Mapping the History of the Railway

Martin Brake has created a number of interactive maps which visualize the historical development of transport networks in Germany, London, Paris and Barcelona. His Timemap Timelines project provides an animated map for each featured city which shows how its transit network has grown over time. For example the screenshot above shows the development of the London Underground between 1858 and 1947. Maps Mania… more →
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The 100 Most Segregated School Districts in America

In the United States school district boundaries drawn onto economically and racially segregated neighborhoods ensure that most poor and non-white students receive a much worse education than students in the more affluent school districts.Back in 2016 NPR examined how school funding in the USA is used to ensure that the rich get the best schools. They created an interactive map which visualized Maps Mania… more →
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Real-time Air Pollution Alerts

In February the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) launched an Aerosol Alerts service to provide warnings about upcoming air pollution. You can view an animated map of today’s alerts on the Aerosol Alerts interactive map.Aerosols are tiny particles that are suspended in the air, which can come from both natural and human-made sources.  Natural sources of aerosols include dust Maps Mania… more →
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Not Everyone Commutes by Car

In Canada and the United States 95% of journeys to and from work are made by car. Elsewhere in the world people often walk, cycle or use public transport in order to get to work.Cities Moving is a research project by the Complexity Science Hub of the University of Vienna, which analysed the mode of transport most commonly used for commuting to work in 794 cities in 61 countries around the Maps Mania… more →
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There are 2,773 stories in the Naked City

The 1960’s procedural police series the Naked City used to conclude every episode with the line: “There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.” If there are eight million stories in New York then The City has got quite a long way to go before it is finished reporting on them. So far it has managed to find only 2,773 stories in NYC.The City asked ChatGPT to find Maps Mania… more →
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Solar Symbology

The one thing that you are guaranteed to see before a solar eclipse is lots of maps. With just over a month to go before April 8th’s total solar eclipse new solar eclipse maps are being released almost daily. Over on the Esri blog Kenneth Field has introduced his new Total Eclipse map. Kenneth’s map uses small symbols to visualize the extent of the eclipse possible at different locations Maps Mania… more →
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Who Deserves a Monument Anyway?

Distribution of Confederate monumentsThanks to Geochicas and the Mapping Diversity project there has been quite a lot of data analysis undertaken over the last few years into the lack of diversity in the street names of cities around the world. According to Mapping Diversity in the 32 cities which they have analyzed “More than 90% of the streets named after individuals are dedicated to white Maps Mania… more →
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Street View Surveillance

The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Spot the Surveillance game is a virtual reality game which requires players to identify surveillance equipment in a panoramic image of a San Francisco street scene. Panning around this 360 degree view players are required to detect the every day surveillance equipment which is now routinely used on America’s streets, such as body-worn cameras, automated Maps Mania… more →
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