US Level 0 / / No Comments My social media accounts have been lit up today by people posting their US Level and Europe Level scores. US Level and Europe Level are two very simple interactive maps which can score your globetrotting experience by awarding you points based on the number of states or countries you have visited.Working out your US Level is very easy. All you have to do is click on each U.S. state and choose Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Level
Mapping in Time & Space / / No Comments The ESA Star Mapper visualisation is an interactive map of the Universe. It allows you to explore in 3D 59,921 stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue. If you select the ‘Motion’ option at the bottom of the map you can view an animated visualiztion of how stars move through space. You can orient yourself on the map by turning on star names, the outline of the constellations, and/or a graticule of Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Mapping, Space, time
Do You Live in a 15 Minute City? / / No Comments A 15 Minute City is an urban environment which promotes a sustainable future by ensuring that all the essential needs of individuals can be accessed without having to get in a car or use public transport. These essential needs include such things as grocery stores, health care facilities, cultural attractions, transit stops, educational facilities and leisure activities. Individuals living in a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: City, live, Minute
Mapping the Growth of a City in 3D / / No Comments Zurich 4D is an interactive 3D map of Switzerland’s largest city. The map was developed by the city’s Building Department in order to provide a freely accessible 3D model of the city. The Zurich 4D map allows you to explore more than 50,000 buildings in Zurich in glorious 3D and is used by the city for planning construction projects, modeling noise pollution, and city planning etc. What Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: City, Growth, Mapping
Watercolor World / / No Comments Watercolor World has added the Scott Polar Research Institute’s collection of watercolor paintings to its interactive map of watercolor paintings. Watercolor World is an interactive map and free online database of documentary watercolour paintings, all of which were painted before 1900. The Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge owns a large collection of polar paintings Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Watercolor, World
Exploring the Lakes of Mars / / No Comments Freie Universität Berlin’s Jezero Crater interactive map allows you to take a virtual tour of the landing site on Mars of the 2020 Perseverance rover. This tour includes a synthesized 360 degree panorama of the crater as it might have once looked, when water still existed on Mars. The interactive Jazero Crater map shows the track of Perseverance, revealing the parts of the Jezero crater which Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Exploring, Lakes, Mars
Journey to the Moon in 3D / / No Comments NASA’s Artemis program will build a Lunar Gateway space station which can then be used to establish a permanent home base on the Moon and to launch human missions to Mars. Unfortunately the launch date for Artemis 1 has been postponed on a number of occasions due to engineering problems and adverse weather conditions (with the latest planned launch yesterday postponed because of Hurricane Ian). Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: journey, Moon
The RAF Map of Post-War London / / No Comments Layers of London is an interactive map which gives you access to lots of historic maps and historical information about the capital city. This morning I’ve being exploring the Layers of London RAF Aerial Collection (1945-1949). After World War II the Royal Air Force methodically flew over the whole of Britain to photograph the country from the air. This resulted in 24,000 photographs of London. Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: London, PostWar