A Map of the World That Is Gone / / No Comments When Elan Ullendorff moved to South Philadelphia this summer he realized that he knew very little about the recent history of his new neighborhood. So he decided to change that. The result is Love Letters to Places I’ll Never Meet, an interactive map which summons up the recent past of South Philadelphia by creating an interactive map of some now shuttered stores. To create his love letter to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: gone, World
Mapping the Oct 7 Hamas Attacks / / No Comments Over the last three weeks news organizations around the world have produced many maps in their efforts to help explain the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. Many of these have been curated in the Data Vis Dispatch. Unfortunately the paywalls of many of the major news websites make a lot of these maps inaccessible to many.The current attacks on the Palestinian people by Israel are in response to the events Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: attacks, Hamas, Mapping
Why the Spanish Like Vertical Living / / No Comments Spaniards like living in apartments. In fact Spain has one of the highest percentages of apartment dwellers in the world. Only in South Korea do more people live in collective dwellings. There are historical reasons why so many Spaniards live in apartment buildings. You can learn more about the historical causes of Spain’s vertical living in El Diario’s story map Spain lives in flats: why we Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: like, Living, Spanish, Vertical
3D Middle-earth / / No Comments You can now explore the fantasy world of J.R.R Tolkein on a three dimensional globe. The Middle-earth 3D Map is a wonderful interactive map of the lands of the Shire, Mordor, Rohan and Gondor. A map that allows you to soar over the Misty Mountains, gaze upon the White City of Minas Tirith, and wander through the ancient forests of Lothlórien in a way that has never been possible before.Unlike Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Middleearth
The World Map of Podcasts / / No Comments MapsFM is an interactive map which can help you find and listen to podcasts produced around the world. Listening to location based podcasts could be a great way to learn more about a planned travel destination or even to learn more about your local neighborhood or town. Now you can easily find and listen to location based podcasts by using the MapsFM map of the podcast world.Simply share your Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Podcasts, World
Mapping the Growth of America / / No Comments This animated map shows the growth of built-up areas in San Francisco from 1860-1930. It visualizes the rapid growth of the city following the California gold rush in the second half of the 19th Century.This animated GIF was made using the interactive map Historical Built-Up Areas, 1810 – 2015. This amazing map uses data from the HISDAC-US: Historical Settlement Data Compilation for the United Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: America, Growth, Mapping
The 2023 Polish Election / / No Comments Sunday’s Parliamentary Election in Poland saw the far-right PIS party win the most seats (194 seats) in the new parliament. However the opposition parties, consisting of the Civic Coalition (157 seats), Third Way (65 seats), and The Left (26 seats) achieved a combined share of 54% of the vote and are expected to now form a coalition government.Thanks to the growing trend among newspapers to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 2023, election, Polish
Intelligent Directions / / No Comments Fuzzy Maps is a new interactive map which uses AI to provide intelligent walking, cycling or driving directions. Unlike directions in Google Maps you can ask Fuzzy Maps to provide you with directions which include custom conditions or requirements.Fuzzy Maps provides a number of example searches that you might want to use, such as: Bike directions to a nearby history museum, avoid going over Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: directions, Intelligent