GeoGuessr for History Buffs

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Can you guess the date and location of the historical event taking place in these two AI generated videos? If you can then you might just become the Time Portal champion of the world.Time Portal is a fun and innovative online game that challenges you to pinpoint the time and place of significant historical moments. If you’re a fan of history and love games like GeoGuessr, this one’s for you.At Maps Mania… more →
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Global Ski Slope Orientations

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OpenSkiStats has analyzed ski trail maps to determine the direction of travel for ski trails worldwide. In Which Way do You Ski OpenSkiStats has used ski trail maps to determine the direction of travel of all ski trails in ski resorts around the globe. By gathering the coordinates of all trail segments, connecting these points, and treating each segment as a vector scaled by its Maps Mania… more →
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The Big Foot Sightings Map

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In October 2004, Rodney Frank Williams’s daughters reported hearing what they described as “a combination of a whale and a dinosaur” coming from the state forestland near their home in Joyce, Washington. Upon further investigation, Williams discovered a footprint “much like a large wide human print dressed in a moccasin.” Additional incidents, including a mysteriously moved pumpkin, led Maps Mania… more →
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Los Angeles Wildfire Maps

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Five wildfires are currently burning in Los Angeles. At the time of writing, three of the fires remain uncontained. So far, the fires have claimed at least five lives, and 137,000 people have been evacuated. Over 1,000 structures, including many homes, have also been lost. The Los Angeles Time’s California Widlfires Map uses data from CalFire, the National Interagency Fire Center, and the Maps Mania… more →
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SPOT: the Natural Language Geolocation Map

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SPOT, is an AI-powered tool designed to simplify and enhance the geolocation process for journalists and the OSINT community. Searching for the locations in media content can be challenging, especially for those unfamiliar with OSINT tools for identifying locations which are unknown. SPOT is designed to bridge this gap by providing a user-friendly way to locate places in images and videos using Maps Mania… more →
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More 2024 Maps of the Year

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On New Year’s Day, I posted the Maps Mania round-up of the 2024 Year in Maps. I am not the only one who has spent time exploring the best maps of 2024. The Global Investigative Journalism Network’s Top 10 Data Journalism Projects of 2024  included maps from Hungary’s Atlo, Japan’s Nikkei, and Germany’s netzpolitik. Danube Warming Up Atló’s Danube Warming Up uses a Mapbox story-map Maps Mania… more →
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Even More Scrambled Maps

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Scrambled Maps In September I released a new daily map challenge called Scrambled Maps. TripGeo then enhanced my original game by introducing options to define the number of map tiles and to play with random cities. Scrambled Maps has since become TripGeo’s most popular game. For instance, just yesterday, it was played over 1,000 times by people across the globe.TripGeo’s Scrambled Maps has Maps Mania… more →
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The AI Map Benchmark Test

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Godview is a new AI ‘map with an LLM’. It is the latest in a number of interactive maps that have been released in 2024 which use AI models to allow the user to use natural language queries when carrying out geographical searches.I have decided it is time I had a series of ten questions which I can use to bench-test AI maps – to test what spatial queries that they can handle and which they Maps Mania… more →
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