Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu / / No Comments The 3D Inca Trail Tour is a guided tour of the four day trek from Piskacucho to Machu Picchu. This interactive tour of the incredible journey to the historic Incan citadel in the Andes makes impressive use of MapboxGL’s 3d terrain data to provide a virtual taste of some of the world’s most beautiful views.As you scroll through the tour you will follow the actual ancient path taken by the Royal Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Hiking, Inca, Machu, Picchu, trail
A Summer of Drought / / No Comments One consequence of the extreme temperatures being experienced in Europe this summer is that most of the continent is now under a drought warning and many areas are under a severe drought alert. The European Drought Observatory’s Drought Indicator map shows that nearly all countries in Europe are currently experiencing drought conditions.The extreme heat across Europe has already led to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Drought, summer
Real Time World Temperature Records / / No Comments The pace of global heating in 2022 means that it is now possible to create a real-time map showing locations around the world where all-time temperature records are being broken. In just the last 24 hours two locations in the U.S. have experienced their highest ever recorded temperatures (Cotulla, TX & Escanaba, MI). It isn’t only in America where heat records are now being broken on a daily Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Real, records, Temperature, time, World
How Far Can You Travel in 5 Hours? / / No Comments How Far Can You Go By Train in 5h? is an interactive map which shows you how far you can travel from any European rail station in less than five hours.Hover over any location on this map (within the highlighted area in Europe) and you can view an isochrome layer which shows you how far you can travel by train in hourly increments. The nearest train station (from which travel times are Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: hours, travel
Digging to China / / No Comments If you dig a hole anywhere in the United States then some wag is likely to ask you if you are digging to China. Of course if you could somehow dig a hole through the center of the Earth you wouldn’t end up anywhere near China. You would emerge soaked to the skin in the south Indian Ocean, somewhere between Madagascar and Australia. That is because no point in the contiguous United States has an Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: China, Digging
The (Not So) Great Salt Lake / / No Comments The Great Salt Lake in Utah is very, very big. Although it isn’t as big as it used to be. In 1987 the lake was 3,300 square miles in size. Now, in July 2022, the lake is only around 950 square miles in size. While the size of the Great Salt Lake can fluctuate a lot naturally, due to seasonal changes in the weather, it is now undoubrably drying-up because of global warming. You can see how Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: GREAT, Lake, Salt
Ada launching new ‘map app’ for garage sales – – KTEN / / No Comments Ada launching new ‘map app’ for garage sales – KTEN “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: app', garage, KTEN, launching, Map', sales
Everything New in the iOS 15 Maps App: Updated Details, AR Walking Directions, Globe View and More – MacRumors / / No Comments Everything New in the iOS 15 Maps App: Updated Details, AR Walking Directions, Globe View and More MacRumors “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: details, directions, EVERYTHING, Globe, MacRumors, maps, More, updated, View, walking