Using AI to Search Maps / / No Comments The magnificent David Rumsey Map Collection now has an AI Search Assistant that can help you find maps, learn more about individual maps, and even query specific elements within maps.The David Rumsey Map Collection is one of the largest online collections of maps, and its new AI Search Assistant is a fantastic resource. It not only helps you search and discover maps in the collection Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: maps, search, using
The Cold Case Murder Map / / No Comments I’m not a huge fan of crime maps. I think in many cases they oversimplify or distort patterns of criminal activity. However, I find Japan’s Unsolved Murder Cases project particularly compelling.According to the map, there are at least 369 homicides in Japan (since 1995) that remain under investigation – because the murderer has yet to be identified. The map was created by The Asahi Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Case, Cold, Murder
Love Story 2 – Dressed to Kill! / / No Comments I have given my Meet Cute map a little romantic make-over. Using MapLibre expressions and a bit of creative styling in Maputnik I have managed to transform my Meet Cute base map into something that feels more appropriate for a procedural love-story map generator.Reimagining Place Names with ExpressionsMapLibre allows you to dynamically change label text with expressions, giving you full Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Dressed, KILL, Love, Story
Earth’s Greatest Hits, Live! / / No Comments Most earthquake apps will show you a map with a bunch of dots. QuakeSound takes those red dots and turns them into sound. That’s right QuakeSound is an earthquake map that actually lets you listen to the planet rumble in near real time. QuakeSound takes data from the USGS Earthquake GeoJSON Feed and represents it in two ways: visually, on an interactive Leaflet.js map, and aurally, via Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Earth’s, Greatest, hits, live
The Trump Appeaser’s Map / / No Comments Donald Trump says he will meet Vladimir Putin next week. He also says that an end to the war must involve “some swapping of territories”.I thought it might be worth creating an Appeasers Map to visualize an area of land roughly the size of Crimea overlaid on top of the United States. You can drag the shape around to see which areas of the United States you would be most prepared to give to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Appeaser's, Trump
Ocean Warming Stripes / / No Comments These Ocean Warming Stripes show the alarming extent to which average global sea surface temperatures have risen in the 21st Century, compared to the norm of annual global temperatures dating back to 1850. In the visualization, each year since 1850 is represented by a colored stripe. The color of each stripe is determined by the average global sea surface temperature. As you can see, there has Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Ocean, Stripes, warming
Mapping the MutiVerse / / No Comments Every town, every mountain, and every quiet river had its own poem waiting to be discovered. Meet MultiVerse – an interactive map where a single click anywhere in the world generates a unique poem inspired by that location. From the bustling streets of Tokyo to the silent hills of the Scottish Highlands, MultiVerse lets you explore not just geography, but language, emotion, and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Mapping, MutiVerse
Solve the Global Treasure Hunt! / / No Comments Treasure Guessr is a new daily challenge game that requires you to identify a different location every day on an interactive map.The premise of Treasure Guessr is simple: you’re shown a small map of a mystery location, and your task is to pinpoint that location on a larger interactive map. Of course, this sounds easier than it really is – after all, the world is huge, and most of us only Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: global, Hunt, Solve, Treasure