The Ring of Rain / / No Comments X-Rain is an interactive map which visualizes the average amount of rainfall around the globe. The precipitation data used on the map is derived from historical satellite observations. This remote sensed data is not as accurate as data recorded by rain gauges but it is able to provide a more global view of precipitation levels as it is not limited to only those locations with rain gauges.The Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: rain, Ring
Shilling for Putin / / No Comments The Insider (‘fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news’) has created a new interactive map which exposes the ‘fake experts’ around the world that are spreading pro-Kremlin fake narratives and Russian propaganda. The Insider claims that what “unites the individuals featured on this map is their attempt to portray Putin’s policies positively while disseminating Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Putin, Shilling
More Medieval Murder Maps! / / No Comments On Saturday 2 Feb 1297 three Oxford University students decided to celebrate the festival of the purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary by going on a frenzied rampage. On the evening of the festival John de Skurf and his two friends Michael and Madoc ran through the streets of Oxford with swords, bows, and arrows “attacking all passers-by”. One John Metescharp was shot with an arrow by Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: maps, Medieval, More, Murder
Restricting the Right to Protest / / No Comments The right to protest is being restricted in countries around the world. Amnesty International’s new interactive map, called Protect the Protest, highlights the growing numbers of human rights violations which are being committed by countries around the world aimed at removing the rights of citizens to legally protest. The Protect the Protest map sheds light on the types of repression that are Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: protest, Restricting, right
A Year of Wildfire in Europe / / No Comments In July Europe witnessed its largest wildfire in 23 years. The Dadia forest fire in Greece burned 97,000 hectares and killed 20 people. The large number of wildfires in Europe this year follows the even larger number of fires last year, a year which saw the second largest total burnt area this century. So far.Czech news website Aktuálně.cz has analyzed satellite data of European Union wildfires Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Europe, wildfire, year
The City Map Game / / No Comments I really like the game SF-Street-Names, which I reviewed Monday in the post The Streets of San Francisco Game. In fact I liked SF-Street-Names so much that I immediately started trying to see if I could replicate the game for a different city. In Monday’s post I linked to my quick demo map Denver Street Names, which was a very quick hack of a SF-Street-Names type game for Denver.Today I decided Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: City, Game
Geolocating General Surovikin / / No Comments The investigative journalists at Bellingcat have been developing some important tools and methodologies for geolocating images. On Wednesday they applied their investigative geolocating powers to identify the location of General Sergey Surovikin. On September 4th a photograph of Surovikin was posted online, accompanied by the message “General Surovikin has emerged. He’s alive and well, home Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: General, Geolocating, Surovikin
Mapping the Great Kantō Earthquake / / No Comments 100 years ago yesterday, on September 1st 1923, the Great Kantō earthquake struck Japan. The earthquake struck near midday, at a time when many people were cooking lunch. In Tokyo, during and after the earthquake, fires spread across the city. In the 46 hours after the quake around 40% of Tokyo burned to the ground. Japanese newspaper Nikkei has marked the 100th anniversary of the Great Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: earthquake, GREAT, Kantō, Mapping