A New Year’s Flight Around Planet Earth

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On New Year’s Day, I released a small virtual fireworks show to celebrate the start of the year. The Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung then put my effort to shame by publishing an impressive orbital tour of the entire planet on the same day – recorded by the International Space Station.Illuminated Cities and Northern Lights: A New Year’s Flight around the World around the World is a guided Maps Mania… more →
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Mapping Global Migration Patterns

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Where do people around the world live today – and where were they born?The new Global Migration Map lets you explore international migration patterns using the United Nations’ International Migrant Stock 2024 dataset. By clicking on any country, you can discover where people living there originally came from, or where people born there now live – and how many people moved between each pair of Maps Mania… more →
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The Virtual Fireworks Show

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I couldn’t get tickets for London’s very popular New Year’s Eve fireworks display, so I had to make my own virtual version.My 3D Fireworks Map displays colorful bursts of fireworks exploding above the City of London. The map starts by loading real-world buildings from the Global Building Atlas, a massive dataset of city structures from around the world.The real magic happens with the fireworks. Maps Mania… more →
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Car Parks or Play Parks?

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How much of Berlin is designed for cars – and how much for children and nature?Hans Hack has released an interactive map that offers a clear view of how urban space is allocated in Berlin. The tool compares the amount of urban space taken up by parking lots with that devoted to children’s playgrounds and other green spaces across Germany’s capital.By centering the map on any point in the city,& Maps Mania… more →
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Tracking Santa for Christmas

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🎅 Santa’s Big Adventure: Follow Him Around the World! 🌍It’s Christmas Eve – the most magical night of the year – and guess what? Santa is already zooming around the world, delivering gifts to kids just like YOU! 🎁 This year, why not join in the fun by following Santa’s incredible journey around the world? 🎄✨ 🦌 NORAD Santa Tracker: Powered by Rudolph’s NoseDo you know how NORAD tracks Maps Mania… more →
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How Christmas Lights Up America

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According to NASA, Christmas lights up the winter. Using nighttime satellite imagery of American cities, NASA discovered that nighttime lights in American cities shine 20 to 50 percent brighter during the Christmas season than at other times of the year. In Even from Space, Holidays Shine Brightly NASA explains that nighttime lights start getting brighter on the day after Thanksgiving. You Maps Mania… more →
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Fuzzy Neighborhoods

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City neighborhoods rarely have crisp, universally agreed-upon boundaries. Unlike political jurisdictions, neighborhood borders are shaped by lived experience: where people shop, who they identify as neighbors, and shifting social and cultural trends. These boundaries are often fluid, overlapping, and contested, changing over time and varying from person to person. As a result, neighborhood Maps Mania… more →
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I ❤️ San Francisco

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Today I ran a 33 km heart-shaped route around San Francisco to demonstrate my love for the city1. If you are interested in creating your own GPS art – or you just want to make your daily walk, jog or bike ride a little more fun – you can now use Routista to help you plan a pictorial route.Have you ever seen a bike ride that traces a heart, a star, or even a dinosaur on a map? That’s GPS art Maps Mania… more →
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