Mapping Loch Ness Monster Sightings / / No Comments The best place to spot the Loch Ness Monster is on or around Loch Ness in Scotland. In When, where and how to see the Loch Ness Monster – based on 1,500 years worth of data! the Press and Journal has mapped the locations of Loch Ness monster sightings over the last 83 years in order to determine the best location where you are most likely to spot Nessie. After hours of analysis the newspaper Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Loch, Mapping, Monster, Ness, Sightings
You Don’t Know Africa / / No Comments Let’s face it your geographical knowledge of African countries is woefully inadequate. If you had to identify the location of Burkina Faso on a map you would probably end up pointing to the Philippines. Well it’s time to change that. Today you are going to improve your knowledge of Africa and have fun while doing so. You Don’t Know Africa is a collection of three online map games which will Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Africa, don't, know
Discovering the Dissolution / / No Comments I live near Abbey Road in East London. The road is named for Langthorne Abbey, which used to be one of the largest Cistercian abbeys in England. At the beginning of the 16th Century the abbey owned most of the land in East London. It also owned a number of local mills and controlled a number of local industries including brewing, shearing, weaving, tannery and farming. Then came the Dissolution Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: discovering, Dissolution
The Kessler Syndrome / / No Comments Steve Wozniak and a host of other Silicon Valley luminaries have launched a new company called Privateer, whose mission is to track and map space debris in Earth’s orbit. In 1978 NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler published a paper which argued that if the number of satellites in Low Earth Orbit reached a certain critical level, then even a small collision could create enough debris to cause a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Kessler, Syndrome
AI Map Search / / No Comments I am trying to keep track of developments in the use of artificial intelligence in mapping. At the moment the most interesting experiments seem to involve using AI to help answer geospatial queries. This is leading to some interesting maps which use AI to map answers to users’ queries. Over the last few months I’ve been reading with interest on Twitter how developers have been using AI models ( Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: search
Global Sunlight Chart / / No Comments The ShadeMap: Direct Sunlight Chart is an interactive map which can calculate the number of hours of direct sunlight for any location on Earth. Unlike traditional sun charts, this map actually accounts for shadows cast by buildings and terrain. If a tall building or mountain blocks out the sun for part of the day this is taken into account in the sunlight chart for that location. The Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Chart, global, Sunlight
Assassination Simulation / / No Comments Japanese broadcaster MBS has released a full scale 3D digital recreation of the assassination of Shinzo Abe. In July 2022 the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed while giving a speech at Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Nara. A Re-creation of former PM Shinzo Abe’s Assassination is a shocking full re-enactment of the Prime Minister’s assassination, which uses witness accounts and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Assassination, Simulation
The World’s Population in 3D / / No Comments This 3D Map of world cities with a population over 100k visualizes the global population of the world’s cities as 3D towers. Zoom in on Europe and you can see that London dominates western Europe, towering over Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Rome. The data for the map comes from this Wikipedia list of towns and cities with 100,000 or more inhabitants. Wherein lies the problem. The main problem with Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Population, world's