The Destruction of American Democracy / / No Comments Thanks to Soar you can watch the destruction of American democracy in near real-time. The animated GIF above shows satellite imagery from before and after Trump’s illegal demolition of the East Wing of the White House. The republic that built a White House of reason and restraint is now being demolished by its would-be king. Only one man could believe that the neoclassical and Palladian Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: American, Democracy, Destruction
County Stripes / / No Comments County Stripes I was reading the comments on a time-lapse map of power outages in the US posted on Reddit yesterday. Many of the comments focused on the sizes of U.S. counties, particularly noting how counties appear to get noticeably larger as you travel westward across the country.I therefore decided to take a closer look at the size of U.S. counties across the country, carrying out some Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: County, Stripes
No Kings, No Tyrants & No Dictators / / No Comments The No Kings interactive map is not particularly interesting in itself – except as a visualization of the huge geographic sweep of anti-Trump sentiment in the United States. The map is ostensibly just a simple interactive map that shows you the locations of today’s protests against the escalating authoritarianism of the Donald Trump administration in the United States.As well as showing the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Dictators, Kings, Tyrants
How to Create a Birdsong Map / / No Comments Diario SUR has created an interactive that allows you to listen to Málaga birds singing directly from a map. Mouseover any of the markers on This is how Málaga sings and you can listen to a sound recording of a Málaga bird species submitted by users of the website Xeno-Canto.Xeno-Canto is a community-driven online Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Birdsong, create
Stories of Displacement & Return / / No Comments Journeys of Resilience of Refugees from Ukraine is an interactive map tracking the movements of refugees from Ukraine amidst the ongoing war. Created for the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), the map captures both the immense scale of forced migration and the stories of return and resilience that continue to unfold.Since Russia’s invasion, around 11 million Ukrainians Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Displacement, Return, Stories
30 Day Map Challenge / / No Comments November’s 30DayMapChallenge is fast approaching – and the daily themes for this year’s event have just been released!The #30DayMapChallenge is an annual, community-driven event that brings together mapmakers from all over the world. Started by Topi Tjukanov in 2019, it’s become a global celebration of cartography, creativity, and data visualization. Each day in November, participants Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: challenge
Mapping Russia’s Attack on Europe / / No Comments Each symbol on this interactive map represents an attempt by the Russian state to destabilize European democracy. The map visualizes Russia’s hybrid warfare against the West, which involves tactics as diverse as cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, physical sabotage, and even possible assassinations — actions that might seem minor in isolation but form part of a broader strategy to undermine Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: attack, Europe, Mapping, Russia's
The Atlas of American Gun Violence / / No Comments The Trace’s An Atlas of American Gun Violence is an interactive map that uses data from the Gun Violence Archive to visualize gun homicides and assaults across the contiguous United States.The map has drawn a fair amount of criticism on the MapPorn subreddit, with many dismissing it as “just a population density map.” I think this criticism is somewhat unfair. If you were to zoom Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: American, atlas, violence