Mapping 3D Game Worlds / / No Comments noclip is an amazing website which lets you move around and explore some of your favorite computer games in glorious 3D. The term ‘noclip’ is a common command used to debug computer games. It refers to the process of turning off collision detection in a game world so that the player may pass through solid objects in the rendered environment. This is exactly what the noclip website allows you to Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Game, Mapping, world's
Mapping Loch Ness Monster Sightings / / No Comments The best place to spot the Loch Ness Monster is on or around Loch Ness in Scotland. In When, where and how to see the Loch Ness Monster – based on 1,500 years worth of data! the Press and Journal has mapped the locations of Loch Ness monster sightings over the last 83 years in order to determine the best location where you are most likely to spot Nessie. After hours of analysis the newspaper Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Loch, Mapping, Monster, Ness, Sightings
Mapping Russian Military Facilities in Crimea / / No Comments Ukrainian journalists working for Radio Liberty have released an interactive map which shows the locations of more than 200 military facilities located in Crimea. The map shows over 200 Russian military locations in Crimea categorized into 10 different categories, documented using Planet Labs satellite imagery and terrestial photography. Ukraine is soon expected to launch a counteroffensive Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Crimea, Facilities, Mapping, military, Russian
Mapping Mariupol’s Destruction / / No Comments A Timeline of Mariupol’s Destruction is an animated map which visualizes the damage caused to buildings by the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The map shows damage caused by Russian bombing between March 5th and July 29th of this year. The city of Mariupol was under siege from Russia from 25th February until 17th May 2022. In March the Red Cross declared the siege a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Destruction, Mapping, Mariupol's
Mapping A Rainy Day in Paris / / No Comments For day 2 of the #30DayMapChallenge I’ve created an animated Map of A Rainy Day in Paris. Obviously this one isn’t a map but it does use the Leaflet mapping library, GeoJSON and uses animated polylines. What you can see in my ‘map’ is a partial recreation of the painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. You can see the painting itself on this instance of my Leaflet-IIIF-GeoJSON Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Mapping, Paris, Rainy
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
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
Mapping the Extreme Heat Belt / / No Comments Last Monday the First Street Foundation released data from its analysis of how current and future extreme heat events will impact American neighborhoods. Enter your zip-code into the First Street Foundation website and you can view the risk that your home faces over the next thirty years from extreme heat (and also the risk to your home from wildfire and flooding). The First Street Foundation Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Belt, Extreme, Heat, Mapping