540 Million Years of Planet Earth / / No Comments 540 million years ago the Earth’s climate was very different from how it is today. During the Cambrian period global temperatures were warmer than they are now. It is believed there were no polar icecaps and there was likely to have been high levels of precipitation and humidity over much of the planet. Of course our world hasn’t always been so warm. The last Ice Age was during the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Earth, Million, Planet, Years
Plasticine Earth / / No Comments Google Arts & Culture has used AI to turn the world into colorful dough. In this game your task is to identify famous cultural monuments around the world while turning unformed blobs of plasticine into colorful 3d models of the very same monuments.Each game of Google Un-Dough starts with a 3D plasticine globe. To begin the game you just need to spin this globe and select the country whose Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Earth, Plasticine
Lightship Earth / / No Comments Dutch broadcasting company KRO-NCRV has released an interactive map which visualizes light pollution in the Netherlands. Spaceship Earth allows you to enter any address in the Netherlands to discover how many stars can be seen from that location. The map also explores some of the most (and least) light polluted areas in the country.Spaceship Earth begins with a little scrollytelling tour of the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Earth, Lightship