A New Year’s Flight Around Planet Earth / / No Comments On New Year’s Day, I released a small virtual fireworks show to celebrate the start of the year. The Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung then put my effort to shame by publishing an impressive orbital tour of the entire planet on the same day – recorded by the International Space Station.Illuminated Cities and Northern Lights: A New Year’s Flight around the World around the World is a guided Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, Earth, flight, Planet, Years
Mapping Conflicts Around the World / / No Comments At the beginning of 2024 the specter of military conflicts haunts the world. Israel is engaged in conflict in Gaza, Russia continues its illegal invasion of Ukraine and the Syrian civil war is now in its thirteenth year. In response to the spreading threat of global conflicts a number of organizations have now released interactive maps dedicated to tracking the progress of military action around Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, Conflicts, Mapping, World
Explore the First Route Around the World / / No Comments On September 20 1519 five ships set out with 239 men from Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Their goal was to find a new route to the Moluccan Islands, in Indonesia. On September 6 1522 just one of those ships, the Victoria, landed back in Spain. It was the first ship to have circumnavigated the globe. Only 18 men returned to Spain on the Victoria. Many of the others died on the journey, Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, Explore, first, route, World
Why I use this app instead of Google Maps to get around – Mashable / / No Comments Why I use this app instead of Google Maps to get around Mashable “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, Google, Instead, maps, Mashable, this
Glastonbury 2019 maps: how to find your way around the festival – The Sun / / No Comments Glastonbury 2019 maps: how to find your way around the festival The Sun GLASTONBURY 2019 is simply huge — the festival site sprawls over more than 1,100 acres with the outer fence covering eight miles. So a map is essential if … “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 2019, around, festival, Find, Glastonbury, maps
Apple Maps in iOS 13: Collections, Favorites, Look Around, and More – Mac Rumors / / No Comments Apple Maps in iOS 13: Collections, Favorites, Look Around, and More Mac Rumors There are quite a few changes coming to the Maps app in iOS 13, which gives Apple Maps a feature set that more closely mirrors some of the tools and… “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple, around, Collections, Favorites, Look, maps, More, Rumors
Google Maps v Apple Maps – Which app is truly the best for getting around? – Express / / No Comments Google Maps v Apple Maps – Which app is truly the best for getting around? Express GOOGLE Maps has long reigned supreme in the world of navigation applications but for the last six years it has been challenged by Apple Maps that has … “map app” – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple, around, best, Express, Getting, Google, maps, truly
Google Maps Will Let You Drive Around as Video Game Star Mario For a Week – Fortune / / No Comments Fortune Google Maps Will Let You Drive Around as Video Game Star Mario For a WeekFortuneGoogle is celebrating Mario Day on March 10 by letting you drive around town as the iconic Nintendo video game character. “Mario Time” will be available in the Google Maps app for both iOS and Android starting today and will stick around for a week …Mario Is Taking Over Your Google Maps App To Make Driving More FunVulcan Post (press release)Mario in Google Maps: How to find Mario Time and its Easter eggPocket-lint.comHere's How To Get Mario On Your Google Maps If You Want To Play Mario Kart IRLElite DailyThe Verge –Newsweek –VentureBeatall 108 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, Drive, Fortune, Game, Google, maps, Mario, star, video, Week