Explore the First Route Around the World / / No Comments On September 20 1519 five ships set out with 239 men from Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Their goal was to find a new route to the Moluccan Islands, in Indonesia. On September 6 1522 just one of those ships, the Victoria, landed back in Spain. It was the first ship to have circumnavigated the globe. Only 18 men returned to Spain on the Victoria. Many of the others died on the journey, Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, Explore, first, route, World
Mapping Mariupol’s Destruction / / No Comments A Timeline of Mariupol’s Destruction is an animated map which visualizes the damage caused to buildings by the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The map shows damage caused by Russian bombing between March 5th and July 29th of this year. The city of Mariupol was under siege from Russia from 25th February until 17th May 2022. In March the Red Cross declared the siege a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Destruction, Mapping, Mariupol's
Top 5 Moving Maps / / No Comments Day 23 of the #30DayMapChallenge calls for participants to create a map around the theme of movement. This year the vast majority of the maps I’ve seen posted on social media in response to the #30DayMapChallenge have been static maps. I’m hoping that the theme of ‘movement’ might inspire a few more participants to venture into creating interactive maps on the 23rd. Static maps can certainly Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: maps, Moving
See A Satellite Tonight / / No Comments James Darpinian’s See a Satellite Tonight can tell you at what time tonight satellites will fly over your house. It can also show you exactly where to look in the night sky if you want to see a satellite passing overhead. Share your location with See a Satellite Tonight and you can view an interactive 3D Cesium Earth map, showing your current location highlighted on the globe. The globe also Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Satellite, tonight
Mapping A Rainy Day in Paris / / No Comments For day 2 of the #30DayMapChallenge I’ve created an animated Map of A Rainy Day in Paris. Obviously this one isn’t a map but it does use the Leaflet mapping library, GeoJSON and uses animated polylines. What you can see in my ‘map’ is a partial recreation of the painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. You can see the painting itself on this instance of my Leaflet-IIIF-GeoJSON Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Mapping, Paris, Rainy
US Level 0 / / No Comments My social media accounts have been lit up today by people posting their US Level and Europe Level scores. US Level and Europe Level are two very simple interactive maps which can score your globetrotting experience by awarding you points based on the number of states or countries you have visited.Working out your US Level is very easy. All you have to do is click on each U.S. state and choose Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Level
Mapping in Time & Space / / No Comments The ESA Star Mapper visualisation is an interactive map of the Universe. It allows you to explore in 3D 59,921 stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue. If you select the ‘Motion’ option at the bottom of the map you can view an animated visualiztion of how stars move through space. You can orient yourself on the map by turning on star names, the outline of the constellations, and/or a graticule of Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Mapping, Space, time
Do You Live in a 15 Minute City? / / No Comments A 15 Minute City is an urban environment which promotes a sustainable future by ensuring that all the essential needs of individuals can be accessed without having to get in a car or use public transport. These essential needs include such things as grocery stores, health care facilities, cultural attractions, transit stops, educational facilities and leisure activities. Individuals living in a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: City, live, Minute