the cause of all the local cases of cholera. Snow's map essentially proved that cholera was spread by contaminated water and disproved the
13 August 2019
22:00
Two Degrees Warmer
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In 2015 countries from around the world signed the Paris Agreement, an agreement to try to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. In 2019 many locations across the United States have already surpassed 2 degrees of warming. Two years ago President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The Washington Post has today released a
20:00
Animated Wind Maps
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Animated wind maps have become very popular over the last few years. Earth: and Windy are just two examples of interactive maps which use weather data from the Global Forecast System to create real-time animated maps of global wind conditions. US Wind Patterns is another interesting example of an animated wind map. However US Wind Patterns uses historical weather data to visualize the last 72
18:00
Where's the Sun?
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Under the Sun is an animated map which shows the daily journey of the Sun as the Earth rotates around its own axis. The map shows the exact point on Earth right now where the sun is at its Zenith. The map updates in real-time. So as you watch the map the sun slowly travels westwards across the land or sea. Under the Sun also includes information on the current time and the latitude and
12 August 2019
18:00
The Impossible Burger Real-Time Map
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Imitation meat by Impossible Food is inexplicably very popular. As a vegetarian of 40 years I struggle to see the attraction of processed food which has been designed to taste like meat. However there are obviously many people who do want to eat fake meat. In fact so many people want Impossible Burgers that it has become nearly impossible to find an Impossible Burger. Which is why Bloomberg
16:00
How Drug Crime Went Rural
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The BBC has published an interactive map which they say visualizes how drug crime is moving from the inner-cities to smaller commuter towns in England & Wales. The map is largely being used to illustrate an interesting theory which is being called 'County Lines'. County Lines is what the police are calling a trend by drug gangs to expand from cities into nearby small towns, using teenagers as
10:30
Mapping Hong Kong Police in Real-Time
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Protesters in Hong Kong have widely been using mobile technology in order to try and stay one step ahead of the police. For example the Telegram messaging app has proved very popular with demonstrators in Hong Kong. This is largely due to its security, the ability of users to permanently delete messages and the ease with which group chats can be established and used by groups of protesters.
10 August 2019
18:00
Route Planning in the Ancient World
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Travelling from London to Rome in the 2nd Century would have taken around 64 days, according to Omnes Viae. Omnes Viae: Itinerarium Romanum is a route planner that lets you navigate the Roman Empire using the roads and shipping lanes available to the ancient Romans. Omnes Viae is based on an ancient Roman map known as the 'Tabula Peutingeriana' and allows you to plan a route that contains
09 August 2019
20:00
LA Donations to the Democrats
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Last week the New York Times published Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns. These maps reveal where in the country each of the Democratic hopefuls have raised the most money. The Los Angeles Times has now taken a more detailed look at where the $13 million donated to Democratic challengers in Los Angeles County has come from and where it is going. Which Democrat
16:00
Climbing Mountains in Street View
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The Zugspitze is Germany's highest mountain. The mountain was first climbed way back in 1820. Now you can climb the mountain yourself using Google Maps Street View. Brothers David and Phil Schmidt spent two weeks hauling panoramic cameras, tripods and GPS devices up the 10,000 foot mountain in order to provide an incredible online Street View tour of the Zugspitze. You can explore the results
08 August 2019
18:00
Fly to the Winter Sun
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If you've ever got sick of the relentless cold and wished to find a little winter sun or dreamed of escaping the insistent heat of a long hot summer then you might like Routitude. Routitude is a flight search engine which can find you flights based on your weather preferences. Enter your departing airport and your month of travel into Routitude and it will find you flight destinations based on
16:00
The Canadian Mountain Killers
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In Turkey, twenty miles southeast of the ruins of Troy, sits the once beautiful mountain of Ida. Turkish fir has grown on this mountain since the days of Helen of Troy and for centuries those forests have been populated by deer, wild boar and jackal. That is they did until the Canadian company Alamos Gold decided to dig for gold. Local environmentalists claim that the company has cut down
07 August 2019
20:00
Gorgeous 3D Edge Rendered Maps
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Raluca Nicola argues that in many 3D maps it can be hard to detect buildings because they aren't contrasted enough from other background map features. That is why Raluca promotes the use of edge rendered maps. Raluca Nicola works on the 3D side of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, which helps explain her love for 3D maps. During her work for Esri Raluca realized that rendering the edges of
18:00
Segregated America
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The Anti-Discrimination Center has produced a series of maps to visualize the levels of residential segregation in the United States. The maps use 2010 Census data and 2016 5-year American Community Survey data to show the percentage of the white, black, Hispanic/Latino and Asian populations living in each state, county and census tract. There are three different interactive maps in the
16:00
Mapping North Korea
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OpenStreetMap volunteers around the world do an incredible job in building, maintaining and improving one of the most detailed and accurate maps of the world. North Korea is perhaps one of the most difficult areas of the world to map. Locals face extremely restricted internet access, severe restrictions on freedom of movement and suspicious state security officers. All of which make it extremely
06 August 2019
20:00
America's Hackable States
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Paperless electronic voting machines are the weak leak in U.S. elections. They are easy to hack and, because they are paperless, they cannot be audited to see if hacking has taken place. 14 states currently use paperless electronic voting machines. Politico has been chasing up those 14 states to discover if and how they plan to replace them. Election Security: The Scramble to Secure America's
18:00
#MassacreMitch
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After a gunman killed 51 people in Christchurch earlier this year the New Zealand government banned most semiautomatic weapons. New Zealand also introduced a nationwide gun buyback scheme, which enables gun owners to safely hand in their guns to the authorities. This year in the United States there have been 253 mass shootings. The U.S. government has done nothing. Actually that isn't strictly
16:00
Weak Gun Laws Kill People
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produces data on Firearm Mortality by State. This includes a map showing the rate of firearm mortality in every state. The ten states with the highest rate of firearm mortality (number of deaths per 100,000 people) are: Alaska - 24.5 Alabama - 22.9 Montana - 22.5 Louisiana - 21.7 Missouri - 21.5 Mississippi - 21.5 Arkansas - 20.3 Wyoming -
05 August 2019
22:00
The GeoSeer API
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GeoSeer is an incredibly useful spatial data search engine which allows you to discover free, open-source geographical datasets from around the world. Using GeoSeer you can search for spatial data by location and by subject. GeoSeer will then show you all the spatial datasets it finds, which are available as OGC web-services. Those are datasets which are available as: WMS (Web Map Service) -
20:00
Global Heating & Colder Winters
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Over recent winters many locations across North America have experienced record breaking cold weather. Some people believe that cold weather in the winter disproves global heating, Be careful and try staying in your house. Large parts of the Country are suffering from tremendous amounts of snow and near record setting cold. Amazing how big this system is. Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of
18:00
Geological Interactive Maps
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The Lithological Map Viewer is a 3D globe showing the types of rock which are present at the surface of the Earth across the whole planet. Lithology is the classification of rocks based on their visible physical characteristics at outcrop. These classifications are normally based on the color, texture, grain size, and composition of the rock. Because lithology classifies rocks at outcrop it can
13:00
Russia's No Protest Map
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On Saturday over 800 protesters were arrested in Moscow. A week earlier over 1,300 protesters were arrested in the city. The protesters are calling for free elections. However the police have determined that the protesters are gathering illegally. Under Russian law citizens are allowed to 'assemble peacefully and without weapons.' Unfortunately the authorities in Moscow say that the time and
04 August 2019
18:41
Lyrics of the World
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Do you know where Tony Bennett left his heart or where you can find the hottest spot south of the Copacabana? If you do then you will find this lyrical map quiz a simple two-step in the park. Lyrical Places is an Esri Geography Treasure Hunt, a map based quiz in which you have to find the locations mentioned in the lyrics of some famous songs. In the game you are presented with a succession of
03 August 2019
18:00
The Democratic Map of America
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The New York Times has mapped out where in the United States each of the Democratic hopefuls have raised the most money. The result is a map of the United States which reveals the regional strengths of each of the Democratic candidates. The NYT's Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns uses data from fund-raising records disclosed by ActBlue (an online fund-raising
02 August 2019
20:00
A Gerrymandered Font of the USA
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Ugly Gerry is a font which has been created from the shapes of different U.S. congressional districts. A Font Created by Your Congressional Districts consists of one district outline for every letter of the alphabet. The fact that you can find districts which resemble 26 different letters of the alphabet is testament to the extensive levels of gerrymandering by U.S. politicians. Back in 2014
18:00
How Hot Will it Get?
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According to the BBC July 2019 was one of the hottest months ever recorded. They also claim that the world is set to become even warmer. In How Much Warmer is Your City? the BBC has mapped out how much the world has warmed in the last 100 years and how hot the world will get in the next century. How Much Warmer is Your City starts with a 3d globe which shows the average temperature around the
11:10
The Dot Map of 1910 Hungary
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The Native-Ethnic Composition of Hungary in 1910 is a dot map showing the native languages of Hungarians in 1910. The map is based on data from the 1910 Hungarian census. On the map one dot represents one person and the different colors represent the different languages spoken by Hungarians in 1910. The languages shown are Hungarian, German, Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Slovak, Ukranian and
01 August 2019
20:00
These Farms Receive $1 Million+ in Subsidies
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In 2017 389 farms in the USA received $1 million dollars or more in government subsidies. Farm subsidies were introduced during the Great Depression to save family farms from bankruptcy. They are now mainly being used by the industrial farming sector to milk the government. For example Pinicon Farms in Iowa received $9.9 million in subsidy from the government in 2017 alone. OpenTheBooks has
18:00
Mapping the Birth of Boston
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In September 1630 the English colonists in Trimountaine decided to rename their settlement 'Boston', after the English town in Lincolnshire. By 1648, eighteen years later, much of the Shawmut peninsula had been parceled out, claimed and settled by different colonial families. You can discover which families lived in Boston in 1648 using a new interactive map created by Northeastern University.
31 July 2019
18:00
An Endangered Animal in Every State
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There are 719 species listed as endangered in the USA under the federal Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service maintains a list of the endangered species in each U.S. state. National Geographic has used this list to create an interactive map to highlight just one endangered species in every state of the United States. If you hover over a state on National Geographic's See a
15:00
The Map of English Literature
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The Map of English Literature shows the birthplaces of some of English Literature's greatest writers. On the map authors, poets and dramatists have been mapped to their place of birth (although there are a few exceptions where writers have been mapped to locations which they are more commonly associated with). If you hover over a name on the map you can read more about the chosen writer. All
30 July 2019
16:00
U.S. Population Mountains
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U.S. Populations Lines visualizes population density in the United States. On the map population density is expressed by the height of lines running across the map. The higher the line then the more people live there. U.S. Population Lines is inspired by Joy Division's Unknown Pleasure album, designed by Peter Saville. The album cover was inspired by a visualization of the radio waves emitted
9:36
How Sea Level Rise Will Sink Asia
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Rising sea levels could have a devastating effect on Asia. Sea levels are projected to rise by at least 2 metres by the end of this century. In Asia many major cities are located on the coast. Already countries like Bangladesh suffer from regular flooding and will be particularly effected by global heating and rising sea levels. Going Under: How Sea Level Rise is Threatening to Sink Major
29 July 2019
20:00
Poverty in the USA
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More than 1 in 10 Americans live in poverty. In total, in 2016, 40.6 million people in the USA were living in poverty. Of course poverty isn't an equal opportunity disaster. It hits some groups more than others: If you are disabled in America then your chance of living in poverty doubles. The poverty rate for people living with a disability is 21%. If you are a child your chances of living in
18:00
See the Deforestation in Your Town
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In July Brasil is set to lose an area of rainforest which is bigger than the size of Greater London. During last year's election Jair Bolsonaro was heavily supported by Brazil’s agribusiness and mining interests. Since becoming president the rate of deforestation in the Amazon has grown, disastrously for the rest of the planet. If you are struggling to understand the rate and the scale of this
27 July 2019
20:00
How Earthquakes Can Cause Earthquakes
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Remote Triggering of Earthquakes is a fascinating story map which explores how the seismic waves caused by large earthquakes can trigger other earthquakes, even on the other side of the Earth. Remote Triggering of Earthquakes uses a story map format to show how large earthquakes are often shortly followed by further seismic activity, particularly near to the original main shock. In California
18:00
The Global Child Mortality Map
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The Pulitzer Center's Child Lives Map visualizes the levels of infant mortality around the world. At first glance the map may appear a little depressing. It reveals that there are still relatively high levels of child mortality in many countries around the world. However the map also shows the remarkable decline in infant mortality from 1990 to 2012. The map uses UNICEF data to compare child
26 July 2019
20:00
Planet Earth's Daily Selfie
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Planet Labs currently operates 150 active satellites. Every day these satellites capture imagery of the whole of planet Earth. The satellite imagery captured by Planet Labs provide a daily picture of Earth and are therefore ideal for monitoring global changes and trends. Planet Labs' Dove satellites are able to create a complete image of the Earth once per day at 3-5 m optical resolution. The
18:00
Chicago Traffic Accidents in 3D
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The intersection of Lake Shore Drive & E 57th Drive is the most dangerous place for drivers in Chicago. More accident collisions happen here than at any other intersection in the city. You can view Chicago's other traffic black spots on a new interactive map, Chicago Traffic Accidents, a 3D mapped visualization of City of Chicago traffic accident data. The Chicago Traffic Accidents map
25 July 2019
20:38
The Map of Football Fandom
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The Most Popular NFL Teams shows the most popular NFL team and player in every county of the United States. The most popular team in each county is based on the number of seats sold for each team on VividSeats and the most popular player is based on social media data gathered by social publishing platform opendorse. Each county on the map is colored to show the most popular team. You can hover
18:00
Discover Your Doom Score
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If you are the kind of person who worries about nuclear war, extreme climate change or natural disaster then you should not look at this interactive map. bunker.land calls itself the "Zillow for the Apocalypse" and allows you to discover your 'Doom Score' or the chance that you will die in a future nuclear war or natural disaster. Your 'Doom Score' is your predicted chance of dying from a
10:35
Global Heating in Europe
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This year many European countries experienced their hottest June on record. July looks to be another record breaking month across the whole of the continent. Yesterday Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands all recorded their highest ever temperatures. Many other temperature records are forecast to be broken today and tomorrow, with temperatures expecting to pass 40 degrees centigrade in many
24 July 2019
20:00
Hacking the Electoral College Map
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FiveThirtyEight are still desperately replaying the 2016 U.S. presidential election, trying to understand how Donald Trump beat Hilary Clinton. Thanks to America's 'most states’ winner-takes-all rule' the Republican candidate became president despite losing the popular vote. The candidate who won the most votes in the 2016 election did not become president. The Electoral College consists of 538
17:41
Real-Time Street View
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The Nexar Live Map is an interactive map of near real-time street view level imagery. Using the map you can explore New York City as portrayed in the latest dash cam images from the Nexar network. Nexar's dash cam system uses AI technology to automatically detect and record incidents on the road. The system is designed to detect collisions and road delays in real-time and use this information
15:00
London's Air Pollution in Real-Time
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Breathe London has installed 100 air pollution monitors across the capital to capture data on the city's air quality. The monitors measure levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO?), nitric oxide (NO), particulate matter (PM) and carbon dioxide (CO?). You can view the latest nitrogen dioxide air pollution levels across London on the Breathe London interactive map. The map allows you to view the latest
23 July 2019
19:30
Visualizing the Ridgecrest Earthquake
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The LA Times has created a number of animated satellite images to show the immense power of the recent Ridgecrest earthquakes. On the 4th and 5th of July a series of earthquakes occurred north and northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, California. The largest of which had a magnitude of 7.1. The Los Angeles Times has combined before and after satellite imagery of the desert to show the effect
15:00
Mapping Game Worlds onto the Real World
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One of the perennial questions asked of computer games is 'How big is the map?' It is a question which can perhaps be best answered by comparing the size of a game world with a real world location. If you ask Google 'How many square miles is GTA V? it will answer '100 square miles'. That is probably a reasonably accurate answer (accepting the philosophical leap necessary when trying to map the
22 July 2019
20:00
Finding Affordable Rent in Canada
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The cheapest province to rent a two bedroom apartment in Canada is Quebec. If you earn the minimum wage you would only have to work 52 hours a week to afford an averagely priced two bedroom apartment. This might sound like a lot of hours to work just for your rent but it is a lot less than the 105 hours a week you would have to work to rent an apartment in British Columbia at minimum wage. A
18:00
Where Democrats Get Their Money
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The Democratic presidential candidates have to report all donations over $200. This means that the Mercury News has been able to create an interactive map which shows where in the United States each of the candidates has raised the most money in political donations. Most money raised by the democratic hopefuls comes from the largest towns and cities in the USA. The Where Democratic presidential
20 July 2019
18:00
Prepare for Killer Heat
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Since the 1960's the United States has been seeing a gradual rise in the number of days when the temperature reaches extreme levels. Locations across the country have witnessed more intense and longer lasting heat waves than in the past. A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days (2019), says that
19 July 2019
18:00
Autocomplete - Cities Edition
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I've updated the Autocomplete Map so that it now also shows what Google thinks of American and UK cities. On this interactive map country, state and city place-name labels have been changed to show Google's autocomplete suggestions for different locations. For example when you type "New York is ... " into Google the search engine suggests "New York is Killing Me". Google autocomplete
16:00
The Poetry Sounds Map
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Italian poet and sound artist Giovanna Iorio has created an interactive map of poetry recordings from around the world, spoken in each writer's native language. The Poetry Sounds Library allows you to both listen to poets' voices and see where those poets come from. If you click on a marker on the map you can listen to an actual recording of the poem read by the poet. On the map the yellow
18 July 2019
15:06
Europe's Boom & Bust
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Zeit has published an interactive map which shows which areas in Europe are becoming more popular and which areas people are leaving. Zeit's The Commuter Belt Effect map visualizes population growth and loss from 2011-2017. The orange/red areas on Zeit's maps are the areas which have seen a growth in population over the last six years. The blue areas have seen a fall in their population during
11:12
The First Men on the Moon
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Neil & Buzz is a super scrolly-telling account of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's first two hour walk on the moon. As you scroll through Neil & Buzz you can follow the conversations between the astronauts and mission control using the transcripts from the original transmission log. A small inset map shows the Lunar Module and the positions of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as they move around
17 July 2019
20:00
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Katsushika Hokusai's 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' is one of the most iconic pictures of all time. His famous woodblock print is just one of a series of prints of Mount Fuji from 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'. In these prints Hokusai depicts Mount Fuji from many different locations and at different times of the year. You can now place yourself in Hokusai's geta clogs using the Views of
18:00
Where People Buy Groceries Online
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According to CBRE nearly half of of all Americans now shop for packaged groceries online. They also claim that the number of consumers buying groceries online is expected to rise to 70% in the next few years. CBRE's estimations could be a little high. For example, Business Insider say that "only 10% of US consumers ... regularly shop online for groceries". However nearly everyone agrees that the
11:54
Creating & Editing GeoJSON Data
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I have a new favorite mapping tool. When I'm creating an interactive map I usually spend way too much of my time searching for or creating GeoJSON files. When I need country polygons I often use Natural Earth, which is a great resource of free vector and raster map data. However when I download country polygons from Natural Earth I often spend a lot of time optimizing the size of the GeoJSON
16 July 2019
20:00
Gun Violence Trends in US States
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The USA has one of the highest levels of gun violence in the first world. Not only is the level of gun violence in America shockingly high the number of gun deaths is actually rising in nearly every state. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government has released an interactive map which allows you to explore the trends in gun violence in every U.S. state from 2001-2017. Exploring the
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Leaving America
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The un-American President has opened his vile, racist mouth again. Among the best responses to his desperate attempts to destroy the principles of the United States is Flowing Data's If We All Left to “Go Back Where We Came From”. Using a series of dot maps Nathan Yau visualizes a USA which has been de-populated of all the Americans who are the descendants of immigrants. The series starts
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Mapping Italy's Manchurian Candidate
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Vladimir Putin's favorite Italian politician, Matteo Salvini, has been in the news a lot this week. Last week Buzzfeed revealed that a close aide of Matteo Salvini held a meeting with three Russians. A meeting in which he discussed how to illegally channel tens of millions of dollars of Russian oil money to Salvini’s Lega party. When Salvini isn't busy visiting Moscow or denouncing EU
15 July 2019
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San Francisco's Seasons of Fog
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San Francisco is well known for its frequent fog. In fact San Franciscans are so familiar with this weather phenomenon that they are now on first name terms. The reason that San Francisco sees so much fog, especially in the summer, is that big expanse of water called the Pacific. The cold ocean waters of the Pacific cools the warm air above. Cool air doesn't hold as much moisture as warm air.
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OSM Coverage & Population Density
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Disaster Ninja is a map of global population density correlated to OpenStreetMap density. It shows the number of OpenStreetMap objects mapped compared to the local population density. The map can therefore be used to quickly identify populated locations around the world which have not been fully mapped on OSM. Disaster Ninja was initially developed to help disaster relief. The map can be used
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Map in European Languages
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The map above shows the word 'map' translated into a number of different European languages. The continent is mostly divided between those who derive the word 'map' from Latin and those who derive the word from Greek. The word for 'map' in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech and Serbian comes from the Latin 'mappa' for 'sheet' or 'napkin'. The word's use to describe a drawn
14 July 2019
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City Neighborhood Quiz
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How well do you know your global cities? Could you name a city just from a list of its central neighborhoods? Let's find out. The maps below have had all road and building data removed. In fact the only thing left on these maps are the place-name labels of each city's central neighborhoods / boroughs. All you have to do is identify the city featured in each of the maps. There are seven cities
13 July 2019
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Tracking Tropical Storm Barry
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) advises that Tropical Storm Barry has become a hurricane as it approaches Louisiana. They warn of "dangerous storm surge, heavy rains, and wind conditions occurring across the north-central Gulf Coast". For the latest news on Tropical Storm Barry from the NHC refer to: The NHC's public advisory on Hurricane Barry The NHC's forecast advisory on Hurricane
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Putting Water Fountains on the Map
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Readers of Maps Mania are mostly very conscious of the effect of single-use plastic on the environment. Which is why they would presumably always prefer to use a reusable water bottle rather than a single-use plastic water bottles. When I leave my home in the summer I nearly always carry a re-usable water bottle. I actually now have a pretty good mental map of the location of water fountains
12 July 2019
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Deforestation Supply Chains
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Much of the deforestation of tropical rainforests around the world is being caused by agricultural expansion, mainly to grow soy & palm oil and to clear land to graze cows for beef. Trase wants to increase transparency around the supply chains of agricultural products in order to reveal the environmental and social risks of these products. One way in which Trase is increasing transparency is
11 July 2019
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Fly Me to 200 Moons
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Jupiter has 67 moons. Saturn has 61. In fact, in total, there are nearly 200 moons in our Solar System. Thanks to National Geographic you can now take a galactic tour of all the Solar System's major moons. Start scrolling on The Atlas of the Moons and you will take-off from the Earth to play a fleeting visit to the Moon. Keep scrolling and you can travel further out into the Solar System,
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Your 2050 Climate Twin
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In 2050 London will have climate similar to that currently experienced by Barcelona. The temperature in London is expected to rise by 2.2 degrees centigrade over the next thirty years, resulting in temperatures that you would expect on the Mediterranean today. London is of course not the only city that can expect dramatic temperature increases from global heating. Madrid will be like Marrakesh,
10 July 2019
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Denmark is a Prison
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The Autocomplete Map is an interactive map on which all country place-name labels have been changed to show Google's autocomplete suggestions when you type "(country name) is ....". For example when you type "China is ... " into Google the search engine suggests "China is a sleeping giant". The map also includes Google's autocomplete suggestions for U.S. states. Google's autocomplete
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The Moon is Back
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National Geographic has created a new map of the moon and has used it to plot the history of lunar exploration. In Explore 50 Years of Lunar Visits National Geographic has plotted out all the manned and unmanned landings on the moon. Accompanying National Geographic's new map of the moon is a timeline of all missions to the moon since Russia's Luna 2 space probe landed on September 14th, 1959.
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Do Mosques Face East?
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Last week I attempted to answer the question Do Cathedrals Face East?. Of course Christianity is not the only religion which expects its adherents to pray in a specific direction. In Islam the qibla is the direction that Muslims should face while praying. The qiblah is the direction facing towards the Kaaba in Mecca. Above are the aerial images of six of England's most notable purpose-built
09 July 2019
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Mapping a Book by its Cover
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The Pudding has created an interactive map showing the covers of 5,000 books. All 5,000 books mapped on 11 Years of Top-Selling Book Covers, Arranged by Visual Similarity appeared on the New York Times' 'Best Selling' or 'Also Selling' lists since June 2008. The book covers are organized on the map based on their visual similarity, as judged and organized by machine learning. Color seems to
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Extrajudicial Executions in the Punjab
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In the late 1970's and 1980's the Khalistan movement sought to establish a Sikh state in the Punjab region of India. This movement was often violent and was met in turn by violence from the Indian government. During the 1980's and 1990's the Khalistan movement and the Indian military & police both used excessive violence. Violence which led to numerous deaths on both sides. It is believed
08 July 2019
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The Geography of American Art
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Every two years New York's Whitney Museum of American Art hosts the Whitney Biennial, an exhibition of work by new artists. The exhibition catalogs of the Whitney museum include an address for every featured artist (either a studio, home or gallery address). The New York Times has extracted these artist addresses from every catalog since 1932 to map out the geography of American art. The first
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United States Climate Stripes
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Ed Hawkins' climate stripes are a simple and powerful visualization of how average yearly temperatures have risen over the last century as a result of global heating. His Show Your Stripes application allows you to view and download an image of the climate stripes for different locations around the world. In the United States Show Your Stripes can be used to view and download climate stripes
07 July 2019
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Can You Name these Fictional Maps?
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There are some authors who have created fictional worlds so large and detailed that it helps to have a map while reading them. The fictional worlds created by these writers can be so well imagined that many readers would even be able to name a world depicted just from exploring its fictional map. How well do you know your fictional worlds? See if you can guess which works of fictions are
06 July 2019
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The Film Map of the World
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The Film Map of the World shows the 10 most Wikipedia'ed films which are set in every country in the world. On the map the ten biggest cities (or highest mountains / point of interests) in each country are labelled to show one of the ten most popular movies which were set in that nation. Wikipedia was used to discover which films were set in each country. Some films are set in more than one
05 July 2019
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Mapping Historical Sea Ice Extent
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John Nelson has created a series of maps to show how the sea ice extent in the Arctic and Antarctic changes over the course of the year. He has also mapped out how these sea ice extents have changed over the last 40 years. Historic Sea Ice Events starts with a fantastic animated map which shows the freezing and thawing of the water at the poles over 12 months. This animation provides a great
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Mapping Diversity in the USA
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America is becoming more and more diverse. However the pace of this change in diversity is faster in some parts of the country than in others. Axios has mapped out Where America's diversity is increasing the fastest. On Axios's map every county is colored to show whether it has become more or less diverse since 2009 and by what degree. It is important to remember that this map doesn't show the
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The Integrated European Energy Network
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Energy infrastructure in Europe is becoming increasingly integrated. The European Union is supporting the development of this integrated infrastructure with 173 projects of common interest (PCI). These projects are designed to support and develop the integration of the electricity, gas and oil markets in Europe. The Projects of Common Interest interactive map visualizes the 173 PCI projects
04 July 2019
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Where Overseas Students Study
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Universities make a huge amount of money from enrolling and teaching students from overseas. In the USA the vast majority of overseas students come from China. India sends the second largest number of students to study in America. UNESCO's Global Flow of Tertiary-Level Students is an interactive map which visualizes the flow of students around the world. The map allows you to view the number of

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