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Esri's interactive map U.S. Vessel Traffic offers a captivating visualization of activity on U.S. waterways, underscoring the vital role marine traffic plays in commerce, travel, and environmental management. Over the past decade, vessel traffic in the U.S. has seen significant growth, with annual cargo shipments reaching 2.3 billion tons.Esri's interactive map leverages Automatic
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If you insist on only eating at a Taco Bell while driving cross-country then you need Think Outside the Bun. Think Outside the Bus is an interactive map of Taco Bell locations across the United States. For Taco Bell enthusiasts, this map is an invaluable tool, showing which states, cities, and even interstates offer the best access to affordable Mexican-inspired cuisine.The map uses the size of
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NASA is planning a crewed Moon landing in 2027, while the China National Space Administration (CNSA) aims to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030. India, too, has announced plans to send a person to the Moon by 2040.This renewed interest in our closest celestial neighbor suggests that the lunar surface will soon be home to even more human-made objects. Currently, nearly 1,000 items from Earth
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Did you know the coldest day of the year doesn’t arrive at the same time for everyone in the U.S.? While Groveland, California, is shivering through its chilliest day today, parts of the East Coast are still weeks away from their coldest temperatures. This is because the coldest day of the year, on average, occurs at least a month earlier on the western seaboard than on the eastern seaboard of
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Australia's ABC has used data from TransitionZero to map out the astonishing growth in solar energy around the world. Using machine learning to analyze global satellite imagery, TransitionZero has discovered that solar farms now cover approximately 19,000 square kilometers of the Earth. And the number of solar installations is doubling every three years.Using a 3D globe of the Earth, ABC has
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For the past two weeks, the United States has been reeling from the shocking murder of Brian Thompson in New York. As a data scientist, my instinct is always to ask how data can help make sense of what, on the surface, appears to be a senseless act of violence.To that end, I have created the CEO Murder Map, to identify potential geographical patterns in the murders of millionaire executives
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The WaterwayMap is a visually beautiful interactive map that uses OpenStreetMap data to visualize the structure and flow of rivers around the world.At its core, WaterwayMap utilizes the directional data of waterways recorded in OpenStreetMap (OSM). In OSM, waterways are represented as ways - ordered lists of nodes that indicate the sequence and direction of flow. WWM uses this
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DETROITography has released an innovative interactive map that allows Detroit residents to outline their neighborhoods based on their personal perceptions. The aim of the Detroit Neighborhoods Mapping Tool is 'to collectively map neighborhoods as an image of the city in maps and words'.The tool starts with a blank base map, devoid of predefined neighborhood names or boundaries. Users are
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Airlines around the world are reporting an increase in GPS spoofing and jamming incidents. GPS spoofing involves deliberately transmitting false GPS signals to trick a GPS receiver into believing it is in the wrong location. This manipulation can lead to navigation errors and pose significant security risks.GPS jamming, on the other hand, involves intentionally blocking or interfering with GPS
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The AquaPLAN (Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise) is a new interactive map designed to address the pressing issue of pollution in aquatic environments. It is the first interactive map to visualize the extent of artificial light at night and anthropogenic noise pollution in European marine and freshwater habitats. Recent studies highlight the adverse impacts of light and noise
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Norwegian newspaper VG has been mapping murders in Norway since the turn of the millennium. The cumulative data in Murder in Norway allows the paper to provide some fascinating insights into Norwegian homicides. For example, this year, 61% of murder victims have been killed by a family member or a partner/ex-partner. Last year, 45% of murder victims were killed by their partner or ex-partner.
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Discover the World, One Click at a Time!Tripgeo has released another exciting, map-based game that challenges you to explore your geographic knowledge like never before! Map Memory allows you to center an interactive map anywhere in the world to create a unique map game, entirely based on the local geography.Whether you're a geography whiz or a curious traveler, Map Memory is perfect for anyone
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Imagine stepping out of your home and finding your favorite café, grocery store, and park just minutes away. For residents of New York or Seattle, this is a daily reality. But in sprawling cities like Houston or Indianapolis, such convenience remains a dream for many. Thanks to The Washington Post, you can now discover how walkable your city is compared to other U.S. cities.The Washington Post
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Wordle and Minute Cryptic and Scrambled Maps will have to a back-seat this month - there's a new daily challenge in town: the Bellingcat Open Source Challenge.Launched by Bellingcat, a renowned platform for open-source research and investigative journalism, the Open Source Challenge is running throughout December. Five days a week, Bellingcat is posting a new challenge, inviting participants to
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Visualizing U.S. Segregation Through Interactive MapsCensus Dots is an interactive map of 2020 U.S. census data. On the map, millions of colored dots each represent one individual. The colors indicate the race or ethnicity that individuals identified with in the 2020 Census. Although the map does not mention this explicitly, most census dot maps randomize the locations of dots within each
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Passenger rail services in 1980 and 2024 interactive map visualizes the Amtrak (red) and VIA Rail (blue) systems in 1980 and 2024, alongside independent railways and commuter services (green). The map highlights a notable decline in the availability of passenger rail services in both the USA and Canada over the last 44 years.Using the map's slide control, you can easily switch between the
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The European Turtle Dove is a relatively small bird, weighing only about 100 grams (3.5 ounces). Despite its size, the European Turtle Dove undertakes an incredible long-distance migration of around 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa every year. This remarkable journey, along with the migratory routes of hundreds of other bird species, can be explored in detail on
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The Ridgeline Map of European Population Density is an interactive map that provides a multi-resolution visualization of Europe's population density in the form of a joy-plot.Joy-plots, also known as ridgeline plots, draw their inspiration from one of pop culture’s most iconic visuals: the album cover of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. Designed by Peter Saville in the 1970s, the cover
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Only a few days after the release of the flight sim game Travel Cat the prolific TripGeo is back with another entertaining geographical map game. GeoTripper offers players a unique challenge: charting the shortest possible route through a series of random destinations around the globe! GeoTripper is a lot of fun to play. I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek of the game over
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Topi Tjukanov's popular Notable People map highlights the most "notable" person born in specific locations around the world. The designation of "most notable" is determined based on the highest number of page views of individuals listed on Wikipedia's "People from X" pages.I’ve often pondered the idea of creating a complementary Notable Deaths map that showcases the most famous person to have
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I have seen a few flight simulator games created with 3D maps over the years,, but Travel Cat to let you pilot a plane as a cat. Flying a feline-piloted plane past the Eiffel Tower in Paris or around the Statue of Liberty in New York is as enchanting as it sounds. It is also a lot of fun.Travel Cat uses the Google Maps API's 3D view to create a basic flight simulator that allows you to
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There are five large ocean garbage patches. Most people have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but there are also the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and South Pacific garbage patches.These garbage patches form due to ocean currents called gyres, which trap floating debris in circulating patterns. Over time, waste such as plastic bottles, fishing nets, and microplastics
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Earlier this month Maps Mania reviewed Subway Stories, a visualization of subway journeys on the NYC subway system. The map was developed for the 2024 MTA Open Data Challenge. Now, the MTA has announced the winner of that challenge: Art Off the Rails, an interactive map showcasing the artworks of the MTA.Art Off the Rails uses the MTA's extensive art catalog to map the locations
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In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the heroine Elizabeth Bennet marries Fitzwilliam Darcy. This marriage separates Elizabeth from the rest of her family, both in terms of class and physical distance. As the new mistress of Pemberley, Darcy's grand estate in Derbyshire, Elizabeth must move over 130 miles away from her childhood home of Longbourn, in rural Hertfordshire.While 130 miles might
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In the United States, a persistent and striking political divide is evident between urban and rural areas. High-density urban regions overwhelmingly tend to support Democratic candidates, while low-density rural areas lean Republican. This geographical polarization shapes the outcomes of elections and reflects broader cultural, economic, and ideological divisions. A compelling exploration
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@duncan77mccabe Strava art animation through the streets of Toronto! This took me 121 runs from January to October 2024. #strava #running #toronto #purplehat #active #run #Canada #motivation #madden25 #ncaa #purple #hat #sofitukker #sofi #tukker ? original sound - Duncan McCabe
Accountant and avid runner Duncan McCabe has invented a new form of art - virtual animated geoglyphs. Using the
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I've spent today on a time-traveling adventure through 18th-century London. Standing in the bustling, tourist-filled Trafalgar Square, I opened up Allmaps Here and was instantly transported back to King’s Mews - an elaborate courtyard that stood here long before the Battle of Trafalgar was fought and etched its name onto London's streets. Suddenly the city came alive with elegant Georgian charm
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Update 2: And here is a third map. EU Skeet Capitals replaces the place-name labels of EU capital cities with the latest Bluesky messages which mention the city.Update: I got busy and created a second map. Social Media Locations (comment below with suggestions for a better name). This map allows you to search for real-time Bluesky mentions of locations around the world. To start a search you
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Hy-Brasil is a mythical island, which was once believed to be located west of Ireland. According to legend, the island was typically shrouded in mist and only visible once every seven years. It appeared on several maps from the 14th to 16th centuries, often depicted as a circular island divided by a central river or strait.Hy-Brasil is also shown in the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland on Map
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Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. It is more important than ever to visualize and understand its likely impacts. The new Köppen-Geiger Explorer hopes to meet this challenge by providing a powerful and interactive way to visualize climate zones and their transitions over time, based on the widely used Köppen-Geiger climate classification system.The Köppen-Geiger
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I'm currently listening to XEFO-AM from Mexico City, a radio station that seems to exclusively play classic, early 20th-century Spanish-language songs. The station is just one of about 100 local radio stations in Mexico City that appear on the Radiocast interactive map.Radiocast is an interactive globe featuring over 7,000 radio stations broadcasting from around the world—all of which can be
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Every year, millions of Monarch butterflies undertake an epic journey across North America, traveling thousands of miles from their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada to their wintering habitats in central Mexico. In the spring, they then return to their northern locations in the United States and Canada.What makes this migration even more astonishing is that no single butterfly
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Imagine a digital world layered seamlessly over our own, where every street corner and landmark is brought to life in 3D by a global community of gamers. This is Niantic’s vision for the real-world metaverse, and it’s already starting to take shape.For several years, AR gaming company Niantic has been leveraging its hugely popular games, such as Pokémon GO and Pikman Bloom, to gather location
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Aino claims to be 'the world’s first AI tool tailored specifically for retrieving and analyzing spatial data'. In essence, Aino is an AI-powered platform that allows you to search and (supposedly) download spatial data from over 10,000 datasets across more than 400 cities, covering points of interest (POI), urban infrastructure, social data, and much more.How Easy is Aino to Use?I found Aino
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New York City's subway network is a bustling artery that connects millions of New Yorkers to their daily lives. A new interactive map, Subway Stories, developed for the 2024 MTA Open Data Challenge, visualizes some of the stories and patterns that emerge from the rich flow of New York's subway ridership data. Drawing on comprehensive data from 2023, the visualization provides an
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"There are 206 counties in the United States with no news outlets. There are 1,561 counties with only one. More than two newspapers a week are closing, and print frequency is shrinking. Some 7,000 newspaper jobs were eliminated in the past year, almost 2,000 of them in newsroom positions." - The 2024 State of Local News ReportThe Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University has
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When I reviewed the Nuclear Stations Map in August, I was surprised to see that, a little over a decade after the Fukushima disaster, Japan appears to be building at least three new nuclear power plants on its coastline. The Nuclear Stations Map shows all the nuclear plants in the world, whether decommissioned, in operation, or under construction. Currently, the map highlights over 60 new
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Cycling in Europe just got easier with the launch of VeloPlanner, a new interactive map that aims to simplify route planning for cyclists by highlighting 'signposted' cycling routes across the continent. By leveraging detailed data from OpenStreetMap (OSM), VeloPlanner offers a comprehensive view of designated bike routes, helping cyclists of all skill levels find paths that suit their needs.&
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tldr: miku-earth is an interactive map of people's drawings of the virtual idol Hatsune Miku dressed in the national costumes of countries and subcultures around the world.I like to imagine that Hatsune Miku is just the first step in a new era of virtual celebrities, paving the way for the likes of William Gibson’s Rei Toei to suddenly emerge as real virtual beings. Both Miku and Rei
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The Yellowhead Institute has released The Treaty Map, a comprehensive historical overview of land treaties "negotiated" between Indigenous Nations and the Canadian federal government (and previously, with colonial governments and the British Crown). The Institute aims to use the map to foster a deeper understanding of Indigenous land rights and the ongoing disputes surrounding these treaties.The
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Jo Wood, a professor of visual analytics, has released an impressive cartogram visualizing each country's annual CO? emissions over the past 200 years. The map was created for the #30DayMapChallenge.Press 'play' on the Global C02 Emissions map to view an animated timeline of annual CO? emissions by country, from 1800 to 2022. This dynamic visualization offers fascinating insights into the
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The winner of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election is becoming clear, as shown by today's newspaper election maps. Donald Trump has secured two key battleground states, North Carolina and Georgia, and leads over Kamala Harris in several states already called in his favor.
In U.S. elections, traditional choropleth maps - where regions are shaded to represent the winning or leading candidate - can
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Even though the results of the election may not be known for days, many people will still be glued to the news overnight. If you're one of those who will be tracking every rumor for clues about the outcome of the U.S. Presidential Election, you might want to bookmark these interactive maps from The New York Times and The Washington Post, which show when polls close and when to expect updates
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Imagine if Google Maps offered a way to view Street View panoramas of cities as they looked in the past. Unfortunately Google only began capturing Street View images in 2006 and 2007. Photography itself, however, was invented in the 19th century, which means we can explore vintage photographs to glimpse our cities as they used to exist.In fact, one American photographer, Ed Ruscha, practically
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Fresh from creating a mobile friendly update for Scrambled Maps, Tripgeo has now released an even trickier puzzle, called Scrambled Hex Maps. If you love puzzles that challenge your spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills, Scramble Hex Maps is a game you won’t want to miss! This engaging daily challenge invites players to rearrange scrambled hexagonal maps into their correct
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The Archers is the world's longest-running drama series and yet it has taken 73 years for someone to finally create an interactive map of Ambridge.The Archers is a long-running British radio drama, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, that first aired in 1951. This radio soap opera is famously billed by the BBC as "an everyday story of country folk". The series follows the lives of the residents of
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I'm sure you remember playing the classic game of Snake. This simple yet addictive game required you to maneuver an ever-growing snake while eating pixels and avoiding collisions with the external walls and the snake's own tail. Now, imagine taking that nostalgic gameplay and placing it in the wonderful world of cartography - welcome to Map Snake!Map Snake takes the cherished arcade
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My #30DayMapChallenge entry for 'Lines' is a fiendish treasure-hunt map game.The premise of Cryptic Cross World is simple: you’re presented with a series of cryptic crossword clues, each leading you to a new location as you solve them. Points are awarded based on the distance you travel. To aid you in solving these clues, you can reveal letters in the answer - but beware, revealing
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The Overture Maps Foundation, founded in 2022 by Microsoft, Meta (formerly Facebook), Amazon, and TomTom, aims to provide accessible, interoperable open map data. At the time of its launch I remarked that 'hopefully in the future the Overture Maps Foundation will develop more user-friendly methods to access the data'. The Overture Maps Explorer (Beta) is exactly that. The Explorer allows
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Southampton has launched a new interactive map to help walkers and cyclists avoid air pollution and noisy streets. The new Southampton Airmap guides users to quieter, greener, and cleaner walking and cycling paths throughout the city. It provides routes that bypass busy, polluted streets in favor of tree-lined avenues, quiet parks, and scenic green spaces.At the heart of the Southampton
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For many people around the world, the fun of Halloween starts today with Mischief Night. Whether you’re indulging in a little mischief tonight or getting ready for trick-or-treating tomorrow, you might want to add a little spooky geography to your celebrations. Get ready for a 'Mappy Halloween' with a journey through some of the eeriest place names on the map! From Vampire Island off the coast of
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Beneath the bustling streets and historic landmarks of London lies a city haunted by the spirits of its past. From royal specters in the Tower of London to the chilling echoes of Jack the Ripper’s victims in Whitechapel, London’s dark heritage seems to linger, haunting its present!This Halloween, you've been appointed to the position of Ghost Hunter General of London. Using the provided Haunted
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A Cartography of Genocide is a powerful new initiative by Forensic Architecture that maps the extensive human cost of the Israeli military’s operations in Gaza. This interactive platform and accompanying 827-page report seek to document and analyze attacks on Gaza’s civilian population and infrastructure from October 2023 to June 2024.This interactive map presents an in-depth spatial and
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Geoconfirmed is a volunteer-based platform focused on geolocating visual content in conflict zones. The organization provides verified geolocation data to support situational awareness, investigative efforts, and combat misinformation. Initially launched in 2022, to document the Ukraine conflict, Geoconfirmed now also documents visual content in other conflict zones. Their tools include detailed
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Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas is an amazing resource that offers an unprecedented look at how Manhattan and Brooklyn were transformed at the end of nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. The interactive map visualizes New York census data from 1850, 1880, and 1910, to reveal how migration, residential, and occupational patterns evolved over the course of
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As you might expect the geographical patterns of political donations in the USA closely resemble the geographical patterns seen in actual elections. A new map from the Washington Post reveals that urban Americans tend to donate in larger numbers to the Democrats while the Republicans get most of their political donations from rural voters. The interactive map in See how your
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The German Foreign Office has released a new interactive map which visualizes climate and conflict risks around the world. The Climate Conflict Vulnerability Index Map identifies areas around the world where climate change and conflicts are likely to happen, and where people are especially vulnerable to these risks.How It WorksThe CCVI is built on three key factors:Climate: Looks at the risks
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Despite being ruled unenforceable by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948, racially restrictive covenants - legal clauses that barred individuals of certain racial backgrounds from purchasing or occupying homes - still persist in property records across Santa Clara County. Now a new interactive map predicts where in Santa Clara County these racially restrictive covenants are most likely to still
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There is something joyfully silly about Filetypes / Airports that I love. You’ll probably visit this map for only a few minutes and then never return - but you’ll definitely remember it fondly for a long time.The premise of Filetypes / Airports is very simple: it’s an interactive map that shows the locations of airports around the world whose airport codes also happen to be file extension types
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Sony Pictures has launched a unique interactive experience to promote its upcoming film, Here. By entering your address into You Are Here, you can explore your neighborhood’s history over the last 500 years.Here, directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, is based on Richard McGuire’s acclaimed graphic novel. The film spans multiple generations, focusing on a
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Are you ready for a unique ghostbusting adventure? Today, Tripgeo is releasing a new online game that invites you to explore the spine-chilling mysteries lurking behind some of the world’s most iconic landmarks!A Nightmare on View Street is a geo-guessing game that challenges you to identify famous locations around the world that have become haunted by creatures from beyond the mortal
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Scrambled Maps Just Got a Mobile Makeover, Thanks to TripGeo!Great news for puzzle lovers! TripGeo has been hard at work to make Scrambled Maps even better - now fully optimized for mobile devices. If you love solving map challenges, you can now take Scrambled Maps with you wherever you go, right on your phone!For those new to the game, Scrambled Maps is a fun daily challenge where
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Are you ready for the 2024 #30DayMapChallenge? In just over two weeks the 2024 #30DayMapChallenge will begin, and it's your chance to join thousands of cartographers worldwide in one of the most exciting mapping events of the year! Topi Tjukanov has just revealed this year's calendar of daily map challenge categories on the #30DayMapChallenge website.For the past four years, this global
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Mused has released another amazing virtual tour. Explore the Maya Temples at Copán Ruinas is an extraordinary 'Street View' tour of the Maya temples at Copan, one of the most significant archaeological sites of the ancient world. Uncover Copan’s Ancient PastNestled in the lush jungles of western Honduras, Copan was once a thriving center of Maya culture, renowned for its artistic
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Step into the heart of Swinging London and let its iconic music lead you through the streets of a city alive with creativity, rebellion, and freedom. The 'London A to Z 1962-1973' interactive map will take you on a sonic journey through the London locations that helped shape one of the most exciting periods in music history.
LONDON A to Z 1962-1973 is an interactive map of songs about
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The Spookiest ZIP Codes in the U.S.As Halloween approaches, many of us are stocking up on candy, preparing costumes, and decking our homes with spooky décor. But did you know that how much candy, costumes, and Halloween decorations you buy might reveal just how into Halloween your neighborhood is? That’s the concept behind Instacart’s brand-new interactive map, Explore America’s Haunts, which
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Welcome to OpenPlacesMap!
Are you bored of living in Plainville, USA? Don't you wish your hometown had a more exciting name? Now you can make it happen! OpenPlacesMap is an interactive map that empowers you to redefine your neighborhood. Simply click on any country, state, city, or neighborhood label and change its name to anything you want! Now you can live in Gotham City, Hogwarts, or
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In the wake of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast with devastating winds and flooding, emergency responders are working to assess the damage. One unconventional but, some argue, effective tool for gauging the situation is the "Waffle House Index," a metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to evaluate the severity of storms and guide disaster
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In recent weeks, ferocious winds have dominated the headlines. The devastating impact of Hurricane Milton, arriving so soon after Hurricane Helene rampaged through Florida, has left many communities reeling from the destructive power of these tropical storm-force winds. In the last fortnight, I've often found myself drawn to Earth Nullschool's real-time map of global wind conditions.
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The Atlas of Ungulate MigrationUngulates, large herbivorous mammals with hooves, are a vital part of many ecosystems across the globe. These animals, including species like wildebeest, caribou, elk, and zebra, often migrate seasonally over vast distances. These migrations play a crucial role in maintaining the resilience of ecosystems, supporting biodiversity, and even sustaining local economies
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With the world closely watching the U.S. 2024 election, what could a Trump or Harris presidency mean for international stability? From rising tensions in Eastern Europe to critical climate action, the global implications of the U.S. election stretch far beyond American borders.The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) has been exploring "how a Trump or a Harris presidency
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I am currently ranked Number One in the world in the game GuessWhereYouAre. However, I suspect I won't stay on top of the leaderboard for long, especially after other players discover this exciting new Street View game. GuessWhereYouAre is a fun and engaging location-based game that places players in random spots around the world using Street View. Your goal is to explore your surroundings and
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Some U.S. cities have very quirky nicknames. Apparently, the citizens of Auburn, Alabama like to call their town the 'Armpit of the Confederacy'. While their nearby neighbors in Gordo, Alabama call their home the 'Armpit of Civilization'. Elmwood and Belleville in Wisconsin both claim to be the 'UFO Capital of the World' (presumably because of all the strange, alien-looking folk living in
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Did you know San Francisco shares the same latitude as Fukushima, Japan? Or that Chicago lines up with Rome? These surprising global connections can now be explored with a fun new interactive map that reveals your latitude and longitude twins from across the world!Introducing LatLon Connect - an interactive tool that lets you discover cities around the globe that sit on the same latitude or
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The Republican Party has won the popular vote in only one Presidential Election in the last 35 years. Since 1989 only George W. Bush (in 2004) has won the popular vote for the Republicans - and in that election Bush benefited from being the incumbent.A newly released visualization from the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab highlights the dwindling appeal of the Republican Party
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Waves of Interest is a deep dive into Google search trends during election years. This beautiful data visualization maps out which political topics capture the attention of Americans during US election years. And where!By using the clever visual metaphor of a topographic map Waves of Interest transforms political interest into an intuitive landscape. The visualization reveals the fall
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searching & zooming in on individual satellitesExploring the Final Frontier with Keep TrackKeepTrack
is an innovative platform that allows users to monitor satellites orbiting Earth in real-time. At its core is a 3D interactive map that not only shows you where satellites are at the moment but also provides advanced analytics and visualizations to study their orbits and interactions in
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According to the Washington Post, "Walmart, Kroger, Aldi (Süd) and Albertsons own a third of all U.S. grocery stores locations." But who is winning the supermarket wars in your area?Hot on the heels of Japan's ConbiniWars interactive map, the Post has divided the United States based on which supermarket chain owns the most stores in each county. Whereas the ConbiniWars map used a Voronoi layer
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Can you beat me on today's Geotastic Daily Challenge? I am currently 89th in the Geotastic Daily Challenge with a combined score of 24,263. Do you think you have what it takes to claim a higher spot on the leaderboard than the mighty 'gmap'?Geotastic is yet another online geography game that challenges players to identify locations around the world using Google's Street View imagery. Every day
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Google Maps Mania
Cryptic World is a new unique map game that fuses the thrill of a geography quiz with the brain-teasing fun of a cryptic crossword! Play Cryptic World and discover how much of the world you can unlock!Click on the question mark pins scattered across the Cryptic World map and solve the uncovered cryptic clues. Every time you correctly answer a clue you will reveal the name of a hidden location.&
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Google Maps Mania
Looking for a free, flexible way to create custom maps? You’re in luck! Having only recently discovered one free source of interactive map tiles in OpenFreeMap, I have now uncovered VersaTiles. VersaTiles provides a full open-source toolkit for creating and sharing map tiles, all powered by OpenStreetMap data - and with no corporate strings attached!VersaTiles map tiles can be used in most
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Google Maps Mania
One very important feature I overlooked in the launch of OpenFreeMap is the ability to customize the styles of OpenFreeMap map-tile sets using the Maputnik open-source visual editor for the MapLibre Style Specification. If you have ever wanted to make your maps stand out, reflect your brand, or just look completely unique you can now do that for free by editing OpenFreeMap map tile styles
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Google Maps Mania
Imagine being able to walk down any street and being only minutes away from your next snack, a freshly brewed coffee, or even a place to pay your bills. This is the magic of konbini - Japan's beloved convenience stores that have become an integral part of Japanese daily life.
In Japan, you don’t have to travel very far before encountering a konbini convenience store. These compact stores are
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Google Maps Mania
Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be the next GeoGuessr World Champion?This year's GeoGuessr World Cup was won by Blinky, who defeated the U.S.'s mk, to become the 2024 GeoGuessr World Champion. The dramatic final was a tense affair. Blinky took an early 2-0 lead, but mk made a stunning comeback winning the next two games, to take the competition into the fifth and final game.
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Google Maps Mania
The Studio Carto is a French design company dedicated to creating innovative experiences in the visualization of architectural, urban, and territorial projects. The company uses interactive maps to explore the challenges involved in transforming environments.The Studio Carto - Urban Project is a beautifully realized interactive presentation of the planned redevelopment of the Bois du Château
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Google Maps Mania
All my recent personal map projects (Backdrop, World Level Zero, Guess This City) are available for free online. However, because I make zero money from my maps, I cannot afford to host them myself or pay a provider for the map tiles that they use. This means I have to be a little creative in publishing my maps online.Thanks to the amazing Glitch and the generosity of TripGeo I am able to host
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Google Maps Mania
Is your neighborhood where you think it is? In a world where cities are constantly changing, the power of crowdsourcing is helping redefine neighborhood borders. While official maps draw static lines, the people who live in these urban spaces often see things differently. What one person considers the "end" of their neighborhood could be another's starting point, creating a patchwork of local
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Google Maps Mania
Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Rome have released a new interactive map which provides 15 Minute City accessibility scores for nearly every city in the world. The '15-minute city' is an urban planning concept aimed at designing cities in a way that ensures residents can access most of their daily needs—such as work, shopping, healthcare, education, and recreation—within a 15-minute walk
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Google Maps Mania
How well traveled are you?My new map World Level Zero turns your travel experiences into a global achievement tracker. Whether you've been globetrotting for years or are just getting started, World Level Zero allows you to plot your personal journey across the globe and turn your wanderlust into a tangible score.What Is World Level Zero?At its core, World Level Zero revolves around a simple
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Google Maps Mania
The Pudding has mapped Every Outdoor Basketball Court in the U.S.A.. I'm not sure why The Pudding decided to collate satellite imagery of every basketball court visible in Google Maps' aerial imagery but it is quite fun to play with.My guess is that Every Outdoor Basketball Court in the U.S.A. is an experiment by The Pudding in using computer vision to detect, recognize and classify objects in
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Google Maps Mania
I have a new favorite daily breakfast map game. Everyday my espresso and avocado toast is now served with a side dish of Scrambled Maps.Scrambled Maps is a new daily map challenge. Everyday Scambled Maps presents you with a map of a different city of the world. The only problem is that all the map tiles on this city map have been mixed up. Your task is simply to drag the tiles back into the
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Google Maps Mania
The Global Culture Map is a fun little tool which uses AI to create a poster for any location chosen on an interactive. Simply click on the Global Culture Map and it will use a generative AI to design a poster based on that location.Currently I would say that the Global Culture Map is an interesting fun experiment rather than a completed, fully-realized AI poster creation tool. At the moment the
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Google Maps Mania
Around the world the ever demanding quest for economic growth and profit is having an impact on natural environments. The result is that local communities and groups are often forced into fighting governments and multinational companies in order to try to save their local environments from the eternal forces of 'progress'.The Environmental Justice Atlas has set itself the task of documenting
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Google Maps Mania
NBC has launched the 2024 edition of its Road to 270 interactive electoral college map. The map visualizes the current likely, possible and fantastical outcomes of the 2024 U.S. Presidential race. Last night Kamala Harris and Donald Trump went head-to-head in their first presidential debate. The Philadelphia debate was a hugely significant opportunity for both Harris and Trump to present their
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Google Maps Mania
Asya Energy's AIS track places it in the Norwegian Sea, at the same time satellite imagery shows it at the ALNG2 plantIn response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine the West has imposed sanctions on the sale of Russian oil. In an attempt to avoid these sanctions Russia has been operating a shadow fleet of covert oil tankers. The West has been working on strengthening international cooperation to try
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Google Maps Mania
AI and machine learning are revolutionizing the field of remote sensing. The ability of machine learning algorithms to automatically detect and identify objects in satellite images has enhanced our abilities to monitor deforestation, identify illegal fishing, track wildlife, and more quickly implement disaster response.Thanks to AI it is now also possible to see who owns a Tesla car in San
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Google Maps Mania
The Global Influence Index (GII) shows the influence of the United States and China on 191 countries around the world based on 28 different economic, security, and political criteria. Using the GII's new 3D globe you can tell at a glance where in the world either the U.S. or China has the greatest influence.Individual countries on the GII globe are colored to show whether they are aligned more
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Google Maps Mania
Autumn is nearly upon us. Although the Autumn Equinox is not until the 22rd September the 2024 Smoky Mountain Fall Foliage Map shows that the most northern counties of the United States will already have begun to notice the colors of the leaves changing.Every year Smoky Mountain releases an interactive Fall Foliage Map, which plots the annual progress of when and where leaves change their colors
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Google Maps Mania
The American Library Association (ALA) reports that attempts to ban books "surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022 numbers, reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA." Nearly half of the books targeted for banning were related to issues of LGBTQ+ communities or race.Now the ALA has partnered with Little Free Library and PEN America to release an interactive map which shows
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Google Maps Mania
the word 'love' in Landsat images
Soon after the emergence of Google Maps, a short while after getting bored zooming in on their house in satellite view, some people began searching for satellite images of Earth forms and patterns which resembled letters of the alphabet - when viewed from above.The first pareidolia sufferer that I can remember becoming hooked on discovering typefaces in nature
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