The Real-Time 15 City Map / / No Comments The concept of the ’15 Minute City’ aims to make urban living more livable and sustainable by ensuring that all essential individual needs can be met without reliance on a car or public transport. It’s a very simple idea: ideally, an individual’s essential needs should be accessible within a short travel distance.Such a simple concept deserves a suitably simple-to-understand map. CThood Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: City, realtime
Is this the future of Street View? / / No Comments Odyssey has released a demo of its new AI technology that enables users to explore 3D video environments in real time. Odyssey is similar to Google Maps Street View in that it allows users to visually explore real-world environments. However, instead of navigating through static 360-degree photos, Odyssey uses AI-generated streaming video that responds dynamically to user input. The result Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: future, Street, this, View
Mapping Whale Superhighways / / No Comments The WWF has launched a new interactive map Blue Corridors that brings 30 years of whale migration data to life. Using the map you can:🛰️ See where whales travel.⚠️ Learn what’s putting them at risk.💙 Discover how we can protect them.The new Blue Corridors interactive map is designed to support global whale conservation efforts by visualizing decades of scientific data in a way that is Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Mapping, Superhighways, Whale
The Start of Hurricane Season / / No Comments Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean officially begins on June 1 and ends on November 30 each year. The peak of hurricane activity typically occurs from mid-August to late October, with September 10 often cited as the statistical peak of the season. During this time, meteorologists and emergency planners closely monitor tropical systems and prepare for potential impacts to the U.S., Central Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Hurricane, Season, Start
How the US Arms the Mexican Drug Cartels / / No Comments There are only two gun stores in Mexico, and both are located on military bases. Yet the country still suffers from a major gun homicide problem. So where are the guns coming from?In 2015, a Mexican military helicopter was shot down by cartel fighters using a Browning machine gun and a Barrett .50-caliber rifle. Both weapons were traced back to legal purchases in U.S. gun shops. This stark Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Arms, Cartels, Drug, Mexican
The Largest Gathering in Human History / / No Comments The Maha Kumbh Mela is one of the largest religious gatherings on Earth. It is a Hindu pilgrimage festival that occurs every 12 years. The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, held in Prayagraj, was particularly significant because it was a “Maha Kumbh”, an event that takes place only once every 144 years, due to a rare celestial alignment.During the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, an estimated 663 million pilgrimages Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Gathering, History, Human, Largest
The Google Maps Platform Awards / / No Comments To mark two decades of mapping innovation, Google has announced the Google Maps Platform Awards, a new program created to celebrate the developers and innovators who have shaped the digital mapping landscape over the past 20 years. For those who build with geospatial tools, APIs, and data this is your opportunity to showcase your best work.Google aims to recognize the impact that developers have Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Awards, Google, maps, Platform
Map Any Event in History (or Fiction) / / No Comments The Battle of Hastings mapped by th Map Simulation Platform The Map Simulation Platform is a hugely ambitious project that uses AI to simulate text prompts in 3D on an interactive map. It employs natural language processing to interpret a prompt and render it on a geographical canvas. It’s similar to a text-to-image AI tool, except here the output is a dynamic, map-based scenario rather Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Event, Fiction, History