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21 janvier 2019
20:30
The Little Sports Atlas
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How the rest of the world loves to laugh at baseball's 'World Series'. A competition which is only played by teams in North America. However it turns out that the rest of the world is wrong. Baseball is in fact a sport that is played in lots of countries around the world, including Cuba, Japan and countries throughout Europe. I know this because Zeit Online has been busy creating world maps for
18:00
Mapping Shrinking Glaciers
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The Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps is the source of the Rhône river. Over the last 120 years the glacier has shrunk by a very large extent. In recent years, during the summer months, the glacier has been covered with UV-resistant fleecy white blankets. These cover about 5 acres of the shrinking glacier and are believed to reduce its melting by up to 70%. You can view how far the Rhône Glacier
15:30
London's Bike Sharing Network
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London Bicycle Hires 2017 is an interactive map of around 1.5 million trips made on the city's Santander Cycle Hire network. The map visualizes the number of trips started from individual docking stations on the network and the most popular journeys taken between different stations. As you might expect the most busy individual docking stations in London's bike sharing network are the city's
20 janvier 2019
22:00
Hawaii's Sea Level Rise Map
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The islands of Hawai'i are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. It is believed that 6,500 structures and 19,800 people in Hawai'i could be exposed to chronic flooding within the next 60 years. The Hawai'i Sea Level Rise Viewer has been released to show which areas of the state will be most affected by rising sea levels. The map allows users to see which areas could be exposed to coastal
18 janvier 2019
18:00
Illinois' Lost Bet on Gambling Machines
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ProPublica has been investigating how the state of Illinois is having to pay out for its bet on legalizing video gambling. Around ten years ago the state changed the law to allow video slot and poker machines. The state now has more of these machines outside casinos than any other state. Illinois' lawmakers assumed that the legalization of video gaming would raise huge amounts of tax dollars
12:06
How Long Since You Saw the Sun?
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The citizens of France have been deprived of one hour's worth of sun (compared to the average) in 2019. However some citizens of France have been denied far more hours of sun than others. For example the residents of Rouen have already lost three whole days of sun compared to the average year. Franceinfo has mapped out the amount of sun recorded in France between January 1st and January 16th.
17 janvier 2019
18:52
Taking the Measure of America
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Measure of America has developed the American Human Development Index to measure the well-being of Americans in a number of different areas, including health, education, and income. You can explore these well-being scores at the county, state and congressional district level using the Measure of America interactive map. Mapping America allows you to view choropleth maps visualizing the
16:00
Mapping London's Trees & Tree Cover
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The London Tree Canopy Cover interactive map provides a high resolution view of tree canopy cover in the Greater London area. The map was created by a European Space Agency funded project called Curio Canopy. Curio Canopy uses machine learning based techniques to identify tree canopy cover from ESA satellite imagery. The project also uses crowd-sourcing to get citizen science volunteers to
16 janvier 2019
20:30
Political Donations in the Midterm Elections
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Money for California's congressional candidates in the midterm elections came from all over the USA. The Mercury News has mapped out every city where the Democratic or Republican candidates raised at least $10,000 in the seven congressional seats flipped by the Democrats in November. The interactive map in From Moscow (Idaho) to Jupiter (Florida), follow the money that flowed into California’s
18:00
Mapping the Ebola Outbreak
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In the last six months there have been 600 cases of Ebola in the Congo and there have been over 400 deaths. It is now the second largest outbreak of the deadly disease in Africa. Reuters has used the story map format to tell the story of the disease from its discovery near the Ebola river in 1976 to the current time. In Africa, a Virus Spreads Reuters shows where major outbreaks of the disease
12:53
Brexit & the Irish Border
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One of the major considerations in the Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK is the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This is the only land border between the UK and the EU. When free movement and free trade between the EU and the UK ends there may need to be a return to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. The 1998 Belfast Agreement ended
15 janvier 2019
21:00
Mapping Austin's Dockless Journeys
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The Austin Transportation Department has released the city's Dockless Vehicle Trips dataset. This data records where and when the city's dockless bikes and scooters are used. The data is updated everyday and includes records of more than two million dockless trips. You can access and use the data yourself using the Austin Dockless API. You can also access and explore the data using the Dockless
18:00
Modeling Crisis Migration Routes
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Visual Perspective has developed a model which uses different factors to predict the likely migration routes people might take away from an area in a time of crisis. To explain its model and how the model works Visual Perspective has released an interactive map which provides a demonstration of the model in action in the Yemeni city of Dhama. In Predicting Migration in Response to Crisis Visual
12:02
How Will Your MP Vote on May's Deal?
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Today MP's in the UK parliament will finally have a 'meaningful vote' on the European Union Withdrawal Agreement, commonly known as 'May's Deal'. If the MP's vote against the deal it will have serious consequences for the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. What those serious consequences will be are uncertain. If the Prime Minister, Theresa May, loses the vote she will then have just
14 janvier 2019
20:30
White Supremacist Flyering in the US
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For a number of years the Southern Poverty Law Center's interactive Hate Map has tracked the growing number of hate groups operating in the United States. Now the SPLC has also mapped out where white supremacists have been flying banners or posting flyers in the United States. The Map of White Supremacist Flyering in the U.S. provides an overview of the number of white supremacist flyering in
18:00
Mapping America's Protected Land
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Around 14% of land in the United States is protected. This includes more than three billion acres of land managed by nearly 15,100 agencies and nongovernmental organizations, consisting of 200,000 separate parks and protected areas. The Protected Lands Database of the U.S. (PAD-US) records all land areas which are held in public trust in the United States. This includes public lands managed by
11:49
Who Owns England - Part III
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For the last two years Who Owns England has been diligently trying to discover who owns what land in England, Scotland and Wales. This is quite hard because the UK government doesn't want its citizens to know who owns their country. This task is also complicated by the fact that 15% of land in England & Wales is unregistered. That is why Who Owns England has now released Where is the
10:30
100 Years of Californian Wildfires
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In the last 123 years the equivalent of 33.8% of California has burned in wildfires. The Huffington Post has used data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program to map out more than a century of California wildfires. This Is What More Than A Century Of Wildfires In California Looks Like includes an interactive map which visualizes the
12 janvier 2019
21:00
Solving San Francisco's Housing Crisis
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San Francisco is generally perceived to be in a housing crisis. Many reasons are given for this crisis. One reason could be that rent controlled properties are becoming less affordable. Another reason is that home prices in the city have far outrun inflation for over a decade. Underlying both of these reasons is the fact that housing demand far outweighs supply in San Francisco. In San
18:00
Animated Population Cartograms
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In December Engaging Data created an interesting animated map to show the 'true size' of countries around the world. The Real Country Sizes Shown on Mercator Projection map allows you to switch between countries as they appear using the Mercator projection and their 'true size'. Engaging Data has now created a similar map which scales each U.S. state by the size of its population. Press the '
11 janvier 2019
20:00
3D Sketch Maps
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Raluca Nicola has written up a tutorial which shows you how to create a 3D map which has the feel of a sketched drawing. Sketch Your City with ArcGIS API for Javascript walks you through the process of turning a web scene into an impressive three dimensional sketch style interactive map. Before creating your own sketched 3D maps you can explore some of the cities already mapped by Racula.
18:00
Mapping America's Falling Fertility
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Yesterday the CDC announced that fertility rates in the USA had reached a thirty year low. In fact only two states, South Dakota and Utah, currently have fertility rates high enough to maintain current levels of the working population. The U.S. needs a total fertility rate of 2,100 births per 1,000 women in order to replace its population over time, without recourse to immigration. The fertility
10 janvier 2019
22:00
Mapping Superdiveristy
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Superdiversity is a new website exploring the rise of super-diverse cities around the world. A number of major cities have populations which are approaching 'majority-minority' status, where the percentage of people who are minorities is greater than the majority ethnic/racial population. Vancouver, Sydney and Auckland are three cities which have populations of whom around 40% were born
20:00
The Chicago Parking Ticket Map
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The Chicago Parking Ticket Map is a Bokeh powered visualization of Chicago's parking ticket data. This interactive map allows you to explore where and when parking tickets were issued in the city from the beginning of 2013 through to May 2018. The map has a number of options which allow you to filter the data by time of day, day of the week, by type of violation and by date range. If you
18:00
The History of Rising Seas
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Since 1933 the UK's National Oceanography Centre has been maintaining the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL), a repository for tide heights around the world. The PSMSL provides an invaluable guide to long-term sea level change across the globe. CORRECTIV has used the PSMSL data to map out the history of sea levels around the world since 1985. Steigende Meere includes an animated map
09 janvier 2019
21:00
Where is it safe to travel?
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The Travel Map is a useful tool for anyone who is planning to travel abroad. The interactive map provides travel advice and vaccine recommendations for countries around the world. It can also tell you about the prevalence of different vaccine-preventable diseases across the globe. The Travel Map is very simple to use. Countries are colored on the map by how safe they are to visit. If you
18:00
Where Federal Workers Aren't Being Paid
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Trump's government shutdown is affecting federal employees across the country. The Washington Post has mapped out exactly how many employees are affected in every state. The WaPo's Where Federal Agents Aren't Getting Paid map reveals that DC has the highest concentration of federal workers. Outside of DC the state with the highest percentage of federal workers is Alaska, closely followed by
15:00
Mapping UK Commuting Flows
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Commute-flow is an interactive map which reveals the commuting flow patterns for every area in England & Wales. The map uses origin-destination data from the 2011 census to show where people commute to and from in their daily work lives. If you select an area on the map you can view where people commute to for work. If you click on the burger menu icon you can switch to show the incoming
08 janvier 2019
20:00
Where Are the Richest American Counties?
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Loudoun County in Virginia is the U.S. county with the highest average wage earners. The median household income in Loudoun County is $125,672. That is over twice as much as the American median household income, which the U.S. Census Bureau reported in September 2017 as being $59,039. Recently there have been a number of mapped visualizations of data from the American Community Survey (ACS).
18:00
2018 - the Year of Climate Change
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In 2018 the biggest trend in online mapping was climate change. Last year there were numerous interactive maps released designed to visualize how global warming will effect the world in the coming years. These maps visualized the future that we can now expect, including rising sea levels, rising global temperatures, and increasing air pollution. Alongside these portents of our depressing
07 janvier 2019
20:30
12 Months of Global Winds
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Reddit user anvaka has created an impressive video visualizing 12 month's of global surface winds. The 2018 Global Wind map uses GFS (global forecasting system) data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. While watching the video it is possible to spot the world's prevailing winds. There are a number of dominant wind patterns around the globe which are influenced by the
19:30
How Big is the SkyDome?
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Toronto's SkyDome stadium overlaid on Central Park Mapto has developed a neat way to show the comparative size of a building by overlaying its 3D model on top of an interactive map. The map allows you to place the 3D model on any spot in the world, allowing the user to view the building in relation to a familiar location. In the Mapto example, SkyDome Map, you can view a 3D model of Toronto's
16:30
America's Million Dollar Neighborhoods
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3.65% of American homes now cost more than one million dollars. You can find out where America's most expensive homes are located on the Million Dollar Neighborhoods map. This interactive map uses data from Trulia to show neighborhoods where the median house price has exceeded $1 million. The map uses different shades of blue to show which year the median house price in the neighborhood
05 janvier 2019
17:51
2018 Journalist Deaths
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76 journalists around the world were killed in 2018. The Committee to Protect Journalists' database includes journalists who were murdered in the last 12 months and also journalists who were killed in action (from crossfire or combat on assignment). Afghanistan, Mexico and Syria, receptively, were the three countries where the most journalists were killed in 2018. The CPJ's 2018 Map of
04 janvier 2019
20:30
The Geography of the World's Religions
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Recently Pew Research released an interactive map called How Religious is Your Country?. This map visualized how many people in each European country identify as being religious. If you were wondering which religions those European believers follow you can find out with the World Religions Map. The World Religions Map shows the most practiced religion in each country of the world. On this
18:00
The Sound Maps of the the Wild West
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Montana State University and Esri have collaborated to map Montana's varied ecosystems. The Sounds of the Wild West takes you on an audio tour of the state's prairies, mountains, parks, rivers and national parks. The Sounds of the Wild West includes four audio tours in total, Yellowstone National Park, the Crown of the Continent, the High Plains and Upper Missouri. Each ecosystem's tour
03 janvier 2019
20:00
The OpenLitterMap
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I am sure that you are aware of the huge environmental damage being caused to the world's oceans by plastic waste. One way you can try to minimize that damage is by minimizing your use of plastic. The creator of OpenLittterMap believes you can also help to minimize that damage by recording and reporting waste. The OpenLitterMap is an open mapping application that anyone can use to record and
17:30
The Racial Dot Map of U.S. Prisons
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The University of Virginia's Racial Dot Map is one of those maps which I find myself referring to over and over again. Nearly every time I see a geographical breakdown of social and economic conditions in the USA I find myself referring to the Racial Dot Map. For example, The Opportunity Atlas allows you to see which neighborhoods in America offer children the best chance to rise out of
11:08
The BBC's Alarmist Migrant Map
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The BBC has today come under fire for misrepresenting the scale of the number of migrants who have recently attempted to enter the UK. In 2018 539 migrants were discovered trying to enter the UK on small boats. The number of migrants attempting to enter the UK in this manner has risen over the last few months. The BBC has attempted to visualize the recent rise in the number of migrants
02 janvier 2019
20:00
The 1940 Wooden Model of San Francisco
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The David Rumsey Map Collection has released an interactive map of a 1940 wooden model of San Francisco. The 1940 WPA San Francisco Model allows you to explore up close the incredible detail in this hand crafted wooden model of the city. At the end of the 1930's the Work Progress Administration in San Francisco spent three years creating a huge wooden model of the city. The completed model
17:30
Mapping Medieval Comet Sightings
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Medieval Comet Sightings is a story map exploring how comet sightings were recorded by medieval historians and used to explain subsequent unfortunate events. The map uses research by Dr Marilina Cesario which combines medieval history with astrophysics to explore how comets were understood in the Medieval period. Medieval historians often used the appearance of a comet (in hindsight) as a
11:43
UK Trade (pre-Brexit)
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In 2019 the UK is set to leave the European Union. Currently the EU is the UK's largest trading partner. If no new trade deal is negotiated between the EU and the UK then trade could still take place under World Trade Organisation rules. This would result in the UK having to pay tariffs on a range of goods which are currently trade-free. You can find out the size of the UK's trade with the EU
1:12
Remembering Australia's War Dead
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Places of Pride is Australia's national register of war memorials. It is a database and interactive map of the thousands of honour boards, sculptures, statues and other memorials which have been erected to remember Australia's war dead. At the heart of Places of Pride is an interactive map which allows anyone to search for a war memorial by location, the name of an individual memorial or by
01 janvier 2019
17:30
The 2018 Maps of the Year
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It is always hard selecting a few maps from the thousands of visualizations featured on Maps Mania over the course of one year. Therefore this year I thought I would cheat a little in how I choose my favorite maps of the year. Instead of trawling through 365 days of Maps Mania posts this year I have selected my favorite maps from the Maps of the Year lists already compiled by other people.
31 décembre 2018
17:30
The Most Popular Maps of 2018
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I thought it might be interesting to have a quick look at which Maps Mania posts were the most popular in 2018. The number of page views is not necessarily the best guide to the popularity of individual Maps Mania posts or interactive maps (posts from January have had a lot longer to gather page views than posts from this week). However it can be a good guide to the sorts of posts that have
11:51
New Year's Eve Around the World
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Esri UK has released a 'fun' interactive map which shows New Year's Eve celebrations taking place around the world. Press play on this animated map and you can watch fireworks gradually exploding across the globe as the new year spreads its way east across the world. In truth there isn't much point to Esri's New Year's Eve Around the World. The map uses GMT. So, if you are British, you could
28 décembre 2018
17:30
The Global Prosperity Index 2018
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Norway has been ranked the most prosperous country of 2018. Norway outperformed all the other 148 countries around the world based on the Legatum Institute's prosperity metrics. Afghanistan was ranked last of the 149 countries. The United States was ranked 17th for the ninth successive year. Every year the Legatum Institute ranks the prosperity of countries around the world. The Legatum
24 décembre 2018
12:01
Santa Tracker
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Santa has begun delivering presents to all the world's children. Google's Santa Tracker is also now busy at work. Google uses GPS (the Gnome Positioning System) to track Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. They then plot his movements around the world on a real-time Google Map. While following Santa on Google Maps you can also keep track of the time remaining until Santa arrives at your chimney on
22 décembre 2018
17:30
The True Size of Countries
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One of the most shared maps on social media over the last two months has been Neil Kaye's animated map which animates countries on a Mercator projection to 'their true size.' The animated map is a great illustration of the large distortions applied to countries the further they are from the equator on Mercator maps. Engaging Data has now created an interactive version of the map using
21 décembre 2018
17:30
Where New Jersey Police Use Force
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On average police officers in New Jersey used force 4.2 times each from 2012 through 2016. However 5 percent of police officers in New Jersey are responsible for 25% of all occasions where force was used by the police and just 252 officers are responsible for 10% of all uses of force in the whole state. Explore 17,354 Officers who Used Force in NJ is an impressive data visualization of New
12:48
The Map of Yugoslavian War Victims
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A new interactive map has been released to commemorate the lives of everyone who died during the Yugoslav wars. Around 130,000 individuals lost their lives during the conflicts. The map wants to map all the victims of the wars of the 1990s, regardless of their ethnic, political or social status. The Hague international war crimes tribunal established that there were at least 18,000 victims of
20 décembre 2018
20:30
America's Richest Neighborhoods
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Bloomberg has been busy mapping where America's richest people live. Using data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey they have mapped out the neighborhoods which are attracting America's highest earners. Americans Earning Over $200,000 Are Flocking to These Neighborhoods includes a map showing the concentration of households earning $200,000 or more in each county. Bloomberg has
17:30
Santa's Digital Delivery Management System
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Delivering presents to 325 million Americans during the course of just one night can create huge logistical problems. Luckily Santa is now able to use SDMS, the world's first comprehensive digital Santa Delivery Management System. The Santa Delivery Management System maps out every home in America scheduled for a delivery on the night before Christmas. To ensure the most efficient delivery
11:15
Mapping the Wolf at Your Door
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Back in the year 2000 the first wolf in modern times arrived in Germany, crossing from Poland into the eastern state of Saxony. There are now reported to be over 1000 wolves in the country. The Berliner Morgenpost has created an interactive map which animates how wolves have begun to repopulate Germany. If you press 'play' on the interactive map in Wölfe in Deutschland you can watch how wolves
19 décembre 2018
18:05
Mapping Fire Risk in California
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In 2018 nearly 20,000 homes in California were lost and more than 100 people were killed by wildfires. As global warming continues to create the perfect conditions for wildfires the risk to Californians is likely to grow. According to analysis by the LA Times one in ten buildings in California are in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's highest-risk fire zones. In A million
11:45
The Geography of Christmas Dinner
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The UK's turkey population has grown 951% since 1945. There are now 3.5 million turkeys in the UK. Most of them will be eaten next week - on Christmas Day. If you asked most people in the UK where their Christmas dinner turkey came from the vast majority would say 'Norfolk'. And they would have a good chance of being correct. The eastern county of Norfolk is synonymous with the rearing of
18 décembre 2018
19:18
An Atlas of American Gun Violence
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I remember the days when every other interactive map was a visualization of Starbucks outlets across America. Unfortunately these days every other interactive map seems to be a visualization of shootings in the USA. An Atlas of American Gun Violence maps five years of American gun violence, during which time there has been over 150,000 shootings. On the map red markers show the locations of
12:14
The London Murder Map
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There have been 130 homicides in London so far this year. The BBC has created an interactive map showing the location of each homicide, the date it occurred and the cause of death. London Killings: All the Victims of 2018 also includes a pen portrait of all 130 of the victims. The BBC's interactive map uses Carto's temporal functionality to show where and when each London homicide occurred.
17 décembre 2018
17:30
The Ancestry Map of America
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The American Ancestry map shows the most populous ancestry, Hispanic or racial group in each census tract in the U.S. according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2013-17. The map uses different colors to show you the ancestry, Hispanic or racial group (AHR) which most residents self-identify with in every census tract in the country. In the screenshot above that pink color in
15:30
How to Make a Map Poster
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Here's a quick and easy way to make a simple map poster for any location in the world. Figureground Posters is an easy to use tool for creating map posters using OpenStreetMap data. To create your poster simply click on the Figureground Posters interactive map to select the location that you want. You can then select a size for the area that you wish to map. Figureground Posters creates
15 décembre 2018
17:35
Breaking Through the Bronze Ceiling
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You may have heard of the Guerrilla Girls, who have been campaigning against the under representation of female artists in art galleries around the world. Back in 1989 the Guerrilla Girls surveyed all the works of art in New York's Museum of Modern Art. They discovered that less than 5% of the artworks in the Modern Art Department were by female artists. While 85% of the nudes featured in those
14 décembre 2018
20:00
Eating the World
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If everyone in the world had the same diet as an average American then the Earth would soon run out of food. What we eat is extremely important in determining the amount of land required to produce our food. Livestock takes up nearly 80% of global agricultural land, yet produces less than 20% of the world's supply of calories. If every country in the world adopted the US's meat based diet then
17:30
Where Sharks Attack
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The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) has been tracking shark attacks around the world since 1958. The ISAF is housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History and is the only scientifically-generated database that documents and monitors shark attacks on a global basis. The ISAF has released a new Unprovoked Shark Attack Interactive Map, which allows you to browse the ISAF's historical
12:05
Exploring the Life of Maimonides
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Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides, was a medieval Jewish philosopher. He is revered as one of the most influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. The Israel Museum and the National Library of Israel is holding a joint exhibition on the life and works of Maimonides. It has also created an interactive map which allows you to discover more about some of the unique items being
13 décembre 2018
23:30
The Racial Dot Map of Australia
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voomMaps has created a series of dot maps which show the distribution of racial groups in Australia's largest cities. Race Dot Maps uses 2016 census data to plot the racial classification of each person living in each census area in 14 different Australian cities. The colors of the dots on each map indicate the racial group of each individual. If you click on the 'Legend' button on a map you
17:30
US Average Life Expectancy
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Where you live can have a huge influence on how long you can expect to live. People who live in New York's Chinatown have a life expectancy of 93.6 years. However people who live in nearby Roosevelt Island have a life expectancy of just 59 years. You can discover the average life expectancy in your neighborhood on this new interactive map from Quartz. Quartz's Life Expectancy Map reveals the
12 décembre 2018
17:44
The Place-Names of America
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John Nelson recently noticed that navigable passages between mountains in the USA have lots of different names. Some are called passes, others are called gaps and some are even called notches, or saddles. Being a cartographer John wondered whether there could be any regional variation in the use of these names for navigable valleys. He therefore mapped out where these place-names are used in the
13:50
Where's the Plaque?
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Read the Plaque has mapped the location of over 17,000 plaques around the world. Using the Read the Plaque interactive map you can search for plaques marking historical or interesting locations around you. As well as searching for plaques by location you can search Read the Plaque by tag or by the most recently submitted plaques. You can also select to view a random plaque from the over 17,000
11 décembre 2018
20:00
The Euler Spiral Map Projection
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A Euler spiral is a curve whose curvature changes linearly with its curve length. A Euler spiral can therefore be used to create a map projection by projecting a curved globe onto a flat spiral. The interesting point for cartographers is that the more spirals used in a Euler spiral map projection the less distortion there is. Now for the math. By cutting a sphere along a spiral with width 1 / N
17:30
Where You Should Worry About Earthquakes
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The OpenQuake Map Viewer provides free and open-source visualizations of global earthquake hazards. Each of the Map Viewer visualizations uses the OpenQuake engine, a seismic hazard and risk calculation software, to show seismic risks & hazards and seismic exposure around the world, Currently the OpenQuake Map Viewer provides three separate interactive Leaflet powered maps: the Global Seismic
13:16
Making Play Maps for Children
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Kinderkiez turns digital maps into real life play mats for children. If you are looking for a map present for a child (or for the grown-up kids in your life) then you can't do much better than these wonderful nursery mats which depict a map of any location in the world. Using the Kinderkiez creation tool you can select any location in the world for your play mat. Once you have chosen a location
10 décembre 2018
20:00
Where is the News?
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Forbes has carried out an analysis of the Television News Archive to create a series of maps showing which areas of the world have featured in the news programs of some of the major television networks. The Forbes article Mapping a Decade of Television News includes maps showing the coverage around the world of the BBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. Unfortunately the article only has static maps
17:30
The World's Population Pyramids
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Earlier this year The Pudding created an impressive interactive map which visualized the world's population in 3D. The Pudding's Human Terrain interactive map shows population density across the globe using 3D population pyramids. The taller a pyramid block on The Pudding map then the more people live there. The Pudding has now used its own map to explore in more detail the pattern of
11:15
How Religious is Europe?
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Romania has the most religious population in Europe. 55% of Romanians are 'highly religious' according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The least religious population in Europe lives in Estonia, where only 7% are highly religious. In How Religious is Your Country? Pew Research discovered that in general Central and Eastern Europeans are more religious than Western Europeans. In Central
09 décembre 2018
17:36
The Queensland Bushfires from Space
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The United States is not the only country in the world to have suffered from record levels of wildfires this year. Last month hundreds of bushfires ravaged the Australian state of Queensland. The intensity and scale of the fires were worse than any fires previously experienced in the state. ABC News has used satellite imagery to help show the massive areas of the state that have been affected
07 décembre 2018
17:30
The Most Sung About Locations
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New York is the most sung about city in the world. Closely followed by London, LA, Paris and Miami. Celebrity Cruises has released an interactive map which reveals the most sung about locations across the globe. To make Music Mapped Celebrity Cruises scanned the lyrics of over 200,000 songs. These songs all appeared in the top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Official Singles chart since
06 décembre 2018
20:00
Dangerous Biking in LA
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An interactive map by the LAist reveals that there is almost no section of road in Los Angeles where a cyclist hasn't been injured. The L.A.-Long Beach Bike Crashes interactive map shows the location of every collision within Los Angeles and Long Beach involving bicycles from 2010-2015. The LAist argues that with its wide, flat roads and sunny weather LA should be a wonderful place to cycle.
16:47
Global Wind & Rain
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The animated interactive weather map Ventusky now has a new radar layer, which can show the levels of rainfall around the world. The Ventusky weather map offers highly accurate data about weather conditions around the world. It now offers even more accurate precipitation data across the globe. Ventusky has been working on its new radar layer for over a year. The layer uses sources from all
11:31
The Most Densely Populated Areas in Europe
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The most densely populated square kilometer in Europe is in the center of Barcelona. This square kilometer in the Sants-Montjuïc district of Barcelona is home to 53,119 people. Dan Cookson's Hyper Density in EU maps every square kilometer in Europe with a population of over 10,000 people. Kilometer squares with a population over 10,000 are colored on the map to show their population density.
05 décembre 2018
19:30
The Autocomplete Map of the USA
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A few years ago autocomplete maps were very popular. Then they went away for a while. Now they are back! Autocomplete maps show you the most searched for phrases on Google for different locations. For example if you type into Google 'why is Alaska ..' Google will list a number of auto-complete suggestions based on how most people use that question stem when searching on Google. On Google most
17:30
Russia's Attack on the World's Democracies
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Russia seems intent on destabilizing democracies around the world. In just the last three years Russia has hacked into the servers of the Democratic Party in the USA, assassinated a person in the UK and, most recently, fired upon Ukrainian ships. The Alliance for Securing Democracy has been tracking where and how Russia has been interfering in more than 40 countries around the world. You can
11:49
Building on Britain
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Just under 6% of the UK is built on. More than half the land is farmland and around a third of all land is natural (heath, moorland etc). You can discover how much of your local area is built on using the BBC's new interactive map. How Much of Your Area is Built On uses new data on UK land use, which was derived from analyzing satellite imagery. Enter your location into the BBC's interactive
04 décembre 2018
17:30
Discover Your 2018 Climate Twin
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In the year 2080 London will experience weather which resembles the climate in Lima today. Frankfurt in Germany will be as hot as Malawi and living in Berlin will be like living in Lesotho in southern Africa. You can find your 2080 climate twin using The Summer of 2080 Will Be This Warm interactive map. If you enter your location or click on your location on the map you can view the town or
11:23
The Flood Risk Map of England
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The UK government's Long Term Flood Risk Map for England provides an overview of the chances that any location in the country will flood in any year. It shows you the chances that locations will flood in any given year from either surface water, groundwater or from rivers or the sea. Locations are colored on the Flood Risk Map to indicate the chances that they will flood in a year. You can also
03 décembre 2018
20:00
Comparing Countries by Size
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Jason Davies has arranged the world's countries in order of land area. Russia, the largest country in the world, is the first country to appear on Jason's Countries by Area visualization. Luxembourg, the smallest country in the list, comes last. The map of every country in this visualization is reproduced to scale. This means that the countries at the bottom of the visualization are very small
17:30
Transmarine Dream
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Come and explore the strange transmarine dream of Andy Woodruff's Beyond the Sea. Back in 2016 in Beyond the Sea Andy Woodruff answered the question of what lies beyond the sea for locations around the world. He created a series of maps which showed where each continent could be seen from (if you ignore the curvature of the Earth and our imperfect eyesight) from every other continent. His maps
11:59
Flooding Models for the Netherlands
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The University of Gronigen has released an interactive map which shows which areas of Friesland are vulnerable to storm water flooding. The Wolk Viewer map models how rain water flows through the streets after a heavy rain storm. It simulates both the flow paths of the rainwater and where standing water would accumulate. The map covers most of the Friesland area of the Netherlands. The Wolk
01 décembre 2018
12:04
I Know Where You Were Last Summer
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If you are German the Berliner Morgenpost knows what you did last summer. At least they have a rough idea about where you spent your vacation. The newspaper has used anonymized roaming data to find out where Germans like to travel. In Mobile Data Reveals Where Germans Were Last Summer the Berliner Morgenpost has mapped the most popular destination for German holiday makers. The most popular
30 novembre 2018
14:30
L'Eau de Pesticide
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In France many groundwater aquifers have become contaminated by pesticides. These pesticides come from agriculture and also from amateur gardeners. Some of the aquifers which are now contaminated by pesticides are used for the production of drinking water. You can discover the levels of pesticide contamination in France's groundwater aquifers using the Data Pesticides interactive map. The map
11:42
Mapping UK Pub Closures
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There used to be four pubs within a five minute walk of my house. One pub remains. Two of them are now small supermarkets. The other has become a private residence. My neighborhood in East London isn't different from any other part of the UK in terms of the dramatic number of public houses closing. According to the Office of National Statistics nearly 1 in 4 pubs have closed in the last 10
29 novembre 2018
20:30
Drone Panoramas of Paradise Fire
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The Camp Fire was California's deadliest and most damaging wildfire in history. The fire is estimated to have caused $7.5–10 billion in damage to property. More importantly it also killed 88 people. An interagency UAS task force, led by the Butte County Sheriff's Office, has now captured 360 degree panoramic imagery of some of the destruction caused by the Camp Fire. Licensed UAV pilots were
17:30
New York's Music Map
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Online ticket reseller Vivid Seats has mapped out the most popular music genre and the most popular music act in each New York zipcode area. The Most Popular Music Genres in New York map colors zipcode areas to reveal each area's favorite type of music. If you mouseover an area on the map you can also see the area's favorite musical artist or group. Vivid Seats hasn't provided any information
12:50
A Toponym Map of Berwickshire
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Packs of wolves once hunted in the forests of Berwickshire. The wolves have long gone but they have left their mark in the county in the name of a small stream,which is called Wolfcleugh Burn (a cleugh is a narrow gorge or chasm with high rocky sides). The University of Glasgow's Berwickshire Place-Name Resource allows you to explore and learn more about the names of villages, towns and other
28 novembre 2018
10:25
The Medieval Murder Map of London
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London in the 14th Century was a dangerous place to be. The murder rate in early 14th century London was about 15-20 times higher than an English town with an equal sized population today. A new interactive map shows that market areas in London were particularly dangerous. The University of Cambridge's new London Medieval Murder Map plots the locations of 142 murders which took place in the
27 novembre 2018
19:30
Send Street View Christmas Cards
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It's nearly time to send your Street View Christmas cards. To help you create your seasonal custom panoramic cards you can now use Street View Postcards - a new creation tool from Map Channels. Here's my finished Street View Xmas card. If you want to create your own custom made card then you can use Map Channels' Street View Postcard tool. Using Street View Postcard you can make a Christmas
17:30
Where on Mars
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Yesterday NASA successfully landed the InSight probe on the surface of Mars. (Is there) Life on Mars is an interactive map of the red planet, which has been updated to show the location where NASA's InSight robot landed on Mars. InSight has landed on the Elysium Planitia, a large, flat and featureless plain, which is close to the planet's equator and perfect for landing spacecraft. It is also
26 novembre 2018
19:30
The Map of Scientific Collaboration
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Olivier H. Beauchesne has created an interactive map which shows the international collaboration of scientists around the world. The map plots the connections between scientists and researchers in different cities as seen in scientific journals and papers ("for example, if a UCLA researcher published a paper with a colleague at the University of Tokyo, this would create an instance of
17:30
The Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest
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The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil last year reached its highest rate for ten years. Nearly 8,000 sq km of rainforest was destroyed between August 2017 and July 2018. The Brazilian government says that illegal logging is to blame for the huge rise in deforestation. The future outlook for the Amazon rainforest looks to be even worse. The newly elected president, Jair Bolsonaro,
24 novembre 2018
12:03
Building a Bike Friendly Berlin
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Earlier this year Berlin passed a mobility law designed to encourage safe cycling in the city. The law requires that all major and minor roads should have separated bike lanes, the creation of 100,000 parking spaces for bikes and the redesign of 30 accident hotspots every year. In order to help facilitate safer cycling in Berlin the city has released FixMyBerlin. This interactive map is
23 novembre 2018
21:22
Black Friday Cyber Monday Live Shopping
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Shopify's BFCM Live Map visualizes real-time sales across the world made over this weekend on the popular e-commerce platform. As you watch the BCFM Live Map customer orders are animated as great circles on a 3D globe showing you where sales are being made. This isn't the first real-time retail tracking map I've seen. Obviously these kinds of maps don't have much real practical use, beyond

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