There Are No Roads in London / / No Comments Streets of London Today’s #30DayMapChallenge is to use OpenStreetMap (OSM) data as your primary source.To meet this challenge I decided to use OpenStreetMap data to explore the toponyms of London’s streets, visualizing how different road types – Streets, Lanes, Alleys, Courts, Yards, and Avenues – are named and distributed across the City of London.One of my favourite quiz questions is – ‘How Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: London, roads, there
A Panorama of Victorian London / / No Comments The city of London has inspired many beautiful panoramic maps over the centuries, each lovingly crafted by talented artists. Interestingly, these panoramas almost always share a common perspective – north from the south side of the River Thames. This same viewpoint is used in Frederick James Smyth’s 1844 Panorama of London.Exeter University’s Digital Humanities Lab has created an interactive Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: London, Panorama, Victorian
The Ghosts of London / / No Comments Beneath the bustling streets and historic landmarks of London lies a city haunted by the spirits of its past. From royal specters in the Tower of London to the chilling echoes of Jack the Ripper’s victims in Whitechapel, London’s dark heritage seems to linger, haunting its present!This Halloween, you’ve been appointed to the position of Ghost Hunter General of London. Using the provided Haunted Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Ghosts, London
Exploring London Through the Artist’s Eye / / No Comments “… this tide is always moving! Always! When all those people we now see in such activity are in their graves, the same hurried activity will still continue here …” – Hans Christian AndersenWhen Hans Christian Andersen visited London in June 1847 he was obviously impressed by the pace of London life. In his autobiography he called the English capital,”London, the city of cities! … Here is Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Artist's, Exploring, London, through
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
International JavaScript Conference London 2020 early bird offer – JAXenter / / No Comments International JavaScript Conference London 2020 early bird offer JAXenter “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: 2020, Bird, Conference, Early, International, JavaScript, JAXenter, London, Offer
QCon London 2020: Kubernetes, FinTech, Streaming, ML, JavaScript, Performance, Cloud, Security, AI, – InfoQ.com / / No Comments QCon London 2020: Kubernetes, FinTech, Streaming, ML, JavaScript, Performance, Cloud, Security, AI, InfoQ.com “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: 2020, cloud, FinTech, InfoQ.com, JavaScript, Kubernetes, London, performance, QCon, Security, Streaming
London Tube map app now also offers a cycle map | road.cc – road.cc / / No Comments road.cc London Tube map app now also offers a cycle map | road.ccroad.ccThe London Tube map app produced by Bappz (link is external) has had a map showing the city's Cycle Superhighways and Quietways added. BikeBiz (link is external) reports that the London Tube Map app started out in 2009 as the first free Tube map …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: also, Cycle, London, offers, road.cc, Tube