Zero Chance of Rain on Mars Today / / No Comments It’s currently a rather brisk -31 °C at Syrtis Major on Mars. Despite the chill, there’s only a light northerly wind of around 5 km/h. However, if you’re driving on Mars today, you might want to be cautious – visibility is extremely low!This weather report is brought to you by the Mars Explorer Weather Map, NASA’s new dashboard for visualizing atmospheric conditions on Mars.Since the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: chance, Mars, rain, Today, Zero
Searching Text in Street View / / No Comments The Pudding has created an amazing data journalism project that allows you to search New York for any word or combination of words. Called All Text in NYC, it’s a remarkable tool that lets you dive into the city’s written landscape – mined entirely from Google Street View images. From shop signs in Queens to murals in the Bronx, it captures the way language is woven into the physical space of Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Searching, Street, text, View
GeoGuessr for Photos / / No Comments MapaPhoto In my never-ending quest to find alternatives to GeoGuessr, I want to like MapaPhoto – however, this latest ‘geoguessing’ game has just one too many annoying quirks to satisfy my wanderlust.MapaPhoto’s basic game concept is solid. If you’ve ever played GeoGuessr or any of its many imitators, you’ll be familiar with the idea: identify the location shown in a given image by Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: GeoGuessr, photos
The Global News Map / / No Comments Over the years, there have been many attempts to map the news. With the advent of AI and its ability to automatically detect locations mentioned in news articles, we’re now seeing a resurgence in News Maps.The latest of these is Needle, which uses a large language model (LLM) to “best estimate general locations of stories posted in the past day, and pin them on the map.” Using the map, you Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: global, News
The Map of Nazi Camps & Ghettos / / No Comments The USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos is an interactive map documenting camps, ghettos, and Nazi-run sites of persecution across Europe and North Africa. This powerful digital tool brings to life one of the most staggering realities of the Holocaust: the sheer number and geographic reach of sites where millions were imprisoned, enslaved, and murdered between 1933 and 1945. Created by Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Camps, Ghettos, Nazi
The Death of Local News / / No Comments One in three U.S. counties now has no full-time local journalist – a staggering 75% decline over the past 23 years. This collapse means communities across the country lack “even one full-time reporter to cover all of the schools, the town councils, the economic development projects, basketball games, environmental decisions, local businesses, and local events.”To document this crisis, Rebuild Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Death, local, News
Institute for Men Says Women Are Underpaid / / No Comments The American Institute for Boys and Men has released an interactive map highlighting the declining percentage of men in college enrollment and graduation. But the most striking revelation isn’t the gender gap in enrollment and graduation but the persistent earnings gap that follows. That’s right – despite women being more likely to enroll in and graduate from college, they are far more likely to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Institute, Says, Underpaid, Women
Tour de Street View / / No Comments Stage 13 in the Pyrenees Every summer, millions tune in to watch the world’s greatest cycling race snake its way through the heart of France. But watching from a helicopter shot or following time splits only tells part of the story. What if you could experience each stage for yourself – all from the comfort of your own home?That’s exactly what Map Channels’ new interactive Tour de France 2025 map Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Street, tour, View