24 Hours of Ship Traffic in the Bay / / No Comments Every day hundreds of container ships, high speed ferries, and pleasure boats navigate the San Francisco Bay. The job of orchestrating much of this marine traffic falls to the Coast Guard’s vessel traffic service, based on Yerba Buena Island. You can get a great idea of what this job entails on Mapbox’s interactive map Ships in the San Francisco Bay.Ships in the San Francisco Bay animates 24 Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: hours, ship, Traffic
Global Population Density / / No Comments Top Row: Paris, Barcelona, New York, Bottom Row: London, San Francisco, Los AngelesUS cities tend to have lower population densities than cities in most other countries in the world. The maps above show the populations living within a 5km radius of the centers of a number of major cities. As you can see San Francisco and Los Angeles have significantly lower population densities than Paris and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Density, global, Population
The Distribution of Surnames / / No Comments The superbly named Namensverbreitungskarte is an interactive map which can show the distribution of surnames in Germany. Enter a family name into the map and you can see where people with that name lived in 1996 and in 1890. The distribution is based on German casualty lists of the 1st World War and the German phone directory from 1996.One neat feature of Namensverbreitngskarte is that you can Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Distribution, Surnames
The Global Contrail Map / / No Comments Global air travel is a significant contributor to climate change. A recent study revealed that aircraft contrails contribute over half of the sector’s global warming impact. The study shows how contrails (the icy clouds that form in the wake of aircraft) effectively trap heat in the atmosphere, heat which would otherwise be released into space.The Contrail Climate Initiative’s Contrail Map Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Contrail, global
Forever Chemicals in Freshwater Fish / / No Comments A new study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found harmful levels of PFAS in freshwater fish throughout the United States. The study measured the harmful levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in freshwater fish collected across the United States. PFAS are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they never break down in the environment. They have entered freshwater bodies across the United Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Chemicals, Fish, Forever, Freshwater
A Dialect Map of England / / No Comments The University of Leeds’ Dialect and Heritage Project has released a Sound Map of English dialects. The map features archived audio recordings of native English speakers from the different regions of England. In the 1950s and 1960s the Survey of English Dialects undertook to complete a survey of the regional dialects of England. The survey was conducted in over 300 different towns and villages. Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Dialect, England
The Campaign for More Winter Sun / / No Comments Today the residents of New York will see less than nine and a half hours of daylight. This lack of sunlight can lead to many people feeling SAD. Which is partly why every year there are calls to end the annual switch to standard time from daylight saving time, the result of which is that the sun sets even earlier every cold winter day. It is also why FiveThirtyEight has asked the question Can Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: campaign, More, Winter
The Land of Generation X / / No Comments Modal Age by Neighbourhood is an interactive map which visualizes the median age of the population in English and Welsh neghborhoods (middle-layer super output areas), using data from the 2021 census. The map provides a fascinating insight into the average ages of the countries’ towns and cities (a Median Age map is also available).By area of land (but not necessarily by population) England and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Generation, land